It is perhaps the most short-lived war prize in history. While the French basketix sabered the champagne after the announcement of the French naturalization of Joël Embiid, with the idea that he would quickly join the France team to form a duo of mammoths with Rudy Gobert, the pivot of the Sixers , born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, announced that he had also just obtained American nationality.
“I’ve been here (in the United States) a long time,” the 2m13 player told The Associated Press. My son is American. I live here and it’s a blessing to be an American. So I thought to myself why not? “. Now, Embiid is spoiled for choice when deciding which team he wants to play with.
A France-USA duel for the beautiful eyes of Embiid
Will he choose France, a nation for which he has never ceased to proclaim his attachment in recent months, or the United States, which could also make eyes at him in the future? The decision is in his hands but, if you want our humble opinion, one would tend to think that the Blues are going to be squeezed in large widths in this affair. Even if we hope to be wrong.
Just like Vincent Collet, who was thrilled at the idea of calling Embiid in selection. “When it’s fully selectable for paper and physical reasons, I don’t see why we wouldn’t select it. We have always taken the best players and I consider that from the moment he is selectable, he is part of this category, ”he said at the beginning of August before leaving for the World Cup. It’s been an eternity already, given this latest twist.