Surely, if you really wanted to pick this Sixers team's "rivals" it would have to include the Boston Celtics or Toronto Raptors who Joel Embiid and co. have met twice each in the playoffs. But Denver-Philly has the whole "Nikola Jokic earned All-NBA center honors and was voted MVP by a shamelessly biased media over Embiid all in back-to-back seasons," thing Georges Niang Jersey. So it's at least a rivalry among the fanbase if not the players and teams. With about 95 percent of pure basketball , Embiid ran Jokic straight out the gym. It was a disaster, a massacre ranked snitch ref January 28, 2023And regarding the Nets, it's a splash trade driving the apparent rivalry, again more about the fans than the teams themselves, perhaps. Kevin Durant and Nets former coach Steve Nash, for example, don't really consider anything a rivalry unless you've met in the playoffs at least one or more times they noted last season. Now that's what rivalry looks like: But the NBA knew that because of the James Harden for Seth Curry blockbuster trade, things might get chippy between Philadelphia and Brooklyn. There was more than enough evidence to suggest it would at the time schedule makers worked their magic last summer: It's usually KD and Embiid going at it, either waving each other off a court, or getting into the other's face. These two have an especially fascinating relationship. Embiid openly, and admittedly has modeled his pull up game after Slim Reaper:Kevin Durant hits the go ahead three over LeBron James Paul Reed Jersey. KD is a bad man Hoops ON Tap June 8, 2017We All Know In The Mid-Post Embiid Can Beat You In Many Ways Here He Sizes Up Jokic And Hits The Pull Up Jumper Chris OBrien January 29, 2023Who wore it better?And KD cast his MVP vote for Joel last season:"Joel Embiid, DeMar DeRozan, Ja Morant for me, those are my top three and I'll probably go Joel. Jokic, you can throw throw Jokic in there. But I'll probably go Joel. "-Sounds like Kevin Durant gives his vote for MVP to Joel Embiid. DaveEarly March 19, 2022So these guys talk endless trash while still holding each other in the highest regard. That's a pretty fun combination. #SuckIt