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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ItsDanger wrote: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.
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.
Mirotic12 wrote: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.
I was just pointing out that it's incorrect to say that he has no connections at all to France.
durden_tyler wrote:Jabroni Lames wrote: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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
