Joel Embiid reportedly deciding between three teams for Olympics

Whereas he gained’t be holding an hour-long ESPN particular to announce it, Joel Embiid has an attention-grabbing resolution to make.

EuroHoops reports this weekend that Embiid is deciding between France, the USA and Cameroon for the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris. The candidacy of the previous two nations for Embiid has been well-documented. However Cameroon, Embiid’s native nation, is now within the combine, too, after getting a bid for the pre-Olympic qualifiers.

Moreover, EuroHoops quoted French Federation of Basketball president Jean-Pierre Suitat as saying that France has set an Oct. 10 deadline for Embiid to make his resolution.

The reigning NBA MVP Embiid has but to compete on the worldwide stage (however was named to Cameroon’s preliminary roster for the 2017 FIBA AfroBasket). Embiid acquired French citizenship in July 2022 after which U.S. citizenship in Sept. 2022, making him eligible to swimsuit up for both nation on the Olympics underneath FIBA’s one naturalized (non-native) participant rule.

By taking part in for France, Embiid would have an actual shot at bringing Olympic glory to the host nation (however won’t be capable of play his most popular place because of who else is already on the team). With the USA, Embiid would seemingly get his greatest probability to win the gold medal (though the American team may be similarly crowded). In the meantime, Cameroon would solely have an outdoor shot in being in any respect aggressive within the Olympics, however might provide Embiid a larger sense of satisfaction in suiting up for his beginning nation. These will all be components for 7-footer Embiid to think about forward of his projected October resolution deadline.