Mans doing the KD thing to win a championship 😂😂😂😂

@Strockys

19 күн бұрын

salty

@djbomber9583

19 күн бұрын

@Strockys not salty . I couldn't care less but it is what it is my G

@gandydancer9710

9 күн бұрын

@@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.

@sohyankeat2031

2 сағат бұрын

He got family

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.

@Billyball35

Ай бұрын

Fr.... Bam might low key get a lot of playing tim bc of Embiid and ADs injuries

@nnop-lf7fm

26 күн бұрын

​@@Billyball35😊😊😊

@Tothemoon96

19 күн бұрын

⁠​⁠@@Billyball35ad has been healthy pretty much all season … he played the most games in his career this season … only missed 6 games this season ..

@josephmarch7142

11 күн бұрын

L O A D MANAGEMENT.

Coming in 5th or 6th in Cameroon would be BEYOND winning a gold medal anywhere else

@DKM_Sports

Ай бұрын

facts

@J-Hue

Ай бұрын

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.

@velozsi6855

24 күн бұрын

@@J-Hue facts

@bansnabs5523

24 күн бұрын

@@J-Hueyour people he says 😂

@krillin876

23 күн бұрын

@@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.

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

@user-tt1hx2nm4p

Ай бұрын

Dont worry, y'all will lose. Good luck on your second Civil War you American 🤡

@RS-kb2lt

Ай бұрын

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

@Nice-sm5hr

Ай бұрын

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.

@twuandixon8675

Ай бұрын

Lol na it is definitely pretty rude of him

@joelmartinez7628

Ай бұрын

not a desirable move for the rest of us but most likely he just want a champ recognition

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.

@hoganmann

Ай бұрын

Wake em up

@julianbrewster4633

24 күн бұрын

Yeah it was weird when he said he was a native of France.

@bansnabs5523

24 күн бұрын

@@julianbrewster4633blacks are natives of hell

@BigA678

21 күн бұрын

France even being in the convo sounds abt white since they colonized Cameroon. Only Cameroonians should be offended rightfully so

@adrianspanish-yn6jw

20 күн бұрын

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

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.

@saitotithegreat828

17 сағат бұрын

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.

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...

@konguy3

19 күн бұрын

You’re American not irish

@DB-tk7yy

16 күн бұрын

​@konguy3 That's his point

@raphaelbinitie1960

11 күн бұрын

But Embiid is not an American by birth

@maninredhelm

4 күн бұрын

@@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.

Most successful people leave Africa as soon as they can and never look back. It’s sad, but it is what it is.

@carboy101

Ай бұрын

Africa the hood 😂😂

@skiiytastic

Ай бұрын

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.

@vladimirfabius

Ай бұрын

ngannou tryng to do a lot for africa bro

@BBallRambles

Ай бұрын

@@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.

@skiiytastic

Ай бұрын

@@BBallRambles 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.

Serbia was known before Jokic 💀💀

@DKM_Sports

Ай бұрын

obviously but definitely rose awareness

@GarkKahn

25 күн бұрын

You can argue most of the time they were either s&m or yugoslavia but yeah

@nikolahekler2713

19 күн бұрын

@@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.

@nikolahekler2713

19 күн бұрын

@@GarkKahn When you say Yugoslavia is Serbo-Croatian basketball school because 90% most famous players were Serbs and Croatians. Serbia is successor of Yugoslavia.

@user-ov6ht3lu4d

15 күн бұрын

Novak to me put Serbia on the map

Wembanyama was born on 4 January 2004, in Le Chesnay, in the Paris region, so he's French. His father is Congolese.

@john_v4939

Ай бұрын

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

@Regalieth9143

25 күн бұрын

To African parents…

@gustavorodrigues4899

24 күн бұрын

And? Only in America this shit makes sense he's simply French​@@Regalieth9143

@Sckiiz

24 күн бұрын

​@@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.

@dinonoe3061

23 күн бұрын

@@Sckiiz HIS MOTHER IS FROM ARGELIA , AND ARGELIA IS IN AFRICA ALSO

Prepare Gilbert Arenas calling Luka and Jokic as his oppressors

No one except 76ers fans think Joel is the best player in the NBA, and they are delusional.

