Why does Embiid get so much hate for playing for team USA?

[RubioTheCruel]

“I’m really proud and excited about this decision. It was not easy. I am blessed to call Cameroon, France, and the USA home. After talking to my family, I knew it had to be Team USA. I want to play with my brothers in the league. I want to play for my fans because they’ve been incredible since the day I came here. But most of all, I want to honor my son who was born in the US. I want my boy to know I played my first Olympics for him

Embiid did it for the kids

 

[duncanthetall]

Hakeem Olajuwon as well

All that shyt is wack too. The narrative around him being a playoff failure doesn’t help at all. Dude acted as if he was gonna play for France and did all that shyt with government officials and everything just to come play for a team that don’t need him. Wack. As an Embiid hater this one is a lay up, nikka.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Patrick Ewing played for Team USA. Mike Brown coached the Nigerian Basketball team in the 2020 Olympics. So I don't see the problem

I think people who don't follow FIBA closely don't realize how common it is for countries to give players citizenship to play for their national team

List of naturalized basketball national team players - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[get these nets]

He's a citizen and he's lived here for over a decade but every week I see tweets like this popping up

Social media gave everybody a voice, and people started believing that all of those voices need to be heard.

 

[mastermind]

1. HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT
OF FRANCE AND SAID HE WOULD
ONLY PLAY FOR FRANCE.

2. THE THREAD TITLE
IS CLEARLY REFERRING TO MORE
THAN JUST THE TWEET IN THE OP.






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I just saw that letter now. Fair enough.

That tweet is not about Embiid rebuffing France nor is any of the American online community talking about that. they don’t care about that.

 

[duncanthetall]

Diabolical

 

[mastermind]

All that shyt is wack too. The narrative around him being a playoff failure doesn’t help at all. Dude acted as if he was gonna play for France and did all that shyt with government officials and everything just to come play for a team that don’t need him. Wack. As an Embiid hater this one is a lay up, nikka.

Embiid has been in the US more years than Cameroon. He also never lived in France. Playing for France woulda been the real nasty move, although France believes they control Africa, so fukk em.

 

[duncanthetall]

Embiid has been in the US more years than Cameroon. He also never lived in France. Playing for France woulda been the real nasty move, although France believes they control Africa, so fukk em.

Honestly I would just rather not see the big flopping p*ssy. This is my excuse to attack him for it. So what. I’d rather he rehabs his labia like he typically does for half the season

 

[Mister Terrific]

They mad because the one weakness the U.S. potentially had was the interior and Embiid takes that away. If Embiid was 6’3 nobody would care.

 

[Henry Orbit]

 

[phillycavsfan]

All that shyt is wack too. The narrative around him being a playoff failure doesn’t help at all. Dude acted as if he was gonna play for France and did all that shyt with government officials and everything just to come play for a team that don’t need him. Wack. As an Embiid hater this one is a lay up, nikka.

Eh, I wouldn't say all that.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Eh, I wouldn't say all that.

Watching FIBA World Cup last year, they definitely needed Embiid on this team. When your bigs are Bobby Portis, Walker Kessler(who never got off the bench) and JJJ(who couldn’t grab a rebound), you have big problems

 

[KnickstapeCity]

You really don’t know why? Or are you just being obtuse?





Oh he’s a US citizen and has been here for 10 years? And who said anything about France?

 

[phillycavsfan]

Watching FIBA World Cup last year, they definitely needed Embiid on this team. When your bigs are Bobby Portis, Walker Kessler(who never got off the bench) and JJJ(who couldn’t grab a rebound), you have big problems

I don't think people realize how dire our big man talent pool is these days.

 

[Flight]

nikkas just don’t like Joel and that’s the real reason.