Daily News | Sixers’ Joel Embiid considering playing for France at 2024 Olympics: report
French TV and radio network RMC Sport reported that Embiid
about changing his nationality to play for France, which could culminate with him playing for the host nation of the 2024 Olympics in Paris.It’s not the first time that Embiid, a Cameroon native who has family in France, has considered playing for France. He has never played for Cameroon, though the country has tried to get him to do so.
FIBA, global basketball’s governing body, allows one naturalized player per squad, and France doesn’t have one right now. The team does have multiple NBA stars in Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier, and Nicolas Batum.of naturalized players playing for France.
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