@J-Hue

Ай бұрын

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.

@dakodasmith2127

Ай бұрын

@J-Hue Lotta IF there. Too bad none of that happened in this reality. Over here he is just a sorry ass bum.

@whatsack4529

26 күн бұрын

@@dakodasmith2127ur a casual if u don’t think he’s top 5 lmao

@lemoonjames10

25 күн бұрын

@@dakodasmith2127 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.

@dakodasmith2127

24 күн бұрын

@@lemoonjames10 that's a casual ass take. But do you, goober.

This wouldn't be a big deal if he didn't write the letter.

@masterlib1493

16 күн бұрын

who give a fuck about france? love it at least africans are make them feels good

@MayaBishopStan

14 күн бұрын

Exactly 💯

@jarenplayz6192

14 күн бұрын

exactly that's so stupid, don't promise if your not 100% sure you can keep it

@LordNimerr

21 сағат бұрын

Yes and no. To the french it wouldn’t be a big deal but to Cameroon he’s still a traitor

@houssedecouette4056

3 сағат бұрын

@@LordNimerr to the french this is a public insult

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

@MrMillefail

15 күн бұрын

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

@ArielBojorquez96

15 күн бұрын

The French lost their best player too a Spanish team.

@nomooon

8 күн бұрын

@@MrMillefail French basketball golden age is from 2011 to 2015?

@vectory674

2 күн бұрын

​@@nomooonpretty much cause Tony Parker was leading the team with Boris Diaw

Why would France be his "native" country? I thought he grew up in Cameroon and went to college at Kansas.

@genocidehero9687

Ай бұрын

Noy sure but cameroonians might be french cotizens like how puerto ricans are american citizens

@user-kd8to1nu1k

Ай бұрын

@@genocidehero9687that‘s not the case

@DKM_Sports

Ай бұрын

ask embiid he said it in his letter to macron

@Rogue_Centurion

Ай бұрын

@@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

@peteredimo9420

Ай бұрын

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.

@mohamedabdourahman9845

25 күн бұрын

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.

@gymrat8164

22 күн бұрын

@@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.

@mohamedabdourahman9845

22 күн бұрын

@@gymrat8164 The US needs to be checked either in 2024 or 2028 to see the world is catching up.

@gymrat8164

22 күн бұрын

@@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.

@mohamedabdourahman9845

22 күн бұрын

@@gymrat8164 it's a win win for basketball fans.

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.

Joel “ The Cheat” Embiid

@ajpettigrew8167

Ай бұрын

Lmao you mad

@doccan3848

25 күн бұрын

isnt it Joel “The Crybaby” Embiid? 😭😭😭

@nix_rtv6035

25 күн бұрын

@@doccan3848 Joel has more fitting nicknames than Free throws!

@DunningKrugerJnr

21 күн бұрын

@@ajpettigrew8167 yeah, mad at the way he cheats his nationality/ies, his teams, and the game of basketball generally 🏀

Embiid is a clown 😂

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!

@coolintrovertedafricanteen9517

24 күн бұрын

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

@TheMarslMcFly

16 күн бұрын

@@coolintrovertedafricanteen9517 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.

@sll6913

15 күн бұрын

@@coolintrovertedafricanteen9517 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.

@ramengurung9913

10 күн бұрын

@@coolintrovertedafricanteen9517the vast majority of sports fans in the world care far more about the Euros and Copa America than the Olympics

@emmmanuelarturo

2 күн бұрын

European, from England. Yes I can confirm that we DO NOT care about the Olympics rn it’s the Euros.

embiid clearly said he chose to play for the us team in honor of his son who was born in america “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.”

Pretty sure embiid only did the french thing only to improve his passport and avoid paperwork on vacations

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

i had to stop watching at: you could make an argument embiid has been the best player in the league the last 3 seasons...

@bbflagbbflag3816

Ай бұрын

You should have stayed, it was pretty entertaining.

@J-Hue

Ай бұрын

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.

