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Re: France gives Embiid til Oct 10th to commit to their national team 

Post#61 » by thenbaman » Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:21 pm

Lockdown504090 wrote:If there was ever a guy who shouldn’t play competitively in the off-season ever it’s Joel embiid. He can’t even get on his knees to thank God because he might tear a ligament.

He’s been working out at Ucla, and then when runs start he just watches.he can’t even handle pickup, why would he play every other day in a tournament.

Lol raptor fans.
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Post#62 » by Lockdown504090 » Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:34 pm

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Lockdown504090 wrote:If there was ever a guy who shouldn’t play competitively in the off-season ever it’s Joel embiid. He can’t even get on his knees to thank God because he might tear a ligament.

He’s been working out at Ucla, and then when runs start he just watches.he can’t even handle pickup, why would he play every other day in a tournament.

Lol raptor fans.

I’m on here saying embiid is one of my favourite players of all time. I don’t want him to get hurt playing in some game that doesn’t matter.
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Post#63 » by sisibilio » Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:52 pm

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scrabbarista wrote:Yeah, I think it's fine that he can play for France. He has citizenship. Imho, that should be the requirement. I don't really follow amateur sports, but aren't there lots of players who play for a country for which they don't have citizenship? Can someone help me with this answer?

Υeah every country is allowed one naturalised player, which can be basically anyone from anywhere, usually Americans. They just give them a passport.

Some countries refuse to have one, I think from memory France never had one, but I might be wrong. If anything they have bigs coming out their butt between Gober/Wemby/Fall/Lesort and a couple of others, I understand why the players might be pissed off if they just give away a spot to someone completely out of the system and with no real ties to the country. I wouldn't do it, if you have an extra spot just give it to a young guy like Sarr.

Then again this France team looked kinda cooked in the World Cup, so maybe they'll try something radical.

France had Crawford Palmer at least that i can recall And i'm sure he wasn't the only one.
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Post#64 » by jpengland » Mon Sep 25, 2023 5:12 pm

I'd love him to choose France just because I think we would see some crazy line ups with Embiid, Gobert and Wembanyama on the floor together with FIBA rules. I'd legit love to see that team play against the US.
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Post#65 » by KokoKaizer » Mon Sep 25, 2023 5:12 pm

sisibilio wrote:
Pachinko_ wrote:
scrabbarista wrote:Yeah, I think it's fine that he can play for France. He has citizenship. Imho, that should be the requirement. I don't really follow amateur sports, but aren't there lots of players who play for a country for which they don't have citizenship? Can someone help me with this answer?

Υeah every country is allowed one naturalised player, which can be basically anyone from anywhere, usually Americans. They just give them a passport.

Some countries refuse to have one, I think from memory France never had one, but I might be wrong. If anything they have bigs coming out their butt between Gober/Wemby/Fall/Lesort and a couple of others, I understand why the players might be pissed off if they just give away a spot to someone completely out of the system and with no real ties to the country. I wouldn't do it, if you have an extra spot just give it to a young guy like Sarr.

Then again this France team looked kinda cooked in the World Cup, so maybe they'll try something radical.

France had Crawford Palmer at least that i can recall And i'm sure he wasn't the only one.


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Post#66 » by KokoKaizer » Mon Sep 25, 2023 5:13 pm

jpengland wrote:I'd love him to choose France just because I think we would see some crazy line ups with Embiid, Gobert and Wembanyama on the floor together with FIBA rules. I'd legit love to see that team play against the US.


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Post#67 » by ItsDanger » Mon Sep 25, 2023 5:15 pm

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Lockdown504090 wrote:If there was ever a guy who shouldn’t play competitively in the off-season ever it’s Joel embiid. He can’t even get on his knees to thank God because he might tear a ligament.

He’s been working out at Ucla, and then when runs start he just watches.he can’t even handle pickup, why would he play every other day in a tournament.

Lol raptor fans.

