For the first time in NBA history, the top 3 players are arguably internationally born. How do you feel about this?

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Gil Scott-Heroin said:
I never stated or insinuated he played for Cameroon on an international level. I said he played in Cameroon which what @Maquina was arguing against, saying he had no experience whatsoever playing hoops on any level (amateur or otherwise). Except he did. Organised and competitive mean the same thing in this context.

How is it you’ve been on this board for all these years yet still don’t know how to debate properly?

Embiid is recognised as an international/foreign player and nobody should be arguing any different.
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How much the coli pay posters to debate “properly” a lot of nothing is still nothing.
 
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Gil Scott-Heroin said:
I never stated or insinuated he played for Cameroon on an international level. I said he played in Cameroon which what @Maquina was arguing against, saying he had no experience whatsoever playing hoops on any level (amateur or otherwise). Except he did. Organised and competitive mean the same thing in this context.

How is it you’ve been on this board for all these years yet still don’t know how to debate properly?

Embiid is recognised as an international/foreign player and nobody should be arguing any different.
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you can read what I wrote and know you're a liar.

I speficially stated he never played competitively internationally - which is 100% fact. He played on an outdoor court for like a year and then was brought over to the US. What I was also alluding to is that he had no experience "competitively" until he came to the states and that's how he learned to be as good as he is. He didn't learn that in Cameroon/Internationally. That's what we are talking about right. He's a foreign born player but for me, I don't see him as a prototypical international player since he learned the game and how to be as good as he is playing in the states.

“Oui, oui, let’s go!” shouts a man in a polo shirt and a baseball cap, wandering up and down the sideline. He organizes a group of teenagers, mostly boys but one girl, into formation for a three-man weave. Up and down the court they run.

This is the court where Embiid learned to play basketball. It’s beat to shyt. It slopes. It cracks. In places it juts. Wayward dribbles bounce off course. Bounce passes travel according to the ravaged blacktop’s whims. It’s home to a few divots and more than a few empty beer bottles.
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you're trying to play with your words now because you got caught not knowing what you were talking about.
 
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Maquina said:
you can read what I wrote and know you're a liar.

I speficially stated he never played competitively internationally - which is 100% fact. He played on an outdoor court for like a year and then was brought over to the US. What I was also alluding to is that he had no experience "competitively" until he came to the states and that's how he learned to be as good as he is. He didn't learn that in Cameroon/Internationally. That's what we are talking about right. He's a foreign born player but for me, I don't see him as a prototypical international player since he learned the game and how to be as good as he is playing in the states.

you're trying to play with your words now because you got caught not knowing what you were talking about.
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This is what you specifically said, and I quote:
Maquina said:
I've done my research, he never played competitive ball in Cameroon. He was a volleyball player who was found in a camp and didn't even know how to play ball when he came over to highschool. He had literally no experience playing.
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Who exactly is lying here?

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I've shown you evidence that he did in fact play in Cameroon, in an organized environment. That is a fact. He had experience playing prior coming to the US. That is a fact. You were wrong and then lied about it, and then had the nerve to accuse me of lying when I pointed this out. You're not alluding to anything in that statement, there is no way anyone can misconstrue "he had literally no experience playing". No shyt he learned to be as good as he is in this country, but that was never at any point a topic of discussion. You even said in your initial response to me that "all his amateur experience has been in the US", which again, is wrong.

Embiid identifies as an international player hence why he's already gone through the process of playing for France. Now, does that mean he's taken the exact path as the likes of Giannis, Jokic and Luka have (internationally)? No. All it means is that when we're talking about who's foreign/international and who's not, Embiid fits the former. It's as simple as that. And it's funny because, even though he became the player he is today largely from being in this country, his foundational framework that shaped his footwork and ability to read the ball actually comes from playing volleyball and soccer at a young age, which are attributes that are synonymous with international players.

You 2022 posters are 10-day contract ass nxggas thinking you can fool folks that have been in the game for a decade.
 
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It's hilarious how it clearly states in the thread title "internationally born" and these clown ass nxggas @Maquina and @fifth column are out here debating whether or not Embiid is an international/foreign player, accusing me of making up shyt.

Lord have mercy.

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Gil Scott-Heroin said:
This is what you specifically said, and I quote:

Who exactly is lying here?

:usure:

I've shown you evidence that he did in fact play in Cameroon, in an organized environment. That is a fact. He had experience playing prior coming to the US. That is a fact. You were wrong and then lied about it, and then had the nerve to accuse me of lying when I pointed this out. You're not alluding to anything in that statement, there is no way anyone can misconstrue "he had literally no experience playing". No shyt he learned to be as good as he is in this country, but that was never at any point a topic of discussion. You even said in your initial response to me that "all his amateur experience has been in the US", which again, is wrong.

Embiid identifies as an international player hence why he's already gone through the process of playing for France. Now, does that mean he's taken the exact path as the likes of Giannis, Jokic and Luka have (internationally)? No. All it means is that when we're talking about who's foreign/international and who's not, Embiid fits the former. It's as simple as that. And it's funny because, even though he became the player he is today largely from being in this country, his foundational framework that shaped his footwork and ability to read the ball actually comes from playing volleyball and soccer at a young age, which are attributes that are synonymous with international players.

You 2022 posters are 10-day contract ass nxggas thinking you can fool folks that have been in the game for a decade.
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Wake up breh, this is an online message board. You in too deep
 
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