is headed to the Olympics as a member of . Despite being born in Cameroon and eligible to represent France in international play, Embiid made the decision to suit up on the international stage for the United States, which gives the Americans even more ammunition as they head to Paris with their eyes on winning a fifth gold medal in a row. Doing that would be one of the high points of Embiid’s career, right up there with the time he was named league MVP.
Unfortunately, team success hasn’t followed him in his NBA tenure, thanks in large part to horribly timed injuries. In fact, during a recent , Embiid expressed his belief that the way injuries have prevented him from becoming a champion has hurt his case for being the greatest player of all time. “I think so,” Embiid said when asked if he’d be in the GOAT conversation without injury problems.
“I think I’m that talented. Obviously you need to win championships, and to win championships you need other guys. You can’t do it by yourself.
I want to win so bad. But if you don’t, you just got to understand that as long as you care about the right stuff, if it doesn’t happen, maybe it wasn’t meant to happen. So, yeah — I kind of forgot the question.
” After getting reminded what the question was, Embiid said, “Yeah. If you think about it, the thing that stopped me all these years is just freak injuries. Every single playoffs, regular season, people falling on my knee or breaking my face — twice.
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