“Joel Embiid is the MVP because the Sixers lost by 35 without him”: Celtics legend Paul Pierce commits the Shaqtin-a-Fool offense on live TV

Tonoy Sengupta | 16/03/2021
"Joel Embiid is the MVP because the Sixers lost by 35 without him": Celtics legend Paul Pierce commits the Shaqtin-a-Fool offense on live TV

Paul Pierce has a hilarious reaction to the Philadelphia 76ers’ blowout win against San Antonio Spurs without Joel Embiid. 

Joel Embiid is having by far his best season. The player’s current averages stand at 29.9 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. He is doing so on shooting splits of 52.5% from the field, and 42.2% from beyond the arc. Remarkable numbers indeed.

Unfortunately, the player recently suffered a knee injury in a recent game and had to sit out against the Spurs. The worst was expected by the NBA community, but fans will be happy to know JoJo should be back in a few weeks.

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What fans may not like is though, is that Joel Embiid’s MVP chances may have just taken a massive hit. But Paul Pierce’s reaction to what caused it may just send them rolling in laughter.

Paul Pierce believes Philadelphia 76ers lost by 35 points to the San Antonio Spurs without Joel Embiid 

Paul Pierce is evidently a strong believer in Joel Embiid’s case for MVP, as many are this season. So, when the star had to sit out the game against the Spurs, he probably believed the 76ers would be lost without him.

What came next on TV may just have the potential to become an entry on ‘Shaqtin-a-fool’ despite not even being on an NBA court.

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The truth’s reaction is hilarious indeed. But we don’t particularly agree with his comments that came after. After realizing, Pierce said that maybe Embiid may not be an MVP candidate after all due to the 76ers’ result.

The problem here is, the San Antonio Spurs were also missing a notable star in DeMar DeRozan during this game. Without him, the team’s offensive firepower is essentially cut in half. And so, even a blowout win against the Spurs can’t be a good assessment of how valuable Embiid really is to the 76ers.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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