Frédéric Weis’ adverse association with Team USA Basketball took another dive Sunday when the former French national team player said he wants to be banned from France for choosing to play from the U.S. rather than France in the upcoming , which will be hosted in Paris.
“Joel came to us and said that he wanted to play international basketball, he said he wanted to win, and he said he wanted to play for France and he wanted to win with France,” Diaw said. “So we listened to him.” A spokesman for Embiid said he never asked for citizenship, but was granted a passport in 2022 anyway.
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