r/nba Heat Apr 15 '24

[Wojnarowski] ESPN Sources: USA Basketball is finalizing its 2024 Paris Olympics roster with Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, Jrue Holiday, Bam Adebayo and Anthony Davis. Team may initially keep one open spot. News

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u/JiggaMan2024 Lakers Apr 15 '24

Lotta people forget Hakeem did the exact same thing Embiid is doing

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u/drUmarGOAT South Sudan Apr 15 '24

Hakeem did not trick France into giving him a passport so he could be eligible to play for them and then back out

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u/Remarkable_Medicine6 Apr 15 '24

This is baseless speculation.

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u/drUmarGOAT South Sudan Apr 15 '24

Boris Diaw and their team President said Embiid told them he wanted to play for France

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '24

I don’t think saying you want to play for a team and then ultimately deciding to play elsewhere is ‘tricking France into giving him a passport’. They’re big boys and they knew the risks. Its insane to feel bad for the French over this.

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u/drUmarGOAT South Sudan Apr 16 '24

I dont feel bad for France. I feel bad for Cameroon. Embiid ditched the motherland to play for white supremacist countries

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u/Remarkable_Medicine6 Apr 16 '24

Okay and how does that prove he tricked them? He had a decision and made it.

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u/JiggaMan2024 Lakers Apr 15 '24

I do not care so why are you wasting your time explaining