Americans Don’t Understand Joel Embiid’s Betrayal
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Joel Embiid, one of the most dominant and charismatic players in the NBA, has found himself at the center of a heated controversy leading up to the 2024 Summer Olympics. Known for his remarkable skills, imposing presence, and vibrant personality, Embiid has become a polarizing figure in the world of basketball due to his decision to represent Team USA in the Olympics, rather than playing for France or his native Cameroon. Born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Embiid's journey to basketball stardom began in his home country before moving to the United States to pursue his career. He became a naturalized French citizen in 2022, opening the door for him to potentially play for the French national team. However, in a surprising move, Embiid announced in 2023 that he would represent Team USA in the 2024 Olympics. Embiid's choice to play for the United States over Cameroon and France has sparked outrage and disappointment among fans and commentators. Many in Cameroon feel betrayed, seeing Embiid's decision as a rejection of his roots and a missed opportunity to elevate the profile of basketball in his homeland. Meanwhile, French basketball enthusiasts and officials, who had anticipated his contribution to their national team, view the decision as a significant loss. Critics argue that Embiid's decision undermines the spirit of national representation in sports. Playing for Team USA, a country with a historically dominant basketball program, rather than a less powerful nation like Cameroon or France, has been seen by some as a move driven by a desire for guaranteed success rather than a genuine connection to the country. Team USA is already considered a powerhouse in international basketball, and Embiid's addition further tilts the competitive balance in their favor. This has led to concerns about the fairness and competitiveness of the Olympic basketball tournament, with some fans and players expressing frustration over what they perceive as an uneven playing field. Joel Embiid's decision has undeniably affected his public image. While he remains one of the most talented and influential players in the NBA, his choice to play for Team USA has made him a target of criticism and resentment. In Cameroon, many feel abandoned by their basketball hero, and in France, there's a sense of missed opportunity and disappointment. Even within the United States, the move has sparked debate about the ethics of national representation in sports.Despite the backlash, Embiid has remained firm in his decision, stating that it was based on personal reasons and his desire to compete at the highest level. As the 2024 Olympics approach, the spotlight will be on Embiid not only for his performance on the court but also for the broader implications of his controversial decision. Whether he can redeem himself in the eyes of his critics and how this chapter will shape his legacy remains to be seen.
#joelembiid #olympics #76ers #nba #fiba
Coming in 5th or 6th in Cameroon would be BEYOND winning a gold medal anywhere else
facts
Nothing is beyond a gold medal. If he can win with the US, he should do it. Nationalistic lines are irrelevant when you're playing with your people either way.
@@J-Hue facts
@@J-Hueyour people he says 😂
@@J-Hue What do you mean playing with your people. He just became a citizen months ago. It would be a much bigger accomplishment if he put Cameroon on his back and won that qualifying tournament.
He won't even be playing anyway--too injured to play. He needs an off-season to rest and get ready for another half-season.
Fr.... Bam might low key get a lot of playing tim bc of Embiid and ADs injuries
@@BillyBall35😊😊😊
@@BillyBall35ad has been healthy pretty much all season … he played the most games in his career this season … only missed 6 games this season ..
L O A D MANAGEMENT.
Embiid is playing, and US is shameless for buying Cameroonian like a slave.
Him choosing to play with the U.S is isn’t the issue but it’s the false promises and the fact he’s doing it now when the U.S is putting together another redeem team. Also, the arrogance of the our players when they treat it as forgone conclusion that they will win makes them really unlikeable, I almost hope we lose just so we get humbled
Dont worry, y'all will lose. Good luck on your second Civil War you American 🤡
not gonna lie Joel did a rug pull on a whole country, and I understand why everyone is mad. I’m American myself and i’m disappointed with what he did. You can’t literally ask the President for Citizenship and make promises to turn your back. Thats wrong
I’m American and I do hope they lose. It would be good for the game of basketball. We should want the game to grow internationally and for competition across the world to be as fierce as possible.
Lol na it is definitely pretty rude of him
not a desirable move for the rest of us but most likely he just want a champ recognition
Mans doing the KD thing to win a championship 😂😂😂😂
salty
@Strockys not salty . I couldn't care less but it is what it is my G
@@djbomber9583 It's NOT what you say it is. KD couldn't win a championship in OKC over the Warriors, but according to the narrator France was a lock with Embiid on its team and not the USA team. Things which are different are not the same.
He got family
*Lebron
He never lived in France though. France isn't "his country" He was granted French citizenship through exceptional interest because he requested it to the French government as Cameroon used to be a French colony. It would be like Bruno Fernando claiming Portuguese nationality because he is from Angola despite never really living in Portugal.
Wake em up
Yeah it was weird when he said he was a native of France.
@@julianbrewster4633blacks are natives of hell
France even being in the convo sounds abt white since they colonized Cameroon. Only Cameroonians should be offended rightfully so
maybe he is thinking that Joel grew up like M’Bappe who is originally from Cameroon but was born in France so his nationality is France. What u guys think
Wembanyama was born on 4 January 2004, in Le Chesnay, in the Paris region, so he's French. His father is Congolese.
