If fake news has the power to influence a presidential election, why not NBA All-Star Game fan balloting?
Joel Embiid, the NBA's social media maven, knows this. And so he enlisted the Twitter account of President-elect Donald Trump to cleverly disguise an endorsement that might help boost his chances of making the Eastern Conference roster for next month's game.
WOWWW RT @realDonaldTrump Joel Embiid #NBAVote
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) January 5, 2017
The 76ers big man, finally healthy, is playing to the level that made him the No. 3 overall pick in the 2014 draft.
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Embiid sits fourth in the Eastern Conference with 221,984 fan votes as of Thursday, when results from the first round of balloting were released.