[https://www.denverpost.com/2024/01/27/joel-embiid-nikola-jokic-nuggets-philadelphia-sixers-nba-mvp/](https://www.denverpost.com/2024/01/27/joel-embiid-nikola-jokic-nuggets-philadelphia-sixers-nba-mvp/)
key points:
\- “All Nicky Karabel wanted for his birthday was to see Joel Embiid play in person. Just once, you know? So father Sam shelled out $500.”
\- “A few minutes later, Embiid came out to the floor for his pregame routine. Sam had Nicky hold up the sign for the league MVP to see, hoping it might bring him over for a high-five. An autograph. A wave. Something.
The note was on a white board that stretched from Nicky’s shins to his chest. It was so big, in fact, that if Nicky wasn’t 8 and adorable, Nuggets security told me, they would’ve confiscated it, per arena policy. It read:
*HAVE NO FEAR EMBIID IS HERE”*
\- “As Embiid finished his warm-up for an afternoon on his backside, Nicky and his family huddled with other Sixers fans above the West tunnel, the shortest distance to the away locker room, waving that sign, leaning over hopefully, hoping to get his jersey signed.
Embiid blew through the tunnel.
\-” When I caught up with the Karabels a few minutes later, Dad was hugging his young son tight. Nicky’s cherubic face had turned bright red, cheeks flushed, eyes downed in tears of disappointment. No autograph. No recognition. No nothing.”
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If I weren’t banned in r/nba I’d post it there myself.
by jackbauerisgay
9 Comments
This is……something.
I get all the Embiid hate but we gotta let it go. Pretty normal for stars to not sign autographs right before games and to keep driving this narrative is a bit thirsty IMO
>(Embiid) is better than (Nikola) Jokic,” Nicky said
f this kid
He didn’t lose his MVP case lol. It didn’t last year and it’ll be forgotten the next time Embiid drops 50
Embiid poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague unto our houses!
I think it’s probably a good thing you’d banned from r/nba lol
lol is Embiid supposed to sign 50 autographs before going in and out of the tunnel 4 times a game? This is a big nothing burger sorry the kid was disappointed but you can’t just expect to get an autograph.
Something tells me Lil Nicky is in for a lifetime of disappointment.
The argument of Embiid should lose MVP votes for ducking difficult games is valid, but this article gets a bit weird with the crying kids stuff.