So? Nobody said he wasn't. He can still get the Congolese citizenship and play for Congo if he wishes to, just like Jordan Clarkson with the Philippines. He's Congolese by blood.
Never gonna happen and that's the point
To African parents…
And? Only in America this shit makes sense he's simply French@@Regalieth9143
@@Regalieth9143 parentS ? only his father is congolese.
White roots are not less important than black ones, still you're talking like he doesn't have french blood in his veins.
@@Sckiiz HIS MOTHER IS FROM ARGELIA , AND ARGELIA IS IN AFRICA ALSO
Most successful people leave Africa as soon as they can and never look back. It’s sad, but it is what it is.
Africa the hood 😂😂
You think you just dropped some deep knowledge, but really, you are misinformed...to say most successful people leave Africa is misleading; there are more successful people in Africa, but you can argue that some educated people leave Africa. Regardless, all the successful (WEALTHY) people live the same way; the ones in Africa are not different. They live in the country with the best ease of business, including taxes, but have properties worldwide in places they love or admire. SOME educated people and the general public looking for better career opportunities and empowerment are leaving Africa. Successful people in Africa stay there because they are successful; there is no need to leave.
ngannou tryng to do a lot for africa bro
@@skiiytastic I appreciate your comment. But you belittled my take and then basically just agreed with me. A lot of successful people stay. A lot don’t. A greater percentage leave than most first world countries though. Because the living conditions in a very large percent of the continent are less than ideal. That is all we are both saying.
I have family who live in rural north Africa. It is the dream of a massive portion of the population there to get an education and find meaningful work that pays well. Most people are more than open to the idea of leaving, they just can’t in their current position. There is not nearly as much opportunity in Africa as there is compared to places in America, Europe, lots of Asia, Australia, or NZ.
In places in the world where the elite are so drastically wealthy compared to the poor, and they achieve this by taking advantage of the poor, those rich people won’t leave. If they earn their wealth in some other way, they leave.
@@BBallRambling your assumptions make no sense, how can most successful people want to leave Africa because there’s a greater population of people traveling out of Africa than other places. What’s the correlation between the two data points? Again you are misinformed we are not saying the same thing, you are adding in things like your opinions that you think are facts like “the living conditions in a very large percent of the continent are less than ideal”… they are less than ideal for you and your family that left, let me ask you something the president and cabinets of every president in Africa would you consider them successful?… because they live in their country of service but have properties elsewhere like most wealthy people. What about the various doctors that stay to work in the hospitals, just so you know how misinformed you are…what about the people who leave their careers in first world countries to teach or consult in a third world country are they part of those successful people leaving Africa… you are saying most successful people leave Africa im saying that is your opinion and statistically it is impossible for most successful people to want to leave Africa yet Africa is as developed as it is. I am saying all successful people stay in Africa and educated people and the general public are the ones looking for better opportunities. I know lots of kids from successful African families, they can experience the world in a much different way than some kid in a poor family, leaving their hometown is out of the question, there is always a family house there and every where else is places they go when they travel, so your point is pointless. You can be successful in whatever country you choose to as long as you remain law abiding and competent. If you are successful in that country why would you leave regardless if you are from that country or not.
Wemby is not Congolese . His own father Felix was not even born there, but in Belgium , and later moved to France, where he was naturalized French before Victor was even born.
His mother is from old French aristocracy . He's as French as they get , with African origins on his paternal side , of course he is going to play for his own country.
And unlike Giannis, Wemby doesn't have dual nationality. He is ONLY a french citizen.
This wouldn't be a big deal if he didn't write the letter.
who give a fuck about france?
love it
at least africans are make them feels good
Exactly 💯
exactly that's so stupid, don't promise if your not 100% sure you can keep it
Yes and no. To the french it wouldn’t be a big deal but to Cameroon he’s still a traitor
@@NimerrHoops to the french this is a public insult
Playing for Cameroon would’ve been most ideal to represent his homeland but I understand the frustration many African athletes have with the lack of structure and support from their respective sports federations.
France on the other hand has a competitive roster that could give the US a run for its money. When Joel passed that up, it confirmed to me that he doesn’t want to go the extra mile to win like in the NBA playoffs.
talking of structure and yet the people who are supposed to show our leaders how it is done on a global level plays for other NT.....currently South Sudan is a powerhouse in basketball within 2 years span just after Luol Deng came back and took charge of the team. You cant force someone to speak English if he has never stepped inside an English classroom.
Prepare Gilbert Arenas calling Luka and Jokic as his oppressors
Serbia was known before Jokic 💀💀
obviously but definitely rose awareness
You can argue most of the time they were either s&m or yugoslavia but yeah
@@DKM_Sports Bora Stankovic opened door for European players in NBA, Divac was first european player, Serbian basketball have rich history and centrally it didnt start with Jokic.
