The level of trash talking between Joel Embiid and Hassan Whiteside was high: on court and twitter

The 76ers ended the preseason with a vin over the Miami Heat 119-95. Joel Embiid played the first half and finished with 5 points and 7 rebounds.
Hassan Whiteside had 7 points and 3 rebounds in 11 minutes.

The two reached high levels of trash talking during the game.

Per NBC Sports, After drawing three fouls early in the first quarter on the Heat big man, Embiid made sure to tell the Miami bench to get Whiteside out of the game.

Embiid draws a foul and tells the Heat to take Whiteside out ???? pic.twitter.com/VwZnpLPVAA

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) 14 ottobre 2017

First, Whiteside responded to a fan who called out Embiid's subpar shooting numbers (1 for 7).

The media won’t show that ????????????‍♂️

— Hassan Whiteside (@youngwhiteside) 14 ottobre 2017

Then Embiid went to attack

Dude they had to take your ass out or you would’ve fouled out in 5 min... And we’re talking about Preseason, not regular season..... #Softy https://t.co/IAIBDDypFK

— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) 14 ottobre 2017

Embiid then fired off another tweet, again using #Softy to describe Whiteside.

And keep caring about stats and not your team success..... your +/- was ass @youngwhiteside #Softy

— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) 14 ottobre 2017

Whiteside's plus/minus was minus-9. Embiid's was plus +13. Embiid then wrapped up his trash-talking storm with a likely dig at Kevin Durant and, of course, a shoutout to "the process."

My bad y’all , I thought I was using my burner account #TheProcess

— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) 14 ottobre 2017

Whiteside thought he had the final word with one last tweet.

@JoelEmbiid 31 games in 3yrs Hopefully I get to see you regular season????????‍♂️????????????‍♂️???? #SolarEclipse #EmbiidEclipse https://t.co/iaFfK3h3V6

— Hassan Whiteside (@youngwhiteside) 14 ottobre 2017