Joel Embiid may be off the basketball court for a little while after surgery last month to repair a stress fracture in his right foot, but the 7-footer has kept extremely active on Twitter.
Embiid, a candidate for the top overall pick in this year's NBA draft before injury concerns dropped him to third, has shown his lighter side on social media with the active and relentless pursuit of Kim Kardashian and Rihanna.
Last week Embiid tweeted at Kardashian in the hopes of scoring a date with the 33-year-old reality TV star.
Hey I want you to come slide in my DMs @KimKardashian
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 16, 2014
There's just one minor problem with pursuing Kardashian, and Embiid quickly came to his senses:
Oh I didn't know you were married sorry @KimKardashian just saw it from the fan's tweet... have a nice day
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 16, 2014
It didn't take long for Embiid to mend his broken heart, as he quickly moved on from Kardashian to Rihanna. And his announcement of his new pursuit was comedic gold:
BREAKING NEWS: Moving on from kk to Rihanna
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 22, 2014
More:Embiid’s reaction“You know in life, you need to experience new things and I just thought that I should shift my attention to a new girl
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 22, 2014
SOURCES: Rihanna is considering JOEL EMBIID’s offer
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 22, 2014
Embiid went as far as to post a photoshopped picture of Rihanna wearing his No. 11 Philadelphia 76ers jersey:
That's all I gotta say......@rihanna repping the @Sixers and my jersey number #EMB11D ( got this from JD) pic.twitter.com/QVsqP7SvGs
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 23, 2014
Should he exceed all expectations and actually score a date with Rihanna, Embiid actually wouldn't be the first NBA player to successfully court a high profile woman on social media. Quincy Pondexter and b>Andre Drummond both pulled off the feat.
Alas, to the disappointment of everyone, Embiid revealed later that he's just playing around with the tweets:
S/O to all the (I don't wanna say dumb but I'm gonna go ahead and say it) "DUMB" people who think that I'm serious. Not a mean guy tho.
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 23, 2014
Still, that didn't stop Embiid from creating a couple name for he and Rihanna should the pair ever get together:
#JOHANNA IM OUT for a couple weeks
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 23, 2014
Embiid has a long recovery ahead of him, and depending on how his rehabilitation goes he may even miss the entire 2014-15 season. If Embiid can stay healthy, many experts believe he has the physical tools to dominate in the NBA. But his confidence has to be suffering after no responses from Kardashian or Rihanna.
And to make matters worse, Embiid's passionate pursuit earlier this month of another partner also got rejected:
@KingJames hey bro hope you're having a good day...... Want to join us in philly?? Peace
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 1, 2014
He probably DM'd me but I dont read my DMs so I'm gonna go ahead and block him pic.twitter.com/PunjHSiQRI
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 4, 2014
WATCH THE THRONE. THE LION KING is coming!!!! @KingJames #EMB11D #TogetherWeBuild
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 7, 2014
I guess my recruiting skills didn't work
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 11, 2014