@@GarkKahn When you say Yugoslavia is Serbo-Croatian basketball school because 90% most famous players were Serbs and Croatians. Serbia is successor of Yugoslavia.
Novak to me put Serbia on the map
Most of the "African Americans" you speak of are born here... I'm Irish my great grandparents came off the boat. Does that mean I'll represent Ireland... No...
You’re American not irish
@konguy3 That's his point
But Embiid is not an American by birth
@@konguy3 We don't bother with the "hyphen-American" in America. Nobody has time for that in a nation of 330 million people where 98% are descended from immigrants. Everyone knows what saying "I'm Irish" in an American accent really means. They'll clarify they're an Irish national in the very unlikely event they actually are.
Exactly.
No one except 76ers fans think Joel is the best player in the NBA, and they are delusional.
He's been the most dominant player by far for 2 of the past 4 seasons before injury took him out of the running for mvp. If he could stay healthy, he might be the most decorated player of his era right now.
@J-Hue Lotta IF there. Too bad none of that happened in this reality. Over here he is just a sorry ass bum.
@@SaltySquidur a casual if u don’t think he’s top 5 lmao
@@SaltySquid Embiid is one of the best big men in the league. Id personally put him over Jokic. Sure he gets a lot of fouls, but who cares.
@@lemoonjames10 that's a casual ass take. But do you, goober.
Why would France be his "native" country? I thought he grew up in Cameroon and went to college at Kansas.
Noy sure but cameroonians might be french cotizens like how puerto ricans are american citizens
@@genocidehero9687that‘s not the case
ask embiid he said it in his letter to macron
@@genocidehero9687 Cameroonians I don’t think are French citizens. They have ties to France due to being a former colony but I’m not sure that means that they get to be French citizens
no we cameroonians don't have French citizenship. The fact that he agreed to play for France in the past was a scandal , because he never lived there.
If I was Philly I wouldn’t allow him to play anyway. At this point it’s been proven time and time again embiid and Kawhi can not stay healthy and I’m honestly thinking even if they go, they won’t play much.
It’s playing for your country which is a higher level of honor than the NBA, As the game becomes more global the NBA will need to get used to this especially if the players come from more nationalistic countries.
@@mohamedabdourahman9845which would be a good thing considering the US hasn’t sent their best squad to the Olympics since 2012 even though they won 2016 and 2020. Things might change moving forward.
@@womar8 The US needs to be checked either in 2024 or 2028 to see the world is catching up.
@@mohamedabdourahman9845 The top 5 players in the world are non American, but the US has the bigger talent pool. And Funny thing is if they do get checked. Than you’d have the best players consistently play and with that comes actual chemistry which would make it even harder for them to be beaten.
@@womar8 it's a win win for basketball fans.
Joel should play for Cameroon. The US is just where he works. Doesn't matter the time he's spent in the US or becoming a citizen as well.
TMZ asked him awhile back "why isn't he celebrating the 4th of July?" Joel said "that's an American holiday, and I'm not American." So was he waiting for Citizenship to celebrate the 4th of July?
He is a medal chaser. He's NOT loyal. Give the French their Citizenship back. You received it by lying.
He owes his basketball to the US though. He played high school basketball, college basketball and now NBA all in the US. If anything representing the US should be his first choice
If it were the Greeks, the Balkans the Turks I'd say you're right, but I don't think French care about basketball that much to be demonstrating about Embiid. And let's not confuse Football to Basketball. It's like day and night in popularity
We care about bball, but not about embiid tbh. Our golden generation in bball had a good run, now we're building the new one, this year with wenbenyama and coulibaly, next with Sarr and Risacher, and we aim to 1rst draft pick with the other Wenbenyama in 2026/2027
The French lost their best player too a Spanish team.
@@MrMillefail French basketball golden age is from 2011 to 2015?
@@nomooonpretty much cause Tony Parker was leading the team with Boris Diaw
You know the olympics are in France?
Am I seeing this right? That traitor Embiid, who is Cameroonian and who had promised he would play for France, and in the end chose the United States. Would you trust someone like that?
he is playing for his son who is born in the us
The number of players on the US Olympic Men's Team who are also on the NBA All-Injury team is astounding. Kawhi, AD, Embiid, and Haliburton. Almost a full, All-Star level starting line-up.
Kawhi hurt himself tying his shoes before the first practice.
You don’t understand what Joel did and why it’s controversial, and you don’t understand what African American means and you don’t understand anything about international qualifications
Wembys dad was born in Belgium to Congolese decent and spent most of his life in France and would have had to renounce his Congolese citizenship to do that in the first place, you can’t have tri citizenship so it’s debatable if he could play for the Congo in the first place
African Americans have very mixed African decent and often can’t just pick out one nation from Africa to join because that’s not how citizenship works and even if it did they’re American by values and culture
And the French national team was French, many third generation French
Which is more than the very pale white English national team was English (most of the team is of Irish decent including Kane and Bellingham) and Welsh (half the team) but nobody bats an eye to that because they’re both here not there
By your logic America would have no athletes, the average African American family has been in America longer than the average Irish American, Italian American and German American family
The African-American's "native" country is America. They're born and raised in America, speak American English, have American culture. America is all they know. It would be disingenuous for them to represent an African country that they know little about and haven't lived in simply because their ancestors come from Africa. By that logic, all the white American players should represent the European countries they descend from.
