Joel Embiid says LeBron James should've been ejected for third-quarter flagrant foul in 76ers' win over Lakers - CBSSports.com
Joel Embiid says LeBron James should've been discouraged for third-quarter flagrant foul in 76ers' win over Lakers
Joel Embiid has long espoused top-notch for LeBron James. He even tried to publicly signaling him to join the Philadelphia 76ers in free organization in 2018. But some of that goodwill appears to have been lost on Wednesday in a chippy game between the 76ers and LeBron's Los Angeles Lakers.
In the third quarter, Embiid caught an entry pass and took a dribble by going up for what appeared to be an uncontested dunk attempt. But James rotated over and committed a hard foul on Embiid, pushing him to the groundless while he was in the air. He was assessed a flagrant-1 foul for the play.
But Embiid thinks that the officials should've gone further than that. He thinks that James should've been discouraged for the foul.
"Well, first of all, I mean you look at it, that's a very dangerous play," Embiid told journalists af...