Joel Embid, one of the figures NBAhas a dream between eyebrows: play the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, the player born in Cameroon knows that this challenge will be very difficult for him if he seeks to do it with his country’s team, so You already have a plan in mind to reach your goal.
According to RMC Sports, the player born in Yaounde has already begun the procedures to obtain French nationality and would have among his plans to travel to that country in June to seal his new citizenship.
Embiid would have family ties to France. (AFP)
In principle, one of the candidates to be the MVP of the season has some things in its favour: one of them is the fact that the FIBA only accepts one nationalized player per team (the French team does not have any to date), and the other is that He has not yet made his debut with the team of his native country.
France was silver medal in Tokyo after losing the final vs. USA. (AFP)
According to information from L’Equipe and RMC Sports, Embiid, 28, has ties to the European country and that was what motivated him to start the paperwork.
The truth is that renowned players are not lacking in France, which was silver medal in Tokyo after falling in the final against USAand has men of the stature of Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz), Vincent Poirier (Real Madrid) and Nicholas Batum (LA Clippers)
Gobert is one of the many figures in the French team. (AP)
Embiid is still out
The Yaoundé-born player is not having his best days when it comes to the NBA. The center missed the first game of the East semifinal series against Miami because he still hasn’t recovered from a orbital fracture suffered in the 6th game of the series against Toronto.
A) Yes, the 76ers will not have their star in this Wednesday night’s game against Miamiin which they need to win so that the Heat do not place the 2-0 in the series.
“I know you did yesterday did some work, but not much, and I know you feel much better. But I don’t want to give false expectations, so I’ll stop there.” Doc RiversPhiladelphia DT.
Embiid was injured in the series vs. Toronto. (AFP)
james hardenwho arrived in February from Brooklyn, added: “We obviously miss Joel, but that is something that is out of our control. We have to go out and compete and I know we’re going to do it because we’re strong.”
The Beard misses Embiid. (EFE)
The rest of the playoff series
With a spectacular Ja Morant, who scored 47 points and the last 15 consecutively, Memphis defeated Golden State 106-101 at home. and tied the Western Conference semifinal series 1-1. The next duel between the two will be this Saturday in San Francisco
Morant unwrapped her against Warriors. (AFP)
In addition, in the remaining semi of the West, phoenix beat Dallas 1-0 and this Wednesday at 23 will seek to enlarge the advantage at home.
In the East, milwaukeedefending champion, tie 1-1 in view of Boston after winning the first match and falling in the second. This Saturday the first duel will be played on the Bucks court, who have in their squad with Luca Vildozathe only Argentine who still has a chance of being champion in the best league in the world.
Luca Vildoza and a postcard from his NBA debut with the Milwaukee Bucks jersey.
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