💯 🎯
Those African countries didn’t even exist before the 1900’s. They were created by Europeans. We don’t identify with those modern day places.
Joel “ The Cheat” Embiid
Lmao you mad
isnt it Joel “The Crybaby” Embiid? 😭😭😭
@@doccan3848 Joel has more fitting nicknames than Free throws!
@@ajpettigrew8167 yeah, mad at the way he cheats his nationality/ies, his teams, and the game of basketball generally 🏀
European POV - equating footy and bb in Europe is just plain wrong. This summer in Europe the main event is the EUROS. The whole Olympic games are an afterthought. If France has an early exit from the Euros- then France fans may trash everything. Lost all respect for The Process because - he's a whiner, a dirty player, and now I'm starting to think that the MVP stolen from Jokic was also the US way to nudge him onto their Olympic team. Honestly, I feel sorry for the Sixers fans. Bank on Maxey! Talent, youth, and a positive attitude - healthy on the inside and out!
The Olympics is way bigger than euros. The Olympics is a WORLDWIDE event involving over 200 countries while the euros is just Europe with only 24 countries and also the euros is just football while the euros is 30+ sports. The only bigger sporting event than the Olympics is the World Cup and it’s close tbh
@@YoungGameChanger23 That's true, but that doesn't change the fact that Football is SO MUCH bigger than everything else here in Europe. Main priority for most people will be the Euros. Obviously if you're more into, idk, Track and Field and don't care for Football whatsoever you'll be tuned into the Olympics of course. Everybody else will have their eyes on the Euros.
@@YoungGameChanger23 he is not saying the euros are bigger than the olympics, he is just stating a fact. The fact is that us Europeans are thinking about the Euros, i didn't even remember about the Olympics till this week. Football is bigger here than all of the other sports combined and the Euros is the most important trophy you can win as a nation just after the World Cup. That being said, if the French leave the Euros early in the knockout stages, the mood in the Olympics WILL be hostile.
@@YoungGameChanger23the vast majority of sports fans in the world care far more about the Euros and Copa America than the Olympics
European, from England. Yes I can confirm that we DO NOT care about the Olympics rn it’s the Euros.
It seemed like you were insinuating that Americans of African decent should play for their ancestral African countries, does that apply to Americans of European decent too? Weird
Americans thinking they are smart
I myself was abit confused seeing embiid in the USA squad instead of Cameroon or France I’d thought he’d be playing for Cameroon tho
Embiid is a clown 😂
In the end, he is just a mercenary.
Joël"the eaziest wayyy possible"Embiid.
By the way french is his native language & don't want to answer any question in french is crazy.
Good for him. He knows exactly the mentality of french people, and you are proving his point as to why he wont even converse with your people anymore 😂😂😂. France turned their back on him, so you have absolutely no right to cry now that he decided to take his fate into his own hands like a man.
@@VojvodaSloboda
I'm sure he doesn't care much for the US generla populace either. But, he's playing with his people whether he plays for his country back in Africa or here in the States. Might as well go with the team you can win with.
@@J-Hue I don't know what are you talking about man ,he is already a traitor to his own people (Cameroonians) heck he is now a double traitor to a foreign country even. Neither French or Americans (of any color ) are not his people . His only people are people of Cameroon and he betrayed them .
Maybe because the French colonized, pillaged, and WAPED his people?
French is his colonial language, not his tribal.
To be fair
Both usa and France are awful
I don't get wat you mean . With your logic every white player should play for some European country
Facts. this guy kinda fell on his head.
Golden State asking Andrew Wiggins to not play is icing on the cake for Canada too. I’m really disappointed we won’t get to watch him suit up but I hope we win a medal so badly regardless
after Lebron n Curry retire from team USA, he would just write another letter to Germany🇩🇪. 🤣🤣
Hes done a Paulo Banchero. Paulo promished for year he would join italy but decided, nah and went and didnt get a medal at the world cup
Well at least Banchero didn't begged for a citizenship
They can represent if they were born there. But you don't have Amercan players representing Ireland or Germany or Italy because their grandparents came from there. The options should be country of birth or country of residence/citezenship and not country of descent. Look at Izzy Adesanya, born in Nigeria but represented New Zealand, but then gravitated back to Nigeria, because he felt more "welcomed" there. That should be the only two options.
Yea this whole idea of representing your "country of descent" is pretty retarded. Most 2nd or 3rd generation people have nothing to do with their country of descent and are fully integrated and socialized by the culture they were born it.
Shawn Bradley repped Germany.
Funnily enough Austin Reaves was in talks to represent Germany at last years World Cup because his Grandma or something is from here. Obviously in the end he decided for the US after they came knocking. Not that I blame him, I'm more than happy with how it played out.