Embiid was drafted 9 years ago and still hasn't crossed 400 career NBA regular season games. That would indicate the odds of him playing in these kind of tournaments is slim to none.
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Post#68 » by dantas » Mon Sep 25, 2023 5:41 pm

It's a very personal choice
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Post#69 » by Nuntius » Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:58 pm

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thenbaman wrote:
Lockdown504090 wrote:If there was ever a guy who shouldn’t play competitively in the off-season ever it’s Joel embiid. He can’t even get on his knees to thank God because he might tear a ligament.

He’s been working out at Ucla, and then when runs start he just watches.he can’t even handle pickup, why would he play every other day in a tournament.

Lol raptor fans.

Embiid was drafted 9 years ago and still hasn't crossed 400 career NBA regular season games. That would indicate the odds of him playing in these kind of tournaments is slim to none.


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Post#70 » by durden_tyler » Mon Sep 25, 2023 10:02 pm

Slava wrote:
Mirotic12 wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Cameroon

Embiid is from French Cameroon. Has relatives in France, and speaks French. So he does have some connections to France.


By such arbitrary classification standards, Americans can play for any number of countries, South Americans can play for Spain or France and Indians can play for Britain.


Yes, per FIBA rules. They can.
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Post#71 » by dockingsched » Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:14 pm

Mirotic12 wrote:
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Mirotic12 wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Cameroon

Embiid is from French Cameroon. Has relatives in France, and speaks French. So he does have some connections to France.


By such arbitrary classification standards, Americans can play for any number of countries, South Americans can play for Spain or France and Indians can play for Britain.


I was just pointing out that it's incorrect to say that he has no connections at all to France.


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Post#72 » by Wallace_Wallace » Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:25 pm

France? You might well have Embiid teaming up with Kyle Anderson and play for China instead
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Post#73 » by phanman » Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:28 pm

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greekman wrote:choose Canada

Lol. This is actually possible, because Canada can naturalize one foreign player. And the missing piece on that roster is a legit center.

Joining Canada to beat Lebron, KD & Steph would be the ultimate troll move by Embiid…. he would become legendary.

He can do the same playing for France. i think he trolls the USA indeed and play for the stronger France (rather than Cameroon). However, money (and image and branding) talks so US i feel has the inside track— and especially after embarrassing World Cup stints will go hard at Embiid, who plays the position where the Americans are weakest at.

He make would make a much bigger impact competitively playing for our undersized team with SGA than for your team that already has Gobert and Wemby.

Crunch 99 wrote:France is giving Embiid until October 10th to make a commitment, but the oft-injured Embiid can't make a reliable commitment to play 65 regular season NBA games, the minimum threshold for awards, let alone make a commitment to play a full NBA season plus playoffs plus summer Olympic season.

He's suited up for 68 and 66 games the last 2 years :lol:
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Post#74 » by Crunch 99 » Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:45 am

phanman wrote:
durden_tyler wrote:
Jabroni Lames wrote:Lol. This is actually possible, because Canada can naturalize one foreign player. And the missing piece on that roster is a legit center.

Joining Canada to beat Lebron, KD & Steph would be the ultimate troll move by Embiid…. he would become legendary.

He can do the same playing for France. i think he trolls the USA indeed and play for the stronger France (rather than Cameroon). However, money (and image and branding) talks so US i feel has the inside track— and especially after embarrassing World Cup stints will go hard at Embiid, who plays the position where the Americans are weakest at.

He make would make a much bigger impact competitively playing for our undersized team with SGA than for your team that already has Gobert and Wemby.

Crunch 99 wrote:France is giving Embiid until October 10th to make a commitment, but the oft-injured Embiid can't make a reliable commitment to play 65 regular season NBA games, the minimum threshold for awards, let alone make a commitment to play a full NBA season plus playoffs plus summer Olympic season.