@tedlessor3887

28 күн бұрын

What he said wasn’t wrong.😅

Embiid saw Cameroon's sry rooster and decided to dip.

@megatrollificus

20 күн бұрын

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.

@blue-phoenix115

20 күн бұрын

@@megatrollificus Most people would pick being on a championship team over a sry early elimination team.

Question: Can he say he´s sorry and "re-choose" france? (Since he´s not gonna play anyway due to injury)

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.

@VojvodaSloboda

Ай бұрын

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.

@J-Hue

Ай бұрын

​@@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.

@lakeoffirers

Ай бұрын

​@@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 .

@Regalieth9143

25 күн бұрын

Maybe because the French colonized, pillaged, and WAPED his people? French is his colonial language, not his tribal.

@GarkKahn

25 күн бұрын

To be fair Both usa and France are awful

The narratives this guy creates are insane, only found you a week ago but easily one of my favourite youtubers

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.

@bojcio

24 күн бұрын

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.

@bball3048mmfr

22 күн бұрын

Shawn Bradley repped Germany.

@TheMarslMcFly

16 күн бұрын

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.

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

Embiid trolling a whole country is mad funny ngl 😂

not sure about it but luka has only slovenian citizienship, so he's only possibility is to play with slovenian olimpic team.

@lakeoffirers

Ай бұрын

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 )

@bojcio

24 күн бұрын

@@lakeoffirers of course there are

@lakeoffirers

24 күн бұрын

​@@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.

@XandateOfHeaven

21 күн бұрын

@@lakeoffirers Politics aside, it would have been amazing to see Doncic and Jokic play on a Balkan super team.

I wondered about this. He seems like the kind of individual the narrator describes.

@timhall5382

Ай бұрын

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.

@timhall5382

Ай бұрын

If France expects to win gold this Olympics they are as delusional as they are cowardly.

@DKM_Sports

Ай бұрын

with Joel Embiid they had a good chance

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

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

@OG_Melxn

Ай бұрын

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)

@yeeyeehaircut796

19 күн бұрын

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)

@otherwize12

12 күн бұрын

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.

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.

@user-db6ce1uw3d

16 күн бұрын

No we do not all stem from "Africa". Stop with that pseudo-science that's called evolution.

How is France his native country if he was born in and grew up in Cameroon?

@ivanr.1005

Ай бұрын

Yes, this dude is clown.

@kilogods

Ай бұрын

Apparently he speaks French..

@DKM_Sports

Ай бұрын

Embiid said it’s his native country in the letter to the French president

@komi1834

Ай бұрын

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

@michael922

Ай бұрын

@@kilogodsCameroon used to be a former French colony of course he speaks French

Imagine them not actually winning the olympics

Cameroon with Paris Lee playing in Paris and 3 NBA big men. That would be aweseome. But Sarr on the french team? Lessort, Yabusele, Fall, Poirer, thats a lot off big dudes. Im gessing he will have to wait for hus turn, as will Rischacher, who havent really delievered at the fiba stage. But that 2028 olympic squad will be legit as well. At least one french bust pg will have to take som kind leap.

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

In hindsight, Embiid + Gobert + Wembanyama together on the floor would have been 🤯

I reeeealllly hope Wembanyama and Sarr suit up for France

@DKM_Sports

Ай бұрын

Wemby will be there

@megatrollificus

20 күн бұрын

@@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.

When Embiid goes to francs he can’t let anyone disrespect him. He needs to be strong and push whoever out the way.

I wonder what Wemby's reaction to Embiids France snub is

@DKM_Sports

Ай бұрын

hopefully we see an interview soon

“Luka chose not to [be a b****!]”

im confused cameroon been independent from france since 1960 and england since 1961

@DKM_Sports

Ай бұрын

he has French family

@user-db6ce1uw3d

16 күн бұрын

That's pseudo-independence. Françafrique is well alive.