Chris Kaman played olympics 2008 for Germany. But every single player in the German roster which won the World Cup and play at the Olympics is born in Germany. Schröder for example have also a German mother
Pretty sure embiid only did the french thing only to improve his passport and avoid paperwork on vacations
Yep that's the case. He just wants a powerful passport
He has a fckng American passport, stop with the excuses
i had to stop watching at: you could make an argument embiid has been the best player in the league the last 3 seasons...
You should have stayed, it was pretty entertaining.
If not for injury, he was by far leading the mvp race 2 of the last 4 seasons. If he could stay healthy, he might be the most dominant player in the league by a decent margin.
What he said wasn’t wrong.😅
Truth and facts not getting in the way of a good story.
Who is your best player? Bad defenders Luka and Jokic?
Americans are identified by citizenship and allegiance, there is no "American" ethnicity, most European nations cannot relate as there are, for example, French nationals and French people, you can be both or one and not the other. On the flipside, it's literally just "American." Wembanyama representing France over the Congo is different from Lebron representing the US over wherever his family is from, because Americans of African ancestry are just as integral to the history, culture, and identity of the country than any other demographic, whereas Wemby is both French....and not French. I don't think there's an issue with him representing France nor is there an issue with Giannis representing Greece, if it's their home and they have the opportunity, then there's no problem aside from people getting in their feelings.
the difference with many european athletes of african descent like many french or german or English players is that they similarly don't have much connection to their ancestors african country and have often never even been there once especially if the family dynamic doesn't focus on its culture or they're mixed
playing for the european nation you were born in as an afro European isn't that controversial to me especially if you've lived there your whole live feel at home speak the language live the cultural values etc (speaking out of personal experience)
Many have connections to their roots actually, its just a matter of convenience. You see a few choosing to play for their ancestor's country either because of the connection (ex: aubameyang) or practicality since they either won't suit up or will have a diminished role in a european country so they'll choose their parent's country for a bigger role and visibility (ex: brahim diaz)
Quite often these Africans living in Europe still have many cultural ties to their native country in Africa. It's just that they either join a European nation out of convenience (less travel time), better career opportunities (there's more attention on European tournaments than African ones) or more chance of winning a trophy (European teams are better in quality). However as soon as an African nation has a decent team, like Morocco, all the Africans (of Moroccan decent) join it instead of a European one.
The oldest story in the book: man wants to win, man joins the best team. Changing one's mind is nothing new. Get over it.
14:08 good god! what the hell is wrong with some of these psychotic sports fans? 🤦🏻♂️
Embiid saw Cameroon's sry rooster and decided to dip.
He never let that stop him from hero-balling on some Cameroon-level Sixers rosters though, did it? More shot for him, end of the day.
@@megatrollificus Most people would pick being on a championship team over a sry early elimination team.
France can kiss off, they constantly use other countries player. I feel bad for Cameroon, though.
To be fair, in the football national team, pretty much all players are actually born in the country and grew up to be stars using the countries teams and infrastructures, there are far more france born players playing for other countries than the other way around. Not the case with Embiid tho.
Please check the list of foreign born players participating in each football team at the world cup, it's easy to find and you'll understand wich countries are "using" wich. You're speaking without knowing right now.
@@Sckiiz France has 3 players born outside of Europe (Maignan, Samba and Camavinga), Marocco has 15 players born outside of Africa, Ghana has 8, the list goes on. So it's you who need to check the list, you're speaking without knowing right now.
@@VitorSilva-lk4es The message wasn't for you, if it was, there would have been an "@VitorSilva-lk4es" at the start of the message, like this one have. I was answering the "France constantly use other countries player" so chill. France youth program is being "used" by other countries, not the other way around.
@@Sckiiz my bad brother
We're all of African origin. How long does one's family have to live in a country to gain membership? If Embiid considers himself American in some meaningful way, I don't see an issue with it.
No we do not all stem from "Africa". Stop with that pseudo-science that's called evolution.
Embiid's situation is completely different than other African-American players in the NBA. They are born are raised in America, so they're simply representing their country. Whereas Embiid was born and raised in Cameroon.
How is Weleby not French and Antetokounmpo not Greek?
Wemby is french and not congolese. He only has the french nationality.
Giannis is both nigerian and greek (born in Athens), he has dual nationality.
Embid, at the time of the start of the whole mess, only had the cameroon nationality, and could only play for them. Hence all his sheananigans to obtain other nationalities to play for another team.
The narratives this guy creates are insane, only found you a week ago but easily one of my favourite youtubers
Question:
Can he say he´s sorry and "re-choose" france?
(Since he´s not gonna play anyway due to injury)
That's why Manu ginobli is a legend, played for his country and won a gold medal
Imagine how competitive the World Cup and Olympics would be if the African Players would play in their own home or naturally born country and I think that US would never get any Gold if that happens. I'm hoping that would happen soon
That’s just not true…
Nah we definitely would still win Gold. If anything itd probably make things less competitive because no Africans would be playing for European nations.
