For a brief moment, it seemed as if all our All-Star hopes for Joel Embiid had been dashed. On Wednesday, Charles Barkley told a morning radio show that he had a list of the NBA All-Star Game starters, and he would be announcing them on Thursday night’s edition of Inside the NBA. Barkley also added that he would select our favorite rising superstar, Joel Embiid, for the reserves. Wait, what?!?! No! “I can’t tell you who’s on the list, because now we’ve got to work on our reserves,” Barkley told [97.5 The Fanatic morning host Anthony] Gargano. “I think there’s an outside chance that I’m going to put [Embiid] on my all-star reserves, just because I think he’s reinvigorated the Sixers and the city of Philadelphia.” (Via Philly.com) That makes it seem like Embiid is definitely not a starter, and he will have to wait another year to fulfill his dream of dating Rihanna, but the good news is that Barkley is, shockingly, full of it. As Philly.com reported, “a source at Turner Broadcasting confirmed he had no such list, because the final tally of votes hasn’t yet been released by the league.” What a relief. It would be a shame for Embiid not to make it as a starter, what with all the high praise he’s receiving for his limited play this season. Hell, it’s almost too high. - See more at: http://uproxx.com/dimemag/joel-embiid-the-next-shaq/