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😂😂😂

@DKM_Sports

Ай бұрын

embiid and wemby could cause problems

@gabepizza

Ай бұрын

Bam was not on the World Cup team. He was on the Olympic team that won gold

But Luka and Jokic grew up in their home countries, and still go back there. It is different. While I would like the African-descent athletes to represent their native countries, they have a better chance at representing their country as an Individual and gain success. They can then use that success to boost their country. What should be talked about is how France has basically become a defacto African country, in terms of their "National" teams.

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

Would’ve loved if to embiid, this was all a huge prank 😂. Get announced as a USA finalist player, hold a press conference saying he’s indeed playing for France and it was all a joke 😅

the point is do fan even care/appreciate athlete anymore based on "challenge". todays sport fan only care about trophy & achievement

@megatrollificus

20 күн бұрын

Todays' sports fans are as dim-witted and shallow as todays' NON-sports fans. They have no understanding of anything deeper than "Win place/lose place".

Wenby as PF, Gobert as C vs ream 3pts USA and Joel Embiid. The dream final ! Can't wait to see this...

Also consider a lot of Qualifying events happen during the season, so teams like Slovenia can have a harder time making it, let alone a country like Cameroon even if Siakam and Embiid represented

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

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

"Kawhi and AD are the most injury proned stars we've ever seen" LMFAO 😂

Paolo banchero did almost the samething with Italy

@DKM_Sports

Ай бұрын

yeah and he didn’t even get gold !

last year it was paolo , more teams should follow lithuanian example national players only , no naturalized players allowed

Tbh the money is what makes the decision they dont care about playing for they home country some players dont just understand the impact they make when they do that so its not surprising

Bro is not a African American 😂

@XandateOfHeaven

21 күн бұрын

He is now!

@tacohombre3648

19 күн бұрын

​@@XandateOfHeaven 🤣🤣🤣

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

Embiid knows he needs team USA to win, because of his own injury problems. That Olympic medal will be worth millions over the rest of his career. It could also mean an opportunity to help more in his other home countries.

I don't get wat you mean . With your logic every white player should play for some European country

the French team. doesn't need him, he play too dirty for FIBA rules

How is Weleby not French and Antetokounmpo not Greek?

You took the word "Allez" like a support to France by default while in his tweets he is at time supporting Paris team, the Cameroonian team or Pogacar (cycling). In his letter to Macron he never claims to be a native French, but asks for naturalization (citizenship) while promising to never play for another team.

he has absolutely no link with france.

Luka would not have been able to play for Spain because he already played for Slovenia as a kid when Serbia would not invite him because serbian coach was on bad terms with his dad, he only played for Slovenia because his mom pressured him, same one that copyrighted her own sons name so he couldn't make money of of his name when he becomes successful but she would get all the money, it took MJ and his lawyer team a couple of years to get Luka out of it even tho he didn't sign anything because he was not 18 yet when she did that, he doesn't talk to her now and if he could play for team he wanted for he would play for Serbia now for sure, I wouldn't be suprised if when his NBA career is over he goes and plays maybe another year or two in Real Madrid from respect then plays for either Red Star(Crvena Zvezda) Serbia or Olympiacos BC(ΚΑΕ Ολυμπιακός) Greece until he retires because him and his dad are big fans

@retrictumrectus1010

Ай бұрын

Luka just played for Slovenia last year.

@komi1834

Ай бұрын

@@retrictumrectus1010 yes because he needs to play for slovenia or not play at all since he already played for them

I dont think France is his native country. I could be wrong but I don’t think he’s ever live in France for a prolonged period of time.

@DKM_Sports

Ай бұрын

He described France as his native country in his letter to macron (I shortened it for video sake)

@calgsus911

Ай бұрын

@@DKM_Sports I guess that man just full of shit huh? Shout outs to Joel Embiid man!