White guys can shoot. Shid. Whenever I'm balling at a gym or outside. The White guy usually not physical or much of a shid talker but he gon shoot.
So if you are born in America, Then American, not African American. Born in Africa, then an African. Simple logic
not sure about it but luka has only slovenian citizienship, so he's only possibility is to play with slovenian olimpic team.
He also have Spanish citizenship and trough his father he was also eligible to play for Serbia (yes Luka is half Serbian there is no Slovenian surnames ending with ic )
@@lakeoffireman of course there are
@@bojcio There are but those people are Slovenians of Serbian,Bosniak or Croatian ethnic heritage.There is no Slovenian native ethnic surnames ending with "ić" just as there is no "Ć " letter in Slovenian alphabet.
@@lakeoffireman Politics aside, it would have been amazing to see Doncic and Jokic play on a Balkan super team.
@@lakeoffireman Like Dragic, Pelesic ;-)
Embiid is overrated and isn't tipping any scales. This isn't the US team with Hart, Portis, Ingram & Kessler. France size doesn't trump our skill. Guaranteed gold God willing.
As a french team supporter, I really didn't care Embiid decided to play for the US, he had the choice and I was fine whichever country he chose to play for. Having Wemby, Gobert and all the other crazy talents that will come soon is more than enough. But I had no clue about this letter, this looks very fucked up. Can't say I have much respect for Embiid anymore 🤔
I never understood why Embiid even wanted French citizenship in the first place. Let alone wanting to rep France in basketball only to join team USA.
So called African Americans are not African they are indigenous Americans. “African American” is a misnomer.
Idk how I feel about giving embiid a spot on the roster when he got citizenship just to qualify. What about nba players who’ve wanted to represent the USA their whole lives
I’ve seen a few people say the same thonkg
i think embiid is just being smart majority of his fans are americans and him joining the team usa gives him more chance of getting a gold in the olympics than playing for france
How is France his native country if he was born in and grew up in Cameroon?
Yes, this dude is clown.
Apparently he speaks French..
Embiid said it’s his native country in the letter to the French president
majority of African countries were made by western europeans colonizers, they took over area and made all people there citizens of a country they made up, in some of the larger countries in Africa there are people that don't even know that they are part of some country
@@kilogodsCameroon used to be a former French colony of course he speaks French
He literally is pretty much a American now so why play for USA
I wondered about this. He seems like the kind of individual the narrator describes.
Slow your roll with the "African American" bullshit. Joel is African American Kyrie Irving is not, he is an American who happens to be black.
I did notice you pointed out real African Americans. Good video.
If France expects to win gold this Olympics they are as delusional as they are cowardly.
with Joel Embiid they had a good chance
>they don't know/represent their country of "origin"
>they represent their country of birth
People sleeping on Canada, they have the best team outside team USA imo
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@@DKM_Sports Aleksa Avramovic
As a French I'm happy Embiid didn't select our country. Him earning the French nationalty made little to no sense to begin with, and most of our players didn't want him to join neither. I'm just sad for Cameroun. They are the ones who should actually be complaining.
I reeeealllly hope Wembanyama and Sarr suit up for France
Wemby will be there
@@DKM_Sports Goode for him. They'll have Gobert, too.
Man, Wemby and Gobert, probably on the floor at the same time. Get ready for a lot of 3s, man.
I remember the Italians were fuming at Paolo Banchero choosing to play for team USA after saying he'd play for Italy.
As a Cameroonian I was surprised to see him go with America but I don’t think we have much of a National basketball team anyway but if we do yeah he is a sellout for that. Still my favorite player.
In Serbia no one basketball fan has Jokić as his best or favorite player, I respect Bogdan Bogdanović way more than Jokić and Bogdan is the better FIBA player hands down.
I'm just perplexed how you can proclaim love for the dude that sold out. Fuck him. Is he ashamed of Cameroon? Is he "too good" for Cameroon? Fuck him and his high horse.
I have infinite more respect for players like Luka or George Best (could have played for England and won it) who took the honorable way even if it means no medal.
Cameroon is qualified for TQO olympic siakam said he will play for cameroon this Summer.
He's playing alongside his people whether he plays for Cameroon or Team USA. He might as well play for the one he has the best chance to help win with. If Team USA loses, it'll be considered a knock against the dominance of black players, whether they were born in America or Africa.
@@J-Hue what exactly are "his people"?
@@bojcio Based off their comment, im gonna assume not france lol
Finessed France out of a citizenship 😂 Embiid the goat. Btw any time USA takes the Olympics seriously with our best no other team has a chance, be for real.
Well, France has been taking a lot of losses and that's a great thing. Submarine deal, Embiid alleged betrayal, getting booted off Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso...
