​Joel Embiid was placed on this Earth to throw shade for our viewing pleasure.





After the Sixers' narrow triple-OT loss to the Thunder on Friday night, Embiid delivered another body blow, this time to Carmelo Anthony and the rest of the NBA.





The former Kansas star got into a scuffle with Melo, as he seems to in just about every game he plays with various NBA talent. His response was wonderful, although a bit misleading.

Joel Embiid on his exchange with Carmelo Anthony: pic.twitter.com/CoFUX5UfkU — Royce Young (@royceyoung) December 16, 2017

Surprisingly, Melo is actually one of the NBA players who isn't afraid to throw up some fists. Anthony received a 15 game suspension in 2006 for fighting Mardy Collins, but that was far before Embiid's time in the league.

Embiid doesn't realize that Carmelo Anthony is the reason NBA players don't fight anymore. Melo got 15 games for punching Mardy Collins in 2006 & lost almost $650K. Nobody wants to miss that many checks. — Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) December 16, 2017

While technically true, the current version of Melo doesn't look like he wants anything to do with an on-court conflict, especially with a 7-foot big man (albeit one with a long injury history).





But this is what we love about Joel. He's never afraid to poke the bear. Keep it up big fella.