Joel Embiid gives the Sixers a rare Olympic superstar — and makes Team USA even better

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Once professional players were allowed to participate in the Olympics starting in 1992, only one other player made Team USA while serving as a Sixer.

Embiid will join Allen Iverson as the only other Sixers player to represent the United States while an active member of the team.

For all of the ex-Sixer Olympians on that list, Embiid will give Philly a surprisingly rare active superstar on the roster — particularly during the post-Dream Team era. Once professional players were allowed to participate in the Olympics starting in ‘92, only one other player made Team USA while currently serving as a Sixer: Allen Iverson in 2004. Embiid will be just the second when he takes the court for the U.S. this year., but were already on their way out of Philadelphia.

 

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