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Mike Francesa is highly offended that listeners thought he confused Hunter Dickinson with Joel Embiid the other day when talking about St. John’s star Zuby Ejiofor.
“Don’t pay attention to some of the crazy stuff,” the New York radio legend said via Funhouse. “I know the other day when I was talking about Zuby, I said Embiid instead of Hunter Dickinson, who I was thinking about in my head. I don’t know, I got a brain warp in my head, what can I tell you?”
After his initial gaffe went viral, Francesa did go on X/Twitter to say he meant Dickinson and not Embiid.
“Didn’t realize I said Zoobie left Kansas because of Embiid,” he wrote. “Would have been difficult since he turned 32 yesterday. Meant Hunter Dickinson. Graciously accept the rip. Deserve it.”
To summarize, Francesa somehow confused these two players who look nothing alike, and are at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of their NBA accomplishments.
Embiid, who left Kansas when Ejiofor was 9 years old and is 32, has more than 13,000 NBA points, is a two-time scoring champion, seven-time NBA All-Star and the 2023 NBA MVP.
He was born in Cameroon.
Dickinson, who transferred to Kansas from Michigan, spurring Ejiofor’s decision to transfer to St. John’s, has 2 career points and is currently on a Two-Way contract with the Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G League.
He was born in Alexandria, Va.
“Remember [Zuby] left Kansas because of Embiid,” Francesa said in his initial rant. “....Embiid is a guy who can score 50 points in the NBA. He’s a big-time talent. That’s no big deal that Embiid was over him, I mean that happens.”
Yet Francesa expects folks to believe he was talking about Dickinson, who, again, has 2 career NBA points.
“How could anybody in their right mind try to make a case that I’m not aware of a player who was drafted third in the draft, who’s been an NBA and a two-time scoring champion in the NBA?” Francesa said Tuesday. “Does anybody lets me talk about basketball, and think I’m not aware of Embiid’s career? I mean, try and sell that to somebody. I got a bridge to sell you if you think you can sell that to somebody.
“I mean, come on now. People who don’t know sports can recite Embiid’s career to you. Hey, at least I didn’t say Wilt Chamberlain, who also played at Kansas. I don’t know why I said it, maybe because the TV was on...I don’t even know why I said it.”
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