Wait, he never even lived in France and they are mad he is not playing for them? TF He should play for Cameroon or the US lol he loves in the US so I don't see anything wrong with hims wanting to play for them. France is such a jaundiced and priviliged nation wow
He said he would. He went out of his way to tell players, coaches and government officials. He is the lamest mf on planet earth. What a childish clown
Agreed 💯
On s'en fout qu'il ne joue pas pour nous, c'est juste qu'il a profité de sa position pour avoir la nationalité française alors que des gens qui travaillent en France ont des règles à suivre pour l'obtenir
@@maigrotjean-francois3046 that's your government. it's not like they would give his citizenship to someone else if he didn't get it. Basically you wanted to cheat and it didn't work out and you're mad. Typical France
France isn't mad he isn't playing, as previous comment explains. We've all been talking about ball and our team but I've absolutely never even heard people talk about Embiid. Please don't allow the limited research this youtuber has performed to define an entire country of people to the point of insulting them 🤷
This is the USA plan. Take the talent from other countries. Paolo Banchero has promised to play for Italy, Walker Kessler was in talks with Germany and Cam Johnson with Croatia and USA recruited them all for the last world championship
Can we send them all back since they lost 😂😂😂
The French finna take this personal like Jordan.😂 Allez les Bleus
Great vid, the premise was really good, but there’s a few inaccuracies:
There’s goaltending in FIBA but the rules are slightly different. You can tap the ball while its on the rim but that’s it, the rest is the same as the NBA.
Serbia was a household name in international basketball and Jokic did contribute yes but everybody knew about Serbia before Jokic.
USA weren’t terrible in the WC because of size (they had JJJ & Kessler), but they lost because of they played terrible basketball. USA also lacked a lot of defensive effort. Also Andreas Obst destroyed the US not the Wagner bros. Willy Hernangomez was named MVP not both.
Allez Les Bleus transletes to “Lets go the blues”, which is France nickname.
Trump is not president.
I suggest translating "allez les Bleus" as "Go Blue team, Go ! "
If you think choosing Embiid is what’s going to win you a gold medal…😂😂 have you SEEN him under pressure? And we wouldn’t arrest a player if they decided to play for another country bc half the league does. And ‘you don’t know about Paris fans’… sounds like y’all are a buncha whiners 💁🏻♂️💁🏻♂️
He's a child in a man's body
@@John8_43-44who cares he'd gonna die soon anyway
I knew I wasn’t tripping when I was confused on why Embiid was playing with USA
France being mad as if Europe hasn't historically robbed all of Africa's players is wild 😂
1) We don't care about Embid.
2) We did rob a lot of thing from Africa, but not players, it's mostly the other way around with players that spent their childhood eating raclette and camembert choosing to play for the country of their grandfather or whatnot instead of theirs.
3) Evan Fournier said he found "disturbing" the naturalisation of embid and called it a "disrespect" of Rudy's hardwork. Nicolas Batum the captain of french squad said naturalising him was an "ethically debatable choice". So the players seems mostly happy about this.
4) Put yourself in Joel's boots, even if he loved France frfr, on one side the french players were kinda dissing him, then he probably got a call from Lebron asking him to join his superteam of NBA stars. It would have required some HEAVY ties to France for him to refuse the offer and go trough the storm. Any true French would have choosen the later tho, and sadly/obviously, he's not. Nothing to be mad at.
I understand soccer players, for them African passport is a big disadvantage, but for NBA players?
And by disadvantage: everyone has a winter's vacation, only African national teams are playing. Basically, every African star HAS to work more than others
I understand the frustration. I'm hoping some Euro team actually gets to put the US in its place by denying a finals appearance.
“Put the US in its place” 😭
French here, in no way whatsoever we considered ourselves the favorite. Before it even starts we considered ourselves a serious contender which means reaching the final since Fortnox is still in the US during the Olympics. When tournament started, we were praying to still be alive aftergroup stage. There's a fine line between French arrogance, and outright delusional that we do not cross : sure we'll cheer for France when facing the US, and our team deserved all the cheering we could give them for turning a bad situation into a great recovery (who doesn't love that ??). See you guys in LA 24, can't wait to see US on home ground playing their hearts out for some historic SHOWTIME !!!
Bro is not a African American 😂
He is now!
@@XandateOfHeaven 🤣🤣🤣
@@XandateOfHeavenNope
When Embiid goes to francs he can’t let anyone disrespect him. He needs to be strong and push whoever out the way.
He ain’t good enough to start over Gobert or Wemby.
Wemby would play the 3
You smoking 🚬 some good shit. Joel drop 50 on wemby, and gobert gets shitted on every time they play
@@ajpettigrew8167dropped 70 actually 😂
@@john_v4939 Actually less than 20 pts on "rookie" wemby, the rest on wemby's teammates but u didnt watch the game and only repeat what you heard
A USA starting 5 of Steph, Tatum, LeBron, KD, AD. Would, still win. We don’t need Joel Embitchhh.
I think they should make a rule. You have to play for the country you were born in lowkey. He's always saying he's tough cause he's from Cameroon and takes pride... well not that much I see
When sports are taken too seriously on UA-cam, videos like this come out 🤦 I am pretty sure the rest of the world doesn't give a shit about who plays for which country. Channels like this make me want to cancel my premium UA-cam and get rid of the service for myself.
