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That One Time Thad Young Broke Joel Embiid’s Ankles

That One Time Thad Young Broke Joel Embiid’s Ankles

That time the Toronto Raptors got revenge on Joel Embiid, who was extra annoying, in Game 4.

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Nam Tran
Dec 02, 2024
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In the first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs, Joel Embiid was really annoying.

His team, the Philidelphia 76ers, was playing against my favourite team, the Toronto Raptors, and he kept on flopping.

Every single time he got tapped by a Raptor, he would exaggerate how much power was behind the pat and the referees blew the whistle in his favour every time.

There was this one play in Game 1 that was especially annoying.

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