@komi1834

Ай бұрын

Cameroon is de facto half french, half british to this day, it's country with 5 or 6 groups of people living there which was never a country until french colonizers came there, they have nothing that bonds them together other than french rule they lived under, since 2017 there have been armed combat for independence from british rule, google up "Ambazonia", a country they created to free themselves but british responded with armed violence, only country that actually freed themselves was Ethiopia long long ago and Erithrea was never rly opressed under Italian rule, older people there still like Italy to this day because they built all the infrastructure there is and only took natural resources, they never massively enslaved or killed the native people, or it could be just that they did bring great food, Italy is forgiven for a lot of stuff over the years(including most part of WW2) just because their food is good, but also Italy was not a classic colonial force as it only formed itself as one country in 2nd part of 19th century, they wanted to create unity(something Musolini would go too much into later) with everyone, including their colonies

France expect gold? My man trippin balls

I mean, yes would've loved to have embiid. But imagine in a few years from now. Having Embiid, gobert, wembanyama and sarr in the same team XDD

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.

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.

You think one player would make a difference that Cameroon team would still be trash 😂😂😂😂

@DKM_Sports

Ай бұрын

they would be better than a lot of teams especially with siakm too

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 🤔

@bball3048mmfr

22 күн бұрын

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.

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

I wanted to see Embiid and Wemby play 😢

In Olimpic team USA are test for steroids???🤔 Give them gold medal to don't go to Paris...

Never forget when PSGs fans threatened Vlahovic to cut his fingers off

How effective is Embiid going to be with less free throws?

Jokic also chickened out of the FIBA world cup last year

I'm a Sixers fan, but Embiid is honestly doing everything wrong in his career from leadership to teammate chemistry to off court actions and now with this.. man, why not try to represent your nation in Africa, a continent where most peoples biggest dream is to leave? Show others that it's possible to stay and make a name for yourself. This is such a bad move as a role model and pioneer. Pulling them to a top 10 spot is better than crusing your way to a gold with a nation you have no other connection to than through the NBA

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 💁🏻‍♂️💁🏻‍♂️

@197615july

Ай бұрын

He's a child in a man's body

@marcusbell-dixon4733

17 күн бұрын

​@@197615julywho cares he'd gonna die soon anyway

Makes sense he asked to play in the paralympics, he's always injured

@megatrollificus

20 күн бұрын

He wanted to be on the USA team for that, too. Gold medal! Gold medal! I'm a winnuh!"

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.

sports is fickle. He can do what he wants its his career

"He has been the best player in basketball" On which planet you reside on? He is an ex MVP, universally acknowledged underserving of MVP award. And for this years MVP nobody even mentioned him as a serious contender.

@megatrollificus

20 күн бұрын

How could they have overlooked "The Free Throw King"?

choosing to play for a different country instead of his own is something, but promising a whole nation to run for them and leaving them behind just for the sake of winning gold is beyond embarrassment

Precious achuiwa at least repped Nigeria, I wish other players did the same for smaller countries. Joel should’ve showed love to Cameroon not France or USA.

I mean maybe he didn't want to play for them seeing how disgusting and disrespectful the French fans are with threats lol honestly disgusting

Embid, Wemby, Risacher, Gobert, Alex Sarr, Coulibaly would go crazy

...but one day we shall rise. Amen!!!

4:30 he originally wanted to play for Serbia but Serbia refused

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

@ValentineCorp

25 күн бұрын

That’s just not true…

@paulcharles543

24 күн бұрын

Nah we definitely would still win Gold. If anything itd probably make things less competitive because no Africans would be playing for European nations.

@sb8481

24 күн бұрын

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.

As a Frenchmen, I don't care. France has always fared better when their opponent is good. And having Embiid on the team would feel wrong, he never lived here ...

Without Big 3 is like dish without any salt .You can eat - but you must to used for it .

If you watch soccer this is nothing new. I remember when Diego Costa switched from Brazil to Spain. Just recentlyish Jamal Musiala switched from English to Germany. Most of the French national team should technically be playing for African countries.

That massive BS of being considered African-something is completely unknown on Europe.... It's a just American thing because otherwise the only Americans would be natives... If you're born in Greece you are actually Greek, and you should consider Aristotle as your ancestor as well, being black is a minor detail... Not black American consider Washington his ancestor, but only slaves... The minor detail there are black slave owners, just pretend there wasn't

He shouldn’t even be playing international ball considering he running out of cartridge on his knee 😂

i promise you most of us are mad that he’s on the team 😂😂😂