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76ers co-owner pokes fun at Embiid for chickening out of water slide


Joel Embiid may be 7 feet tall, but he can still enjoy a water park like a little kid. 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin shared photos and videos from the Atlantis Paradise Island park in the Bahamas, and Rubin enjoyed poking fun at the big man for being afraid of the Leap of Faith slide.

Rubin captioned these photos, "This took us exactly 37 minutes to convince @joelembiid to go down the slide. He only got in and out 6 times before he went!!!!!"

Rubin also posted video to his IG Story of Embiid bailing at the last second. Before you start laughing too hard, remember Rubin said that Embiid did eventually go down the slide - and the slide is steeper than it looks here.

This is no small side. According to the website, it's a "60-foot almost-vertical drop."

But Rubin kept going with the jokes, saying these kid slides were the only ones Embiid wasn't scared of.

It's good to see the Sixers are taking some time to enjoy the offseason. They were knocked out of the playoffs by the Celtics in five games in the second round.

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