He's suited up for 68 and 66 games the last 2 years :lol:


And those were the only two seasons in his career he made it through 65 games. He's only played 394 regular season games in nine seasons for a 43.8 games per season average. Agree, however, that Canada should try to nab him if he is going strong and available later in the season.
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Post#75 » by durden_tyler » Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:35 am

Crunch 99 wrote:
phanman wrote:
durden_tyler wrote:He can do the same playing for France. i think he trolls the USA indeed and play for the stronger France (rather than Cameroon). However, money (and image and branding) talks so US i feel has the inside track— and especially after embarrassing World Cup stints will go hard at Embiid, who plays the position where the Americans are weakest at.

He make would make a much bigger impact competitively playing for our undersized team with SGA than for your team that already has Gobert and Wemby.

Crunch 99 wrote:France is giving Embiid until October 10th to make a commitment, but the oft-injured Embiid can't make a reliable commitment to play 65 regular season NBA games, the minimum threshold for awards, let alone make a commitment to play a full NBA season plus playoffs plus summer Olympic season.

He's suited up for 68 and 66 games the last 2 years :lol:


And those were the only two seasons in his career he made it through 65 games. He's only played 394 regular season games in nine seasons for a 43.8 games per season average. Agree, however, that Canada should try to nab him if he is going strong and available later in the season.

Does Embiid have Canadian citizenship? Only France, Cameroon and US are the options because of FIBA rules.
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Post#76 » by Jabroni Lames » Wed Sep 27, 2023 12:43 pm

durden_tyler wrote:
Crunch 99 wrote:
phanman wrote:He make would make a much bigger impact competitively playing for our undersized team with SGA than for your team that already has Gobert and Wemby.


He's suited up for 68 and 66 games the last 2 years :lol:


And those were the only two seasons in his career he made it through 65 games. He's only played 394 regular season games in nine seasons for a 43.8 games per season average. Agree, however, that Canada should try to nab him if he is going strong and available later in the season.

Does Embiid have Canadian citizenship? Only France, Cameroon and US are the options because of FIBA rules.


It would require Canada granting Embiid accelerated citizenship. I can't see Canada doing that, but European countries do it all the time. Just last year, Spain quickly naturalized Lorenzo Brown (because they needed a PG replacement after Rubio got injured), and he helped lead them to the EuroBasket 2022 title. I guess having a first name like Lorenzo sounded Spanish enough, lol.
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Post#77 » by _jin » Wed Sep 27, 2023 1:07 pm

I havent seen a single report or mention here in France of that supposed deadline so I'm doubting its veracity. Doesnt matter really, I dont know a single french basketball fan who wants him on the national team.
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Post#78 » by UcanUwill » Wed Sep 27, 2023 1:53 pm

dockingsched wrote:
Mirotic12 wrote:
Slava wrote:
By such arbitrary classification standards, Americans can play for any number of countries, South Americans can play for Spain or France and Indians can play for Britain.


I was just pointing out that it's incorrect to say that he has no connections at all to France.


Breaking news, Austin Reaves is now eligible to play for France due to the fact he was born in Oklahoma that once belonged to the French prior to the Louisiana Purchase.


WTF are you guys even trolling, he would be naturalized player. Mirotic12 posts lots of bull, but he just pointed out that he has some lose connection to Franze hense why he pursued their passport, simply for those askign why France to being with. Mirotic isnt even justifying that he should play for France, I am pretty sure, he just like me, and many others, would hate that... Embiid would be their naturalized FIBA player at thats it, wtf are you tripping about?
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Post#79 » by _jin » Wed Sep 27, 2023 2:03 pm

dockingsched wrote:
Mirotic12 wrote:
Slava wrote:
By such arbitrary classification standards, Americans can play for any number of countries, South Americans can play for Spain or France and Indians can play for Britain.


I was just pointing out that it's incorrect to say that he has no connections at all to France.


Breaking news, Austin Reaves is now eligible to play for France due to the fact he was born in Oklahoma that once belonged to the French prior to the Louisiana Purchase.

You really should avoid making smartass jokes about a topic you clearly dont understand at all.
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Post#80 » by r0drig0lac » Wed Sep 27, 2023 2:17 pm

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