Joel Embiid tried to be nice.
The 76ers center intended to make Saturday night’s matchup just about his team and the Detroit Pistons.
To his credit, he shrugged off the initial question about Andre Drummond’s tweet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 24 that read ‘See you Dec. 2nd’ That came the day after Embiid dominated Drummond in the Sixers’ 97-86 victory after Little Caesars Arena.
Embiid said following the game that he used Drummond’s trash talking as motivation.
“When we started the game, he was being aggressive and he was talking, too,” Embiid said that night.