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UPDATE: Joel Embiid blocks LeBron on Twitter after recruiting effort ignored

Published Jul. 3, 2014 11:11 a.m. ET

Jimmy Traina

Sixers rookie Joel Embiid has been in the NBA for a week, but he's already acting like a veteran.

The 7-footer who was drafted out of Kansas third overall by the Sixers on June 27, has been trying to recruit free-agent LeBron James to Philadelphia.

Embiid made his initial pitch on Tuesday:

@KingJames hey bro hope you're having a good day...... Want to join us in philly?? Peace
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 1, 2014

LeBron never got back to Embiid -- maybe because he's on a boat watching his son make a bid for "Wicked Tuna":

So undeterred, Embiid followed up on Wednesday, poking fun at his own tape-delayed reaction:

Been a day.. still waiting for @KingJames to answer me like (TAPE DELAY GUYS) how can you do that to me? @espn pic.twitter.com/LkeGQLrszQ
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 3, 2014

I hope i'm not gonna get fined already with those Lebron's tweets is it legal to recruit over twitter @NBA ?
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 3, 2014

UPDATE 7/4/2014: After three days without a response, Embiid had clearly had enough: The Philadelphia rookie made a drastic move and blocked LeBron James from his Twitter feed, effectively cancelling his social media effort to woo the two-time NBA champ to the Sixers:

He probably DM'd me but I dont read my DMs so I'm gonna go ahead and block him pic.twitter.com/PunjHSiQRI
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 4, 2014

Can't wait to see Embiid try that same move in person when they meet on the court.