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

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Author Andrew Salciunas and Dylan MacKinnon
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - MAY 11: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers points against the Boston Celtics during the fourth quarter in game six of the Eastern Conference Semifinals in the 2023 NBA Playoffs at Wells Fargo Center on May 11, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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.

Bleacher Report on Twitter: "Joel Embiid wants to help the US "return to the top of the international basketball world" after failing to medal at the World Championships, per @ramonashelburneEmbiid was born in Cameroon and has French and American citizenship pic.twitter.com/8USmM7shli / Twitter"

Joel Embiid wants to help the US "return to the top of the international basketball world" after failing to medal at the World Championships, per @ramonashelburneEmbiid was born in Cameroon and has French and American citizenship pic.twitter.com/8USmM7shli

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.

Here is a look at some of Embiid’s best performances last season:

 

 

Andrew Salciunas, “The Choonis,” has done it all at the station - screening calls, working events as a member of the street team, producing 7 days a week, doing updates, and now hosting his own show. Now with a wife and kid, his life experiences are far different than when he first started, but this “regular guy” knows how to relate to anyone. He writes about the Flyers, Phillies, Sixers, and Eagles.

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