His answer about the US Olympic team’s gold medal chances sums up why he’s refreshing to listen to. He’s not out here giving PR answers, he’s not trying to say what’s expected. He’s just being honest and human.
He is being a moron. It's obvious that he has no idea how stupid he actually is. Team USA includes him and he gives them a black eye before the Olympics even begin. Ha. Why? There wouldn't even be a reason - he is just a moron. Look at him.
sums up why he's annoying to listen to. Excuses already lined up and you would think a player who thinks he could've been the goat wouldn't be getting outplayed by Lebron at 40.
@@beedebawng2556 Stephen Curry, Lebron James, Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, Kevin Durant are all still 5 of the top 10 players in the world. Is there anyone who honestly thinks otherwise? They are the favorites and anything less than a W is a disappointment
Shocked you were even able to get Embiid to do this interview. The reason he gave about not joining the french team is valid. I was thinking the same thing France at the time was having alot of issues with the frnech speaking countries in Africa. At the time I thought it would've been such a big deal if he had joined the French team because he is seen as the best African player in the nba
Lol, stop believing this mercenary, hundreds of professional france/Cameroun players of any sports have families in many countries of africa No harm are done to them And he could have helped Cameroun qualifie for the olympics.. He was training with team USA while Cameroun tried to qualifie... It was only 2-3 weeks ago, Cameroun lost in the semis of TQO He just wants to win something jokic will never have lol, and the easiest way is to go with team USA
@@jl-ws1kz - lol mercenary is funny.. I don't know if his family would've been in danger or not. Although I've read of fans who put on fire a football players' house because he missed a penalty or had a horrible performance. - But that wasn't my point I think that he himself would've felt like a traitor if he joined France because he was aware of what was going on. There was alot of tension going on between France and the french speaking countries of africa. People would've actually think of him as a traitor. - I agree that he wants an easy route to gold medal but that has nothing to do with jokic. That's ridiculous. That's his personal dream. He mentioned years ago before both of them started battling for mvps. He announced he was joining the u.s last year and people were already outraged. Could you imagine if a month ago he now said "I'm now gonna join cameroon?" Be reasonable.
@@oreoakalaperoji8314 they wouldnt be in more danger than they are now And he is a traitor, France or USA. he should be playing for Cameroun, since it was Always his first choice... And when he mentioned it he was thinking of playing for Cameroun, And Can you imagine not helping our country then Say what he Said ? Comme on... His Season ended month ago and he did a preparation with team USA, instead of that he should have had gotten Cameroun to the olympics
Cameroun had a chance to qualify for the Olympics this month. Two games away from qualifying. Lost to Latvia. If Cameroun is the first choice, why didn't he help? Where was he? Where was Siakam? If he and Siakam both played these qualifyers, Cameroun would have qualified easily. Probably had a chance for a medal. Cameroun, home country, Olympics, what a load of BS.
Basically when you Get a player to play for his country, The country needs to play a insurance to the team becuase of the injury (and even more if he does get it injured) frankly cameroom does not have to money to have him
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if he wanted, he could have played for Cameroon and Afrobasket. At the age of 30, he made his debut for the USA only to win the gold medal, because the USA would have won anyway without him.
Firstly, the USA begged him to play for them. Secondly, it's well established for many years that the Sixers requires Cameroon to have insurance in case Embiid gets injured. Thirdly, it's not your place to tell him who he should play for, when you aren't in his shoes and haven't had to walk his walk.
@@beedebawng2556it's a public interview. What do you mean not his place to comment on an aspect of the interview? If Embiid gives a public interview, the public can comment and say, if they feel like it, that it was a load of BS.
I will say this: The guy lost 3 years to injury. Yes three because his 2 years delayed rookie season ended after a handful of games. That's 3 years of development lost. His 30 years old and every year he adds something new to his bag. Most guys are done developed by 30. If he had three more years of development how much better of a passer would he be? How much better would he be in the post of injuries weren't a concern? There would definitely be a strong push for one of the best two-way players in history. We're talking a olajuwon like talent
Talent wise he could have. Problem is the injuries, some of his own immaturity, a terrible front office for most of his career, and the modern NBA rules make it easier to defend players with Embiid’s skill and archetype.
