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France wants Joel Embiid to play for their national team, even though the Cameroon-born center has recently become an American citizen with the 76ers star yet to make a decision on which country to represent
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Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has never played for a national team during his accomplished basketball career. Born in Cameroon, Embiid holds French citizenship and recently became an American citizen after playing stateside since he was 16-years old.
With the Paris Olympics coming up in two years, the host nation wants to make an impression and nab as many gold medals as they can.
France's national team currently boasts NBA players like Evan Fournier of the New York Knicks, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot of the Atlanta Hawks, Theo Maledon of the Oklahoma
