00:00The Sixers had a preseason game the other day.
00:02Mike Breen was on the call.
00:04And Mike Breen, long-time voice of the NBA for ESPN and ABC,
00:10and, of course, the New York Knicks,
00:12he was given an anecdote that he had heard from Sixers people
00:16about LeBron James and that LeBron has already held Joel Embiid accountable.
00:21Here was Mike Breen.
00:23Now, here's LeBron.
00:26Just tuned in.
00:27He did not suit up tonight.
00:30They are, they're raving about how he's been so far.
00:35Obviously, it's only a week of camp.
00:38But I had somebody tell me before the game
00:43that they were out ready to practice.
00:46And an offensive foul.
00:48They were out ready to practice.
00:49Joel Embiid walked out on the court a couple of minutes late.
00:54And LeBron let him hear it.
00:56Yep.
00:59He's supposed to be the leader, Embiid.
01:02Look how slim he is.
01:03He is a spectacular player.
01:06If he's healthy, Max, he also did play tonight.
01:08All right.
01:09So there you go.
01:10I think you, you, one of the reasons why having LeBron on your team is,
01:17is it helps guys like Joel Embiid, is because they respect LeBron.
01:23Right.
01:24And LeBron can go at these guys a different way.
01:28Maxie.
01:30Well...
01:30Maxie can't go at Joel Embiid like LeBron can.
01:34Well, LeBron has tweeted out or posted on Instagram.
01:37He posted cap, but a cap emoji with an exclamation point,
01:41which means that's real cap.
01:43He says, he ain't been late, so stop the lies.
01:47But who would make that up to Mike Breen?
01:49That's how you do it, though.
01:50Wait, wait, wait.
01:52That's how you do it.
01:53You call him out, and then you defend him.
01:58And then you let him know, regardless of how much I get on you,
02:01I still got your back.
02:03That's, that's, listen, that's a tactic.
02:05So, but you believe Joel Embiid was late.
02:08Yes!
02:08And you believe Joel Embiid was late, of course, right?
02:09Yes, absolutely.
02:11He's not a liar.
02:12Hey, Joel Embiid been doing what he wants.
02:16Forever.
02:16Playing when he wants.
02:17I think Joel Embiid, didn't Joel Embiid get called out by Tyrese Maxie
02:20after the heat kicked their ass for being late all the time?
02:23Yes.
02:24Yes.
02:25It's kind of a known thing for him.
02:27So, you know.
02:28Hey, can we call Gale GSN?
02:32You can call him whatever you want, dude, I think.
02:34GSN.
02:35I like it.
02:36But that is a crazy thing.
02:38Like, that's Leroy's favorite athlete of all time.
02:40Yes.
02:40That was a weird-ass coincidence.
02:41Yes.
02:42Like, I told him the story because I think Gale Serra spells it with a Y.
02:47Hmm.
02:48And, and I'm not sure.
02:50I think he might spell it the same way.
02:53I'm not sure.
02:54Does he spell it with a Y?
02:55He spells it like Gale spells it.
02:58Okay.
02:58Okay.
02:59Because I think I was, then I started thinking, isn't Gale with a Y a female name?
03:02Yeah, I think you got dyslexic.
03:03I think you got, his last name is with a Y.
03:06Right.
03:07So, yeah, that was like, man, I like him.
03:11I like him, too.
03:13I like him.
03:14He's all right in your book.
03:15Wait, wait, wait.
03:16Now, let's see if he can play the bits.
03:19I know.
03:21You can't, you can't go too soon with that, right?
03:26Crowded the goat says, we're going to believe old honest LeBron.
03:30So true.
03:30He lies all the time.
03:31He does lie.
03:32That is the thing.
03:33But it's a tactic.
03:36It's not for us.
03:39It doesn't matter if we fact check and say other people have accused Joel Embiid of this.
03:45It's him showing that no matter what, he has Joel Embiid's back.
03:50And that's the most important thing.
