Joel Embiid officially receives Team USA jersey, a new number for Olympics in Paris this summer
Earlier this week, Joel Embiid was officially listed as a member of Team USA when the 11-man roster ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris, France.
2024 Paris Olympic Games: Team USA Basketball Roster
- Stephen Curry
- LeBron James
- Kevin Durant
- Jayson Tatum
- JOEL HANS EMBIID
- Devin Booker
- Tyrese Haliburton
- Anthony Edwards
- Jrue Holiday
- Bam Adebayo
- Anthony Davis
Grant Hill, managing director of Team USA Basketball, presented Embiid with the jersey he’ll be wearing this summer at the 2024 Olympics. The reigning Scoring Champion and NBA MVP will be wearing No. 11 for Team USA in Paris.
Joel Embiid receives Team USA jersey from Grant Hill, will wear No. 11
Embiid, a Cameroon native, is also an American and French citizen. His credited his choice to play for Team USA over France because of his son Arthur, who was born in America. The Philadelphia 76ers haven’t sent a player to Team USA since Allen Iverson put on the red, white, and blue in 2004.
Embiid is the 76ers first player since Allen Iverson on Team USA
Apparently Sixers fans aren’t happy with Joel Embiid playing with Team USA in the 2024 Olympics…?
Embiid entered the NBA and was the silver lining of “The Process” in Philadelphia. There were countless attempts to build a viable NBA Finals contending team around him, all of which failed miserably. Instead, Embiid has been plagued by injury, year after year, with a rotating cast of players plugging holes in the lineup.
The Sixers as a team, have never advanced past the second round of the NBA Playoffs and the general hope around Embiid and company continues to fade year after year.
Embiid, now with the perfect opportunity to compete in the NBA Playoffs healthy, then shifting into the 2024 Olympic Games on a Team USA roster that consists of LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Anthony Edwards should take this entire experience to heart.
Joel Embiid is coming off a season where he averaged 34.7 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 5.6 rebounds per game. The only other player in the history of basketball to average those types of numbers (34/11/5) in a 39 game span is Wilt Chamberlain.
He would have repeated as the NBA Scoring Champion for the third straight season if he remained healthy, and was well on his way to being crowned the back-to-back NBA MVP. Now, Embiid will finally have his chance to compete at the highest level and actually win something this summer – which will only help his mindset and general growth as a player, leader, and teammate in the future.
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