Jaylen Brown calls out referees, Joel Embiid for flopping day after Celtics eliminated
"Joel Embiid is a great player. One of the best bigs in basketball history. [But he] flops.
He know it. "
One day after his Boston Celtics were eliminated on their home court in Game 7 by the Philadelphia 76ers , Jaylen Brown went on his Twitch stream and called out both Joel Embiid as a flopper and the referees for being biased. "Flopping has ruined our game. Joel Embiid is a great player, one of the best bigs in f****** basketball history...
[he] flops. He know it. This ain't breaking news.
" Playing in four games in the series, Embiid had 37 free throw attempts, a little more than nine a game. He had more total attempts from the stripe than any other 76ers player and everyone on Boston except Brown, who played in all seven games. That alone is not evidence of flopping, it's evidence of Embiid playing a physical style in the paint and attacking the rim with the ball, which leads to drawing fouls.