Joel Embiid is extremely good at basketball, but he’s arguably better at social media. The Sixers star center is still recovering from a left knee contusion and did not play on Wednesday night against the Spurs, but that didn’t keep him from making some new friends.
Actor Bryan Cranston was courtside for the the game, where he almost touched Tony Parker’s butt to win a bet, and Cranston and Embiid met in the arena where the two snapped a picture and we learned that Embiid is a Breaking Bad fan:
Embiid is so very good at the internet. He has wild conspiracy theories about the Super Bowl and asks his Instagram followers for advice on whether or not he should bring back the goggles (the answer is yes) and he, like any good internetsman, loves him some Breaking Bad and making bad puns.
Joel Embiid the basketball player is not something a normal person can relate to. We are not seven feet tall with crazy athleticism and a wide array of basketball skills. However, Embiid the person, at least the one we see on social media, is very relatable. We’d all love a picture with Bryan Cranston and who among us hasn’t had a late night jam session listening to Future and chugging Shirley Temples out of a 2-liter.
