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Could Joel Embiid be thinking about reuniting with former teammate Jimmy Butler?
On Monday night, Butler crushed the Milwaukee Bucks in game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals by scoring a career-high 40 points in the Heat’s win.
The Heat steal Game 1! 😮
Jimmy Butler: 40 Pts | 13-20 FG | 12-13 FT
Goran Dragic: 27 Pts | 9-15 FG | 7-7 FT pic.twitter.com/RCPuq1UBVh— ESPN (@espn) September 1, 2020
During the game, Embiid showed Butler some love on Twitter in a series of tweets which included one where he cryptically posted “If.”
IF……
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) September 1, 2020
Jimmy Butler #TooGood
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) September 1, 2020
Sixers fans weren’t happy about Embiid’s tweets considering the team’s disappointing season after letting Butler go this past offseason.
https://twitter.com/DidTheSixersWin/status/1300604433013837826
Embiid is openly campaigning to have Elton Brand fired and I support him 100%. https://t.co/NqMAZjFy48
— Lyle (@WalkWithLyle) September 1, 2020
FYI,
Joel Embiid has and will continue to be pro Jimmy Butler, and keeping Jimmy Butler would have meant no Ben Simmons; because there’s no way in hell Ben would have re-signed if Jimmy was still here.
Not sure if Joel knows how it comes off. https://t.co/a0I0EhbOjk
— Brian Jacobs (@BrianMikeJacobs) September 1, 2020
We've reached the "Embiid not subtly tweeting about Butler playing well" part of the Sixers offseason, it seems.
— Rich Hofmann (@rich_hofmann) September 1, 2020
76ers fans when they saw Embiid’s tweet…. pic.twitter.com/boP3zaojQ9
— OrangeCat (@helltreeman) September 1, 2020
— Danny Kraft (@Dannylkraft) September 1, 2020
We offered Jimmy max instead of keeping our clown coach and now giving our clown GM more power after he put together a disaster roster. Yes @JoelEmbiid you are correct haha https://t.co/FYk5Vny8KL
— Chris McDevitt (@HollywoodSchwab) September 1, 2020