As for most NBA players, they don’t like being fined by the league for any of their on-court celebrations. That’s why, when Joel Embiid was hit with a whopping $50,000 fine by the league for his ‘lewd’ celebration when the Philadelphia 76ers recently played against the Boston Celtics, he was livid about it.
This latest development could entice the Sixers to engage in trade talks for their oft-injured star. But the way Embiid sees it, he’s not amused with the number of times he has been slapped. He immediately voiced his frustrations on X and called out the league for not giving out fines to the referees for making the same actions on the court.
“Yall better start fining the refs for doing the”Lewd “, “blocking foul” gesture since I’m not allowed to do it,” per Embiid on X.
Well, he’s go

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