The Paris Olympics are in full swing. The most eye-catching event is naturally the men’s basketball. Many teams have gathered NBA big-name stars, such as Jokic of Serbia, Giannis of Greece, Alexander and Murray of Canada, etc. But when it comes to the strongest team, it must undoubtedly be the US team. In the words of the US media, the leading core who led the team to win the championship in the NBA even couldn’t get playing time in the Olympic group stage. Naturally, it was Tatum. James called on many legendary stars as early as last year for the last dance in the world competitions. Durant, Curry, Leonard (who later withdrew due to injury), and others responded one after another. But the presence of one person was actually superfluous, and that was Embiid. With an average salary of 55 million US dollars and averaging 9 points and 5 rebounds, a pseudo-basketball superstar was born in the Olympics.
In an Olympic men’s basketball group game that ended some time ago, the US men’s basketball team easily defeated the Serbian men’s basketball team 110-84. The game process was quite exciting. At the beginning, the US men’s basketball team was behind. With LeBron James, Devin Booker and Kevin Durant exerting their strength one after another, the US men’s basketball team reversed the situation with a wave and took the lead. In the second quarter, the US men’s basketball team had the upper hand, but the point difference was not widened. The third quarter became a turning point. Jokic’s physical strength declined, and the US men’s basketball team blossomed in multiple points and gradually expanded the point difference. In the last quarter, the Serbian men’s basketball team completely collapsed. Looking at the whole game, LeBron James and Kevin Durant became the biggest contributors to the win. The joint efforts of the “big and small kings” of the NBA league were indeed unbeatable.
Serbia’s men’s basketball is very strong, is considered to be one of the strongest opponents of the United States men’s basketball in the Olympic Games, but the difference between the two sides is that the United States men’s basketball court five people have always had a strong attacking force, and the Serbian men’s basketball side, Jokic is OK on the court, he began to lose points as long as the rest, according to statistics after the game, Jokic was present, the Serbian men’s basketball net score is 0. Jokic off the rest, Serbia’s net negative points is 26, that is, Serbia lost 26 points are lost in Jokic’s rest, so it must be admitted that Jokic’s defeat is still glorious, then as a comparison, Embiid’s performance?
The answer is very bad, in terms of data, Embiid was 2 for 5, 0 for 1 three-point shot, 0 for 3 free throws, only got 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 turnovers, this data is impossible to see, people Jokic got 20 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals, the gap is wide, and in the United States men’s basketball players, only Embiid’s positive and negative (-8) is negative. And Bushy Eyebrows is a +28. Since the previous warm-up, Embiid has not played a good game, but the strange thing is that Cole never adjusted, Embiid has always been a starter, so why should Cole insist on doing so? Chinese commentator Su Qun gives the standard answer.
A prominent Chinese basketball commentator, responded to a question from a fan about whether Kerr would dare Embiid to come off the bench: “You can understand that Kerr promised Embiid a starting spot as long as you are willing to come to the U.S. Basketball team.” This statement is very good to understand, Embiid has Cameroon, France and the United States triple nationality, but the emperor previously said that he would play for the French men’s basketball team, the result defected to the United States men’s basketball team, because Cole gave him a promise, you come to the United States men’s basketball, I will give you a starting position, since Cole has said out, then he now of course can not go back.
So Cole is not dare to dare the problem, but he can not do so, Embiid when the French men’s basketball deserter, so we see him as long as he gets the ball, watching the French fans will boo him, which also affects Embiid’s mentality. Let’s look at what Embiid did in the opening phase of the first quarter, after James passed to Embiid, Embiid wanted to shoot, the result was not stable by Bogdan steal, not long after, Embiid shot again, the result hit the iron, and then Embiid caused Jokic foul, unexpectedly missed two free throws, there is a round, Avramovic faced Embiid’s defense, Easy basket.
Because of Embiid all kinds of outrageous operations, led to the United States men’s basketball at one point 2-10 behind, Cole really couldn’t stand it, quickly replaced Embiid, Davis appeared