Jaylen Brown may have to say sorry to Joel Embiid for comments he made on a Twitch stream this offseason, now that the two will be teammates in Philadelphia.
Following the news that Brown was being traded to the 76ers as part of a blockbuster deal that sent Paul George to the Celtics, a clip from earlier this year of Brown calling Embiid a flopper resurfaced on social media.
The clip was from a livestream that took place just after the Sixers eliminated the Celtics from the playoffs in the first round.
“This is my personal opinion on basketball, some of ya’ll might disagree, but argue with your grandma,” he said in the clip. “Flopping has ruined our game. Joel Embiid is a great player. One of the best bigs in f–king basketball history. Flops. He know it. This ain’t breaking news. It is what it is. Ya’ll can clip it up. Like I said, ya’ll can post it on these paid accounts…whatever.”
People seemed to take his words at face value and clipped the comments, and now they’ve come back to haunt Brown a bit as he heads to a new team.
While the comments now look a bit foolhardy, it’s unlikely to create any real issues, and Embiid is sure to welcome the help as the 76ers try to bounce back after being knocked out of the postseason by the Knicks in a sweep that included Xfinity Mobile Arena being taken over by Knicks fans.
Brown is coming off a regular season in which he had a career-best 28.7 points per game, while adding 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists in 71 games for the Celtics.
The trade came after Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens spoke highly of Brown in the face of rumors the team was interested in moving him.
“Jaylen Brown is a big part of us,” Stevens said in late June. “I’m never going to predict the future. Every indication, everything I think about, over the last few years, has been building around those guys.
“You never know. But at the same time, the one thing I want to make very clear is how valued he’s always been. He’s been amazing. He’s been an amazing teammate and a great person to be around.”
