The Philadelphia 76ers pivot and top scorer in the 2021-22 NBA has been able to become a French national and could be available for the 2023 World Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Joel Embiid has already been able to obtain French nationality. The Cameroonian center of Philadelphia 76ers ng NBA he has already clarified his intention to participate in Paris Olympics 2024.
Sixers star, 2021-22 NBA leading scorercan also play for you Cameroon town, but was called in 2017 for the contest FIBA Afrobasketball although ultimately he did not attend and preferred to initiate legal proceedings to obtain French nationality, where he did not reside.
Embiid got the answer from Government of France after his name appeared in edition 0154 of the Official Gazette on July 5; nba star acquired citizenship by law.
His idea is present in Olympics Paris 2024 representing the local team and strengthening the existing squad Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier and, future number 1 of the Draft, Victor Wembanyama.
France will take revenge on Dream Teamwho won the final of Tokyo Olympics 2020 at 87-82. For the Olympic event, it has been classified because of its status as an organizing country, but it still needs to find its place in 2023 World Cup in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines. The European classification offers 12 places and they are contested among the 32 selected.
Embiid will be the first naturalized player to be part of the French squad, FIBA only allows one nationalized basketball player per team.
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