Team USA

[pdub]

France booing Embiid is so dumb.
I don’t think he ever lived there.

No, but he did become a French citizen because he was going to play for their team. Until he got a better offer. And then became an American citizen.

Personally, I think he should have played for Cameroon and helped them qualify. But, oh well.

Dude lived in the USA since he was 16.
Good for him he gets to play for his country.

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France booing Embiid is so dumb.
I don’t think he ever lived there.

No, but he did become a French citizen because he was going to play for their team. Until he got a better offer. And then became an American citizen.

Personally, I think he should have played for Cameroon and helped them qualify. But, oh well.

Dude lived in the USA since he was 16.
Good for him he gets to play for his country.

LOL

He was French before he was American.

I think you understand why he is being boo'd. He brought this on himself.

He went medal chasing. He has been taunting their crowd the entire Olympics.

He has also played the least hard of any American. You even said it yourself. He hasn't tried very hard for significant portions of the Olympics.

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"Former NBA player Boris Diaw, who currently serves as the general manager of the French national team in men’s basketball, insisted to The Athletic that Embiid approached multiple times during the 2021-22 NBA season about his interest in playing for France. When France beat the United States 83-76 during the 2020 Olympics, snapping Team USA’s 25-game winning streak in Olympic competition, Embiid even tweeted, “Allez les Bleus" in celebration."


I'm fine with him playing for whoever he wants. Or identifying as whatever he wants. But let's not pretend this was something that it wasn't.

[pdub]

No, but he did become a French citizen because he was going to play for their team. Until he got a better offer. And then became an American citizen.

Personally, I think he should have played for Cameroon and helped them qualify. But, oh well.

Dude lived in the USA since he was 16.
Good for him he gets to play for his country.

LOL

He was French before he was American.

I think you understand why he is being boo'd. He brought this on himself.

He went medal chasing. He has been taunting their crowd the entire Olympics.

He has also played the least hard of any American. You even said it yourself. He hasn't tried very hard for significant portions of the Olympics.

He literally hasn’t lived in France.
He has lived in the US since he was 16.

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Dude lived in the USA since he was 16.
Good for him he gets to play for his country.

LOL

He was French before he was American.

I think you understand why he is being boo'd. He brought this on himself.

He went medal chasing. He has been taunting their crowd the entire Olympics.

He has also played the least hard of any American. You even said it yourself. He hasn't tried very hard for significant portions of the Olympics.

He literally hasn’t lived in France.
He has lived in the US since he was 16.

Ok. And he literally became a French citizen before he became a US citizen. Has cheered for France when they beat the US in the 2020 Olympics. And asked to play for them prior to becoming a commodity to the US team.

That's why he is being boo'd.

"Allez Lez Bleus".

His words. Not mine.

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It’s like you are from Nebraska, but moved to Lawrence when you were 10, and got an offer to play for ksu and put them on the top of your list but never committed and then your dream school KU offered and you picked them.

lolz when ksu fans boo you.

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And the taunting the French fans? Don't think that's helped.


He went medal chasing. He hasn't played particularly hard. He flops and whines with the best of them.


I'm fine with him being on the US team. But this is his doing. He'll get no sympathy from me. This is probably his only chance to win a "title". He took it. Good for him. He better hope we hold on.

[pdub]

Ok you’re annoying.
I’m gonna watch basketball now.

[pdub]

Steph back in.
Hit a couple 3s and end this.

[DeletedUser]

Embiid isn’t even trying,
Get him out.

Embiid sucks.

Enjoy the rest of the game.

[pdub]

Bad pass Bron.

[twocoach]

Too many turnovers this half.

[Overlander]

Hard to imagine a more prototypical basketball body than Durant

[twocoach]

LeBron pick and rolling to either Curry or Durant is just too lethal.

[twocoach]

Hard to imagine a more prototypical basketball body than Durant

One of the best pure scorers in NBA history.

[pdub]

Steph back in.
Hit a couple 3s and end this.

[twocoach]

Wemby has been so impressive.

[pdub]

STEPH

[twocoach]

That was ridiculous from Curry

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Steph Curry is good at basketball.