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Rasheed Wallace on Joel Embiid playing Olympics: 'Sit your ass down'

Rasheed Wallace: What the Sixers should have done is sit his ass down, go and get that rest. ‘This is the Olympics…’ No, sit down dog. Like you just got all this bread bro. No disrespect to the Olympics and Olympic Games, all that, but hey man, to me in this world, hey this NBA title is more important than you know getting that gold medal. Yo, go ahead and rest up. If I were the Sixers, oh man I definitely would have protested that with him. You are our main catalyst. I could see it if you were our backup center, or if you were a backup guard, or even a starting guard where we got let’s say bringing a Tyrese Maxey off the bench or something like that. Oh yeah go ahead, but we ain’t got nobody to back you up, bro. You are the team, you are it. When people think of the Philadelphia 76ers we think of Joel Embiid. Well, we think of Allen Iverson first, but then Joel Embiid. Man no, sit down. He doesn’t look healthy.
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CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Picking Team USA’s optimal starting lineup: Anthony Davis over Joel Embiid, plus backcourt spots up for grabs
(By @SamQuinnCBS)
cbssports.com/nba/news/picki…8:06 AM
Jon Johnson @jonjohnsonwip
Phillies underperform to kickoff stretch run
Why is no one talking about Defense?
Big reactions to Embiid GOAT talk
Russo Brothers back!
Snacks to have when you’re sick go.audacy.com/DZUyQnz7qLb6:08 AM
Jon Johnson @jonjohnsonwip
If it weren’t for injuries, would Joel Embiid be in the conversation for GOAT? – 3:50 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Wait. Joel Embiid called LeBron washed on the record? – 5:41 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Embiid against South Sudan:
14 PTS (18 MIN)
7 REB
only missed one shot. pic.twitter.com/maHyPRXSFr5:09 PM

Ryan Ward @RyanWardLA
Embiid almost missed that gimmie haha – 4:41 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Lebron has turned it on today. He’s exerting real energy, and Joel Embiid continues to get barbecued defensively – 4:33 PM
Tony Mejia @MejiaDinero
South Sudan🇸🇸 (+43.5) 58 #USABasketball🇺🇸 44
HT
Saw US was still -9.5 on live line when down 14 earlier, so halftime line of -25 or so is likely
This slow start isn’t solely his fault, but I concur with popular opinion that Joel Embiid should no longer be in the US starting five – 4:05 PM
Ryan Ward @RyanWardLA
Embiid is LOST out there… His turnovers are so bad – 3:55 PM
Dalton Johnson @DaltonJ_Johnson
The Embiid Experiment needed a break yesterday – 3:55 PM
Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
Big benefit of Embiid on the roster is forcing foul trouble. And then when USA gets in the bonus like this they are just going to give it to him every possession. – 3:53 PM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Joel Embiid just had a 5-foot-2 (approximately) guy on him, so naturally, he fires a behind the back pass out of bounds and near nobody wearing a USA uniform. – 3:44 PM
John Karalis @John_Karalis
USA passed up four good looks from 3 being too unselfish and it ends with an Embiid turnover – 3:42 PM
Kyle Neubeck @KyleNeubeck
Embiid figuring out this whole playing with LeBron thing pic.twitter.com/CiuOTLX7U43:11 PM
Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
It’s insane that Embiid is STARTING in the Olympics
Everything the Sixers are building is geared toward him finally being healthy and rested for the playoffs and instead he’s having one of his most intense summers as a pro? – 3:07 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Bam Adebayo again off bench today for Team USA vs South Sudan in London pre-Olympic exhibition (Fox, 3 p.m.). Starters:
Steph Curry
Devin Booker
Jrue Holiday
LeBron James
Joel Embiid – 2:54 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Create a squad of active players to beat Team USA:
Steph
LeBron
Ant
AD
Embiid
Tatum
KD
Bam
Hali
Book
Jrue
White pic.twitter.com/3Ik16bK5lt1:41 PM

John Gonzalez @JohnGonzalez
Really good wide-ranging interview with @JoelEmbiid. People will prob focus on the GOAT/injury portion, but he also opened up on mental health, staying in Philly, Team USA, and why growing his family is so important after losing his younger brother
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…12:24 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Steve Kerr said having LeBron James around USA Basketball for the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 is “pretty special and amazing” 🇺🇸
The American head coach also mentioned the importance of defense to win the gold medal, and confirmed Joel Embiid will start:
eurohoops.net/en/olympic-gam…6:41 AM
Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
For a Canadian team lacking size/FC depth, doesn’t get much tougher than facing USA (Embiid/AD/Bam) in the US & France (Wemby/Gobert) in France, but that was the idea. Good prep ahead of Olympics and they mostly held their own, splitting the 2 games (this 1 far more encouraging). – 5:13 PM
NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
“There’s no other player in the league that’s under [more pressure than] Joel Embiid.” 😳
@KendrickPerkins says the Sixers have the pieces they need to win it all next season 🏆 pic.twitter.com/rrkFM12Jmh4:12 PM

Kyle Neubeck @KyleNeubeck
Happy Friday, everyone!
We’re going through some of the best available names left on the free agent market, with the Sixers still searching for some minimum deal steals.
Plus, Embiid/Team USA chatter and news around the league (Russ to Denver, etc.)
youtube.com/live/zcUeosz3t… pic.twitter.com/cFJ0wpWQKX2:17 PM

The Ringer @ringernba
📝 Joel Embiid is stumbling
📝 LeBron and Steph’s chemistry
📝 Anthony Edwards’s self-awareness
@MichaelVPina’s Team USA observations to look for: theringer.com/nba/2024/7/19/…11:16 AM
Wes Goldberg @wcgoldberg
New @LockedOnNetwork #NBA show w/ @Adam_Mares
NBA Would You Rather!
– Embiid vs Bam for Team USA
– Knicks or 76ers
– Markkanen trade
– Ingram vs Grant
– Kawhi or Butler?
and more!
open.spotify.com/episode/2OydeU…8:31 AM

More on this storyline

“Do you have any doubt about who’s going to win the gold medal? Joel Embiid: I mean, you look at the talent that the US has, but I mean, there’s also equal time on other teams. And the talent that’s on the US team, you also got to understand that most of those guys are also older. LeBron now is not the LeBron that was a couple of years ago. So it’s a big difference. So the name might be there, but everybody would also tell you, and you can see for yourself, the athletic LeBron and the dominant that he was a couple of years ago is not the same that he is now. So, yeah, I mean, I think people get fooled by the names on their own paper, but, yeah, those names have been built throughout their career and now they’re older, so they’re not what they used to be.” -via Apple Podcasts / July 20, 2024
“They set a timeline and said, so what was the timeline that they said? Joel Embiid: I didn’t know, you know, I saw it on Twitter, and I was like, whoa, you know, where did this come from? Because I mean, from the conversation that I had with the US was, you know, just take as much time as you need. You know, there’s no rush, you know, we’d love to have you, but it’s okay, you know, if you make another decision.” -via Apple Podcasts / July 20, 2024
Joel Embiid: “So it was tough, but my goal growing up, I watched the Olympics. It was always about, you know, I want to play, I want to be part of it, so that’s been my dream. So to me, that was what matters the most, you know, achieving my dreams. And, you know, one thing I said, I was, I kind of felt a rush in that decision because I wanted to take as much time as possible. And it didn’t help that, you know, France that put an ultimatum on, you know, when the decision had to be made.” -via Apple Podcasts / July 20, 2024

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