Sounds like a you thing bro there's nothing wrong with this video at all you're just being ridiculous.
@@twuandixon8675lol 😂for real, homie just went off the deep end outta nowhere
The same could be said about sports in general.
...why are you here, anyway?
🙂
Are you saying sports are just a "game"? Why don't you have yourself a soy shake and simmer down, don't get too flustered. It's called passion for the game, and when you're talking about the Olympics you're talking about the greatest stage to play your game. Of course people are going to get passionate. It adds to the fun and hype of it all. Keep your boring downer crying out of it, go fly a kite.
cry more, kid.
People wrongly assume that because Embiid is a French-speaking African that he was either born in France, lived in France, or had connections to France, but he doesn't. Embiid never lived in France, he doesn't have family there, he is more American than he is French by a mile. Unless you come from a country as poor as Cameroon you can't judge people for shopping around for better citizenship. We also need to acknowledge that France gave him his citizenship for equally selfish reasons, they wanted him to win basketball games for them. Embiid can't be faulted for taking a better offer from a country he actually has connections to.
Embiid can be faulted for a lot of shit, but this isn't one of them. Granted I am upset we didn't get to watch Embiid, Wembanyama and Gobert take on Curry, LeBron and Durrant. This match-up would have been more interesting if the Americans were five years younger, but still would have been exciting.
Bro what are you even talking about ? 😂😂😂 the World Cup team had , bam, jj& Bobby Portis for crying out loud 😂😂😂 we sent out c team and everyone got happy that they lost . with the “ old stars “ Kd lebron and curry is enough .besides they are going to play without embidd anyway cuz he injured 🙄even with that team USA is slaughtering everyone wtf😂😂😂
embiid and wemby could cause problems
Bam was not on the World Cup team. He was on the Olympic team that won gold
I"m not saying Cameroon would be a contender for the gold medal, but siakam and embiid, and other players like paris lee and hill... This team could be fun
Blame his parents who taught him how to flee
Embiid is different but most ‘African Americans’ have no clue where their ‘native’ country is. Our families came here hundreds of years ago by force and immediately stripped of all culture heritage. We’re about as African as peanut butter …which we invented in America btw
There was no “native countries” in Africa. All those countries were created by Europeans in the 1900s. Remember that. Our ancestors are TRIBES not countries!
dudes a fraud.
This 🤡 is the most embarrassing MVP in history
Wemby . Embiid . Gobert 🤦🏾🤦🏾
Nobody hates wemby. He way better than both these guys
@@Stimulation334 Nobody? Stop living under a rock
@@HandOfGodGR who hates wemby? Nobody in America.
Embiid trolling a whole country is mad funny ngl 😂
As a devout fan of the NBA I do not care where Embiid plays in the Olympics. Seriously. its not that big a story
yes because US hoops fans don't really care about olympics because they expect to win, for france who have never won this is devastating
@@DKM_Sports France trying to cherry pick an NBA MVP is a joke to start with but if folks want to be in their feelings on it cool with me
@I.am_Groot it was embiid who wanted to play for France and asked the president to assist him with a passport
@@DKM_Sports I mean if that storyline helps you be mad at Embiid cool. He chose USA. Folks can feel about it however they choose. Dude has multiple nations he could play for and if he is smart will focus on getting ready for Philly run next season instead of the Olympics
Hakeem did the same thing they just making a big deal because it’s Embiid
Wenby as PF, Gobert as C vs ream 3pts USA and Joel Embiid. The dream final ! Can't wait to see this...
He wasn't born in France. He was born in Cameroon. He never lived or played there. His only connection to France is that they brutalized his country and colonizer it. If he wasn't going to play for his birth country Cameroon, the USA was the only only other choice.
In hindsight, Embiid + Gobert + Wembanyama together on the floor would have been 🤯
What people don't realize is that the NBA made a deal with Embiitch. They gave him the MVP, and in return he will play for USA
French people are just mad bc he’s not playing for you. Dude never lived in France. Just bc you country colonized his country 200 years ago doesn’t mean he’s obligated to represent you.
I wonder what Wemby's reaction to Embiids France snub is
hopefully we see an interview soon
Luka and Jokic playing for their ACTUAL country is so fire
Lets see if Jokić will play xD
That's the norm, Africa's top athletes very rarely play for an African team. Whether it be soccer or basketball. It's either a country in Europe, US or Canada.
Winning Gold with the US in basketball is becoming less prestigious especially since other countries are catching up taking Cameroon deep into the olympics would be a greater story for his legacy even if he didn’t win
You’d show more respect and love for someone fighting a losing battle then someone choosing the easier of multiple options
It’s not that he made the wrong choice, he chose the best one for him… maybe it just wasn’t right
"Kawhi and AD are the most injury proned stars we've ever seen" LMFAO 😂
the French team. doesn't need him, he play too dirty for FIBA rules