03:52Because if somebody knows you have their back, you can approach them in a different way.
03:58And that's the whole point of all this.
04:00See, y'all looking at it from the standpoint of Joel, everybody says Joel comes in late.
04:07LeBron is not doing it for that reason.
04:09I'm looking at it from LeBron is basically saying Mike Breen is telling a lie.
04:13And I'm like, I don't think Mike Breen's a liar.
04:15Right, right.
04:16But he's doing, he's doing that from the standpoint of having Joel's back.
04:21And you need to set that kind of tone.
04:24Right?
04:25Because, like, we all know, like, let's be clear.
04:29Joel is one of them guys that have shut it down.
04:32Right?
04:33If he get his feelings hurt.
04:34Oh, for sure.
04:36So, you got.
04:37It might still happen.
04:38It might still happen.
04:39And kudos for LeBron.
04:42Like, when you go at somebody like that, you got to recognize their personality.
04:47Listen, I think Joel is still looking over.
04:49Joel.
04:50Well, he may still, you know, trade you for a street close.
04:53Be careful.
04:55You know?
04:57Just keep an eye on it, dude.
04:58You think if LeBron had a choice, he would rather play with Anthony Davis?
05:04I mean, he has played with Anthony Davis before.
05:06He was, I mean, they were very close.
05:09Right.
05:10Yeah, actually, I don't think that's that crazy.
05:12But the only difference would be is Joel is obviously, I guess, is he still loved in Philadelphia?
05:16I don't, you know, I don't know.
05:18That's a hard, like.
05:20I think he is.
05:21That's a hard thing to figure out.
05:23Because usually fans.
05:25I mean, just look at how we were with Tyler.
05:28And Tyler hasn't had the success Joel Embiid has had.
05:32No.
05:34But he doesn't, you know, the thing with Tyler is, is that Tyler took it personally and said that, oh,
05:43we don't think he's any good.
05:45Which is not the case at all.
05:47He kind of put that own little, his own little twist on that.
05:51Trying to ignore the fact that he never played.
05:55Decided to get skinny the year that, you know, Giannis was on the heat with Bam, huh?
06:01Interesting strategy by Joel Embiid.
06:04Maybe.
06:04You know what?
06:06I'll say this.
06:07I know a lot of guys that always use camp to get in shape, but keep in mind, our camps
06:14were like a month, right?
06:17Mm-hmm.
06:17But part of it was a lot of guys spent the entire offseason healing.
06:25Having little minor surgeries or going to PT to fix an injury that nagged them all year.
06:32And I would say maybe Joel Embiid has experienced his first near-healthy offseason.
06:40You know what I mean?
06:42Because every offseason we've talked about, oh, Joel Embiid had this done.
06:46Joel Embiid had this done.
06:47And he'll be ready for camp, right?
06:50Well, that's all you can't get your regular offseason workouts in to be in the kind of shape maybe that
06:56he's in now.
06:57So maybe he just had a healthy offseason.
07:01We'll see.
07:05I mean, skeptical, right?
07:07I mean, it's like, would you say Joel Embiid is still an anomaly?
07:13He's still, like, terrifying to a defense or to an opposing team.
07:20I never met a guy that has more athletic ability at that size and be so clumsy.
07:26That's the thing with him, though.
07:28I feel like he's a 7'1 foul baiter, you know?
07:31Like, I think that that's become his thing is he doesn't use the physicality anymore.
07:35Like, it feels like he uses gimmicks.
07:37You know, four years ago, yeah, he had to handle him.
07:42And he's had, you know, I mean, dude, he had, like, Bell's Palsy one season.
07:46Like, he's had some crazy-ass things.
07:48Like, not even just – I don't even want to say just injuries.
07:50He's had crazy ailments on top of injuries.
07:53Right.
07:54But that's what I'm saying.
07:55Maybe this was his first, like, offseason where when it started, he didn't have to worry about healing from the
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