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[Vardon] 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.

  • August 8, 2024


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Another continuous subplot at the Paris Olympics has been the French fans’ vitriolic reaction to Embiid, who chose to play for the U.S. instead of France (he has citizenship in both countries and was born in Cameroon, but has only lived in the U.S. since he was a teenager).

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.”

20 comments

  1. Honestly the booing and the antagonising and the hate is ridiculous at this point. I know hes a professional athlete, but it still doesn’t mean his mental health does not matter

    This could legit have serious consequences for his mental health. Yall gonna be walking back on all your cyberbullying if he actually does the unthinkable

  3. Embiid has never had a bad game in his life, every time he did he was sick or injured. Also he is a really nice guy and his style of play is beautiful to watch.

  4. but but but some Nuggets fan yesterday made up a story about how he’s going to miss the game today because he’s still ducking Jokic

  9. He was so sick that he still had to play 11 minutes. Then he recovered and got benched against South Sudan.

  12. >…but has only lived in the U.S. since he was a teenager.

    You mean half of his life?

  15. This is becoming its own meme at this point – getting sick/injured when he has to play Jokic.

  20. Why is there a need for fake cover stories non stop? First off nobody cares to know 10 days later… Also why did he play if he was so sick? There was no need at all. So now he is mysteriously sick again right? Is it hard to say that he sucks vs Joker and others do better and just dont play him. But nah we gona have a whole cover up novel written now

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