Joel Embiid is one of the funnier guys off the court and on the court, he is one of the fiercest competitors in the NBA. He isn't afraid of taking on anyone at any time, and it doesn't matter who is in his way he is going to try and finish a dunk over him.

But as tough of a competitor as Embiid is, there are still some things he is scared of. Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN recently wrote a story about how snakes brought the 76ers closer together and scared the living daylights out of their star center.

Robert Covington, who owns two snakes, was showing his teammates last year a video of snakes circling some prey trying to get some food. As the video finished up, he reached into his bag and surprised his teammates.

“It kind of threw everyone for a loop,” Covington says. “Nobody knew it was in there. I reached for my bag at the end of the presentation and said, ‘Everyone, I'd like to introduce you to Max.'”

“The whole room just scattered,” Covington says. “Joel was the first one.”

Covington's snake, Max, is nearly four foot long and when Embiid saw it, he darted across the room trying to keep far away.

“[Embiid said,] ‘Don't bring that thing near me, or I'll kill it!'” Covington says. “He repeated it over and over again, ‘I don't like snakes. I don't like snakes. I don't like snakes.'

Covington still uses Embiid being scared of snakes to his advantage. If he has his backpack close by, he will tell Embiid he has something to show him with the hope that he can scare Embiid again.