Chandler Parsons said Alperen Sengun would beat Joel Embiid one-on-one and it took all but 3 seconds to prove how stupid his take was

Joel Embiid must be getting close to returning because the takes are already coming out of the woodwork.

Chandler Parsons went on his show recently and said Alperen Sengun would beat Joel Embiid in a one-on-one game. He said he has got The Gooner surviving and advancing. That is a real sentence that a former NBA player said out loud into a microphone and then let other people hear.

It took all but three seconds to show how ridiculously stupid Chandler Parsons is for even mentioning Joel Embiid and Alperen Sengun in the same sentence.

Joel Embiid averages 33.8 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 5.0 assists in four career games against Alperen Sengun. Four games. The sample size exists and it is not ambiguous. Embiid has done whatever he wanted against this man every single time they have shared a court and Chandler Parsons watched all of it and still arrived at this conclusion.

Joel Embiid vs Alperen Sengun:

Joel Embiid averages 33.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists in 4 games vs Alperen Sengun in his career.

We fear Chandler Parsons is an idiot and doesn't know ball. What a shame. #THTP | #EMBIID https://t.co/L9RMmhSKDX pic.twitter.com/Vnqze1zBlr

— The Liberty Line (@LibertyLinePHL) March 25, 2026

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You literally don’t even have to go back very far to realize how stupid Chandler Parsons is for saying shit like this. To start, Furkan Korkmaz said something similar back in September, which aged like milk.

Furkan Korkmaz is an idiot too

According to Furkan Korkmaz Alperen Sengun is now the best center he has played with surpassing Joel Embiid 🇹🇷🙌 #Eurobasket pic.twitter.com/Bs7aPtbGgS

— Eurohoops (@Eurohoopsnet) September 9, 2025

Furkan Korkmaz wildly disrespects Joel Embiid during postgame press conference for no reason >>

Obviously, Embiid saw his ex-teammate talking out of the side of his mouth and remembered what was said all the way until January 22, 2026.

Joel Embiid dropped 32 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists against the Rockets. He shot 10 of 19 from the floor and then after the game, hopped on Twitter to remind everyone what Furk said months prior. 

We do not play games here, folks. Time to keep up

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This is what the podcast industrial complex has done to the sports media landscape. Guys who played in the league for a decade and should know better are now just saying whatever generates a reaction because that is the business model.

Being right is optional. Being loud is mandatory. Chandler Parsons had a fine NBA career and apparently used none of the basketball knowledge he accumulated during it to form this opinion.

Sengun is a good player. Nobody is disputing that. He is not beating Joel Embiid in a one-on-one game. That is not a hot take. That is just reading the box scores from the last four times these two teams played each other.

We fear Chandler Parsons does not know ball. What a shame.

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