https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5686922/2024/08/07/grant-hill-usa-basketball-olympics-lebron-james/
Hill said he hasn’t been surprised by how Embiid has been received in France, but believes Embiid plays his best when he can be the antagonist in front of a hostile crowd. Hill also said Embiid was so sick before the Olympics opener against Serbia that he had to travel separately from the team from Paris to Lille, arriving the day of the game and logging about 11 minutes. Kerr didn’t play Embiid at all in the Americans’ second game against South Sudan.
Embiid’s best game with Team USA was Tuesday night against Brazil, when he scored 14 points with seven rebounds on 5-of-6 shooting, all in the first half. He didn’t play the second half of a blowout win out of precaution with ankle soreness.
“There was just a lot of noise around him, with his situation,” Hill said. “We knew he was going to have a big moment soon. … We’re very excited where he’s at, and I expect he’ll play well these next two games.”
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Everyone saying he’s out of shape/unathletic is basing their opinion on watching him take it easy during the practice and qualifying round.
Amazing how strong recency bias is, even with it biting people in the ass over and over.
Man can’t catch a break with the illnesses lmao
Well where was this fucking P.R at the time smh … would have been quite simple for Kerr or hill to take the heat off Biid .. a few simple words lololol .. also FTC :..
Sam Mitchell can go fuck himself, he’s always been a Process hater.
At the end of the day no matter what the haters say, when our teams play each other their coach and big rotation are shitting bricks preparing to get anywhere between 35-70 points dropped on their head.
And that’s not even considering that they have to deal with Paul and Tyrese too
Honestly, does jo need some vaccines? He’s always sick (and same goes for like 1/2 the team last two yrs.