Former French center Frederic Weis ripped Joel Embiid for choosing Team USA over France in the Paris Olympics, Eurohoops.net relays. Weis, a 1999 first-round draft pick of the Knicks who never played in the NBA, made his comments on French station RMC.
Embiid reportedly told French officials in 2021 he would play for their national team. “I think he doesn’t have any respect for France and also for all the people who are asking for a French passport and don’t get it,” Weis said. “And under the pretext that he is a great athlete, he got it. I find it scandalous, I find it embarrassing. I don’t care about his excuses, cause they are his words, and his words mean nothing.”
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I think France will be just fine with Gobert and Wemby in their lineup.
I think Jojo averages 35 10 and 5 against both.
Vince carter
Weis has no room to talk when he was drafted and never came over.
Just don’t gamble while playing but you can anything else you want. Let’s take a picture together. Let’s be fake. 8 steps to the hoop
Dude has a passport because of colonialism smh…
With all due respect, it would be one thing if Embiid was from France, but he’s not. He has American citizenship now, so he’s really no more French than he is American.
Yeah, Weis might think he’s being a pain but Embiid is not French bread
Really? Nothing? Go back to your shanties!
The French hate immigrants unless they are good at basketball
As the drill sergeant in Stripes once said – “lighten up Francis” it’s a game.
nunzio1749 u believe we all are thinking the same thing who cares about anything fred weis says
The guy best known for getting nuts on his head…yeah we don’t need to hear from you.