France's spectator-heavy boos. Joel Embiid's Fight Back "I'm an American, I'm playing for America?"
Jul 31, 2024
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At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Joel Embiid is truly a mental strength 'test'.
Embiid is considered the best big man in the NBA. A powerful big man with Denver Nuggets Joel Embiid (Serbia).
America wanted Embiid. The U.S. Dream team's usual weakness in international competitions was under the basket. In particular, Serbia and France (Victor Wembanyama, Rudy Gobert), which can threaten the United States, have top big men. If you show weakness under the basket, the likelihood of an upset increases.
However, Embiid once wanted to join the French national team.
A letter sent to French President Emmanuel Macron asking for citizenship was leaked in April. However, Embiid decided to play for the U.S. national team. Then, France was outraged. One of the French players also suggested banning Embiid from playing.
However, from the perspective of the United States, it was a thousand troops. Superstars comparable to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, including LeBron James and Stephen Curry, were all out, and Embiid's joining was at the peak of the fire.
However, the evaluation of Embiid in the warm-up match was not good. The coat margin was often negative. Therefore, there was an evaluation that Embiid should be excluded from the starting member.
In addition, he, who has a bad relationship with France, is being booed collectively by the crowd. He is the only one who boos him intensively.
However, Embiid's mentality is too strong.
In an interview with The Athletics, he said he had no problem ' (about the French booing). I'm an American and I'm playing for the U.S. national team. An American is playing on the U.S. team of his choice, and the response is, "What's the problem?"
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