@@DaDualityofMan yes modern rules actually does make it easier to defend him. Nearly every defensive scheme nowadays would be considered illegal defense before 2004. Look up what illegal defense is. There’s CZcams videos on it. This is why basketball has evolved to mainly a middle pick n roll drive and kick game because it’s much more difficult to play one on one basketball, so the modern offense is built to create and exploit mismatches. The reason Embiid’s production has risen so much is because he’s moved his game to the middle of the floor because it’s harder to send doubles from the middle.
@@DaDualityofMan there’s more spacing but the offensive action is what creates the spacing. People say “go sit on the block they can’t stop you”. Yea right. If Embiid sat on the block all night sixers getting smoked. There’s space but not for isolations. It is definitely more difficult to be an isolation or low post scorer nowadays. You have to be proficient as a p&r player, or able to know down pull up 3s or both. If Embiid played in the era where help defense was basically illegal, he would have been the scoring champion every year. Many of those years over Michael Jordan himself.
@@shabazz360 but back in Jordan’s era the paint was always so clogged up because people had like 2 or 3 guys who couldn’t shoot, also Embiid probably wouldn’t have shot 3s if he played back then
Jordan was respected by his peers for his achievements then and so it's only logical that respect is put to LBJ's name not to say he shouldn't face serious competition just as MJ did face. Embid needs to learn from the greats and unfortunately for him, some greats are still active to date such as LBJ, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.
Embiid interview is like a particularly unwelcome, off-the-registry wedding gift from an aging editorial staff’s imagined idea of what’s good or relevant. It came unsolicited (and I guarantee it’ll perform poorly relative to comps) but you know that even though it’s cringe, it was genuinely well-intended. Love the sinner.
Self proclaimed GOAT has never been to a conference finals in an easier Eastern Conference in hus entire career talking about GOAT 😂 GOATS have leadership clutchness and the IT factor all of which he clearly lacks especially on leadership jot once has he taken the blame for playoff failures
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This guy is delusional. "If an IF was a Fifth______". So far on these Olympic trials he looks like he has lost several steps since last season. That stands out much more than Lebron being 40. Team USA needs to bench him and start AD. The End!
To be fair, he has a very similar game to Hakeem who many have top 10 so without injuries it’s not ridiculous to say it was at least possible he could have made his way into the discussion. A lot would have to do with team building as well since rings will always get brought up too and those in the GOAT discussion objectively had far better supporting casts then Embiid
His answer about the US Olympic team’s gold medal chances sums up why he’s refreshing to listen to. He’s not out here giving PR answers, he’s not trying to say what’s expected. He’s just being honest and human.
He really always is
He is being a moron. It's obvious that he has no idea how stupid he actually is. Team USA includes him and he gives them a black eye before the Olympics even begin. Ha. Why? There wouldn't even be a reason - he is just a moron. Look at him.
sums up why he's annoying to listen to. Excuses already lined up and you would think a player who thinks he could've been the goat wouldn't be getting outplayed by Lebron at 40.
@tinastina4293 Sounds like you're not the kind of person to be honest with themselves.
@@beedebawng2556 Stephen Curry, Lebron James, Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, Kevin Durant are all still 5 of the top 10 players in the world. Is there anyone who honestly thinks otherwise? They are the favorites and anything less than a W is a disappointment
Shocked you were even able to get Embiid to do this interview. The reason he gave about not joining the french team is valid. I was thinking the same thing France at the time was having alot of issues with the frnech speaking countries in Africa. At the time I thought it would've been such a big deal if he had joined the French team because he is seen as the best African player in the nba
Lol, stop believing this mercenary, hundreds of professional france/Cameroun players of any sports have families in many countries of africa
No harm are done to them
And he could have helped Cameroun qualifie for the olympics.. He was training with team USA while Cameroun tried to qualifie... It was only 2-3 weeks ago, Cameroun lost in the semis of TQO
He just wants to win something jokic will never have lol, and the easiest way is to go with team USA
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- lol mercenary is funny.. I don't know if his family would've been in danger or not. Although I've read of fans who put on fire a football players' house because he missed a penalty or had a horrible performance.
