All-Star center Joel Embiid snubs Rihanna on national television

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By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has played in 63 career games. He was declared by many as a bust or "the next Greg Oden". Safe to say, they were wrong. On Thursday night, Embiid was announced as one of the five Eastern Conference All-Star starters. The 7-foot-2 native of Cameroon followed up the All-Star selection with a 26-point, 16-rebound performance in a Sixers win in Boston, their first win over the Celtics this season. 

Flash back to Embiid's early days in the NBA. In 2013, Joel had tweeted occasionally about a celebrity crush of his, Rihanna. The next year, Embiid tweeted that he was rejected by a famous girl. While many say that the famous girl was not Rihanna, there's still plenty of believers out there that know she's who he was referring to. 

After getting picked to go to the All-Star Game on Thursday, Sixers fans flooded Rihanna's Twitter about Embiid and TNT even asked the big man about her during his post-game interview and his response was priceless.

Which lucky celebrity will Embiid have his eyes on next? Or is he just playing hard to get? Either way, Joel Embiid will certainly relish the All-Star experience in Los Angeles in February.

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