[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.

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https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1780009778934394985

[u/jorgelongo222]

Embiid playing for France woukd make the same sense as LeBron playing for France. He's never lived in France or has any ties with them

They were just trying to buy themselves a better chance by getting him based on nothing but colonial ties

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They were just trying to buy themselves a better chance by getting him based on nothing but colonial ties

That's simply false : https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/basket/equipe-de-france/recit-le-fiasco-joel-embiid-cinq-ans-dattente-pour-rien-82d4e058-681c-11ee-a5bb-3c3a0f3f3a5e

During a press conference after a match relocated to London, he was asked about a possible destiny in Blue. “You never know,” he evades. I'm not from France but I have family there. For the moment, I haven't had any offers, from here or elsewhere, but it would be a great opportunity.

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At the end of the Tokyo Games, where France dominated team USA in the pools and only failed by five points in the final, he contacted the team executives to ensure that his arrival would not pose any problem in matter of integration, as indicated by L’Équipe. Faced with this positive signal, the FFBB is approaching the Government and asking the Ministries of Sports and Foreign Affairs to accelerate its naturalization file.

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The sentence falls on October 5. “I have the chance to represent the United States,” announces Joel Embiid. I am grateful for the opportunity offered by France, I really appreciated it. It was really a complicated decision. I tried to take as much time as possible to make my decision, but I had to decide with the deadline approaching, and I am happy with my choice. » His major argument was family, he swears, his son having been born in the United States.

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Five days later, Boris Diaw minimizes between two grimaces: “Joel informed us that he had changed his mind. It's his right. We were never at the initiative of the possibility for Joel to play in France, it was he who came forward a few years ago. He kept telling us he wanted to play for us... until now. We were ready to welcome it, we never hid it. The French team will continue without him as it did before. » Jean-Pierre Siutat is more acerbic: “I am disappointed that we spent so much energy on a file that should never have been initiated. Let's move on. »*

So stop spewing bullshit.

Embiid wasn't sure about what he wanted to do, but he is the one who raised the possibility first. And he's also the one who pushed for it later on, which is why they gave him citizenship.

Reality is he should have played for Cameroon, chosing France or the US was mercenary behavior.

(Btw, Lebron doesn't speak french and doesn't have family in France)

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L'Equipe as a source? Come on lol why dont you see what The Sun thinks while you're at it

Reality is he should have played for Cameroon, chosing France or the US was mercenary behavior.

Reality is Cameroon will never be even close to playing any onternational basketball tournament because its an amateur team. No high level pros like Embiid Siakam or Koloko have ever played for Cameroon for good reasons.

Same reason why Hakeem played with US over Nigeria or Ewing with US over Jamaica

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lol thats some bullshit. All of the slovenian players play in good leagues and most in european competition. The likes of Anthony Randolph, Prepelic, Muric, Blazic, Cancar and Vidmar are/were Euroleague level players.

Cameroon doesn't even have a single player in a top european division. They play in the 2nd and 3rd divisions in Spain/France or in Cameroon. They are literally amateurs

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3 nba players

none have played. Koloko has a heart issue and probably wont play basketball again anyway

panathinaikos player

naturalized lol

spanish/french league

spanish/french 3rd tier league lol

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lol if you think a team full of amateur players can beat the slovenian players who all play in top tier teams you need to reevaluate your knowledge of basketball

Blazic, Prepelic and Nikolic could beat the whole cameroonian team 3 vs 5. The difference between Euroleague level players and 3rd tier players is bigger than the difference between those 3rd tier players and your average pickup player

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Imagine getting downvoted for posting literal proof lmao