- But that wasn't my point I think that he himself would've felt like a traitor if he joined France because he was aware of what was going on. There was alot of tension going on between France and the french speaking countries of africa. People would've actually think of him as a traitor.
- I agree that he wants an easy route to gold medal but that has nothing to do with jokic. That's ridiculous. That's his personal dream. He mentioned years ago before both of them started battling for mvps. He announced he was joining the u.s last year and people were already outraged. Could you imagine if a month ago he now said "I'm now gonna join cameroon?" Be reasonable.
@@oreoakalaperoji8314 they wouldnt be in more danger than they are now
And he is a traitor, France or USA. he should be playing for Cameroun, since it was Always his first choice...
And when he mentioned it he was thinking of playing for Cameroun,
And Can you imagine not helping our country then Say what he Said ? Comme on... His Season ended month ago and he did a preparation with team USA, instead of that he should have had gotten Cameroun to the olympics
Bro these comments are wild.
Embiid played 39 games
Lebron 71 games 😂😂(39 age)
Who is old ??
Cameroun had a chance to qualify for the Olympics this month. Two games away from qualifying. Lost to Latvia. If Cameroun is the first choice, why didn't he help? Where was he? Where was Siakam? If he and Siakam both played these qualifyers, Cameroun would have qualified easily. Probably had a chance for a medal. Cameroun, home country, Olympics, what a load of BS.
That’s what I was thinking, why didn’t Embiid and Siakam play for Cameroon?
Basically when you Get a player to play for his country, The country needs to play a insurance to the team becuase of the injury (and even more if he does get it injured) frankly cameroom does not have to money to have him
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Great interview
if he wanted, he could have played for Cameroon and Afrobasket. At the age of 30, he made his debut for the USA only to win the gold medal, because the USA would have won anyway without him.
look up the reason he is playing for team USA casual head ahh
The team needs to pay for insurance to cover for the player. Embiid is a former mvp and on a 100+ million dollar contract. They can’t afford him.
Firstly, the USA begged him to play for them. Secondly, it's well established for many years that the Sixers requires Cameroon to have insurance in case Embiid gets injured. Thirdly, it's not your place to tell him who he should play for, when you aren't in his shoes and haven't had to walk his walk.
@@beedebawng2556it's a public interview. What do you mean not his place to comment on an aspect of the interview? If Embiid gives a public interview, the public can comment and say, if they feel like it, that it was a load of BS.
@jovohodzic508 Have some self-respect. It's OK to disagree with someone but don't be a liar.
Bold words for a guy who never made it out of the second round.
I will say this: The guy lost 3 years to injury. Yes three because his 2 years delayed rookie season ended after a handful of games. That's 3 years of development lost. His 30 years old and every year he adds something new to his bag. Most guys are done developed by 30. If he had three more years of development how much better of a passer would he be? How much better would he be in the post of injuries weren't a concern? There would definitely be a strong push for one of the best two-way players in history. We're talking a olajuwon like talent
Talent wise he could have. Problem is the injuries, some of his own immaturity, a terrible front office for most of his career, and the modern NBA rules make it easier to defend players with Embiid’s skill and archetype.
How do modern NBA rules make it easier to defend him?
@@DaDualityofMan yes modern rules actually does make it easier to defend him. Nearly every defensive scheme nowadays would be considered illegal defense before 2004. Look up what illegal defense is. There’s CZcams videos on it. This is why basketball has evolved to mainly a middle pick n roll drive and kick game because it’s much more difficult to play one on one basketball, so the modern offense is built to create and exploit mismatches. The reason Embiid’s production has risen so much is because he’s moved his game to the middle of the floor because it’s harder to send doubles from the middle.
