like the Bucks fans treat Giannis or Nuggets fans treat Jokic. Bro is #1 all time in points per minute, #3 all time in pts per game, and he’s the reigning MVP. He’s a big with GUARD SKILLS who can credibly score at all 3 levels. It’s exhausting wading through Sixer “fan” comments about the guy that range from back handed compliments at the nice end to outright slander on the other. Newsflash, when you’re looking at Embiid you’re likely to be looking at the best Sixer of your lifetime. And I wish we acted like it more often.
AI was incredibly divisive in his time, it’s really rose colored glasses people acting like there was nothing but love for him here. Remember AI was one of the first to really bring a hip hop image into the league. Kids in the city loved him I’m sure, but old dudes in the burbs? Not so much. And of course his infamous “Practice?” line gave every suburban high school coach in a hundred mile radius a rage aneurysm