NBA London 2018: Joel Embiid can’t wait to face Boston Celtics and ‘kick their a**’
Seven-foot Cameroon star also invited opposing fans to jeer him at London's O2 Arena on Thursday
BASKETBALL giant Joel Embiid is looking forward to "talking s**t" and "kicking a**" when Philadelphia take on Boston in London this week.
The seven-foot star from Cameroon even wants opposing fans to jeer him at the O2 Arena on Thursday night.
Philadelphia 76ers will take on Boston Celtics in the eighth NBA game in the UK.
And 23-year-old Embiid said: "When I go out there I want to win but I want to put on a show too and I think I’ve been doing a great job of getting the fans into the game.
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"If the fans are not into the game it makes me sleepy and usually I don’t have a good game.
"But when the fans are cheering, and I’m talking s**t, it’s fun.
"I hope Celtics fans boo me because that makes me raise my game and want to kick other people’s a**.
"We just have to be really good defensively. I’m really excited to play NBA in London and cannot wait to kick their a**."
Embiid has grown into one of the most dominant players in the league after an injury hit start to his NBA career.
He only took up basketball when he was 15 having planned to move from Africa to Europe and play volleyball.
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Embiid said: "It takes a lot of work especially for someone like me because I started playing basketball in 2011.
"This level is so fast, sometimes I don't know how I do it.
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"I'm a hard-working guy and the people around me do a good job. It’s hard but you’ve just got to put in the work and it will pay off.
"I play football myself my whole life and when I get a chance I wake up early and watch the Premier League.
"My favourite team is Real Madrid but in England it’s actually Arsenal.
"It’s a tough league... just to make the Champions League is hard too."