@@shabazz360 But there’s so much spacing now for great bigs to just dominate a 1v1 without worrying, and when in doubt u can just flop lol
@@DaDualityofMan there’s more spacing but the offensive action is what creates the spacing. People say “go sit on the block they can’t stop you”. Yea right. If Embiid sat on the block all night sixers getting smoked. There’s space but not for isolations. It is definitely more difficult to be an isolation or low post scorer nowadays. You have to be proficient as a p&r player, or able to know down pull up 3s or both. If Embiid played in the era where help defense was basically illegal, he would have been the scoring champion every year. Many of those years over Michael Jordan himself.
@@shabazz360 but back in Jordan’s era the paint was always so clogged up because people had like 2 or 3 guys who couldn’t shoot, also Embiid probably wouldn’t have shot 3s if he played back then
Only a Sixer would say this let’s be real.
Jordan was respected by his peers for his achievements then and so it's only logical that respect is put to LBJ's name not to say he shouldn't face serious competition just as MJ did face. Embid needs to learn from the greats and unfortunately for him, some greats are still active to date such as LBJ, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.
Embiid interview is like a particularly unwelcome, off-the-registry wedding gift from an aging editorial staff’s imagined idea of what’s good or relevant.
It came unsolicited (and I guarantee it’ll perform poorly relative to comps) but you know that even though it’s cringe, it was genuinely well-intended. Love the sinner.
GOAT please!. Players today calling themselves the GOAT is comical! Lol
Great men
Good
Why didn’t he play for Cameroon though?
He's not wrong. In fact he's right. 😊
What a great interview
Only a moron would even listen.
Contradicting interview. First he says he is a competitor. Then the USA is old and they’re all just names. Bruh😂
He is the GOAT either way ❤️
Self proclaimed GOAT has never been to a conference finals in an easier Eastern Conference in hus entire career talking about GOAT 😂
GOATS have leadership clutchness and the IT factor all of which he clearly lacks especially on leadership jot once has he taken the blame for playoff failures
I’m not even going to watch this but Joel is delusional.
hes opposed to french oppression but plays for the USA ...🤣🤣🤣
HA!
and which country abolished slavery?
@@BOWEASE1 i dont really care i just find his statement ironic
@@BOWEASE1 well both did... France did it before though
Now Embiid is the one dragging the older guys down 😂 he's literally holding the team back as Steph and LeBron bail them out
He led the team in FG% and rebounds tonight cmon man
bro said "FG% and rebounds". i hope you are related to embiid otherwise this is unprecedented glazing
@enza-t3k I'm not saying he was the best player or some shit but dude was not holding the team back lmao the main issue was shooting and he was 5-6
Embiin isn't the best center ever, let alone the Goat. He's not better than Kareem, Wilt, Dream or Shaq. His statement is laughable 😂
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This guy is delusional. "If an IF was a Fifth______". So far on these Olympic trials he looks like he has lost several steps since last season. That stands out much more than Lebron being 40. Team USA needs to bench him and start AD. The End!
just listen, you're too bothered about who should start over who, just listen
@@mahmoudzhiri9448 go away
@@JBthe3rd the dude is talking about his kid, about his young brother's death and you're like "oh AD should start over him"
If the United States lose to South Sudan they need to throw away the whole team and no players on the team should come back to a NBA contract
I Hope u watched the game last Saturday.The ref saved team USA with the last possession
I argued with my dog about them soft calls
They supposed to be better than the dream team lol
goat of clowns
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Hey, I believe I could have been the goat too. We realistically had about the same chance
To be fair, he has a very similar game to Hakeem who many have top 10 so without injuries it’s not ridiculous to say it was at least possible he could have made his way into the discussion. A lot would have to do with team building as well since rings will always get brought up too and those in the GOAT discussion objectively had far better supporting casts then Embiid
@@maxwellrauchut7926 No. Joel Embiid crumbles under pressure. We have seen this every year. The injuries are an excuse.