Joel Embiid Will Play For Team USA in the 2024 Summer Olympics

For a while now, Joel Embiid has been at the center of an intense recruiting battle. 3 countries had equal claim to him for their Olympic Basketball rosters. France, Cameroon, and The United States. He was born in Cameroon and has both French and American Citizenship. But now he has made up his mind and will play for Team USA in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Joel Embiid did not play for any team in the 202 Summer Olympics when Team USA eventually went on to win Gold. But more recently they flamed out in the FIBA World Cup. And they have struggled overall to recruit the biggest stars in the NBA in recent years. But now the 2024 team is shaping up to be the best in years. Lebron James, Kevin Durant, and Steph Curry are already committed to playing for Team USA as well.

Joel Embiid will bring some much-needed size and defense to Team USA. At the FIBA World Cup Team USA gave up an average of 117 points over their last 4 games, 3 of which were losses. Even while winning gold in the 2020 Olympics, they lacked star power in the Paint. But the reigning MVP will surely bring that.

France, who took Silver in the last Olympics, was hoping Embiid would choose them. Now the host nation gets snubbed, just to see who would have been their best player to join their biggest competition. Team USA has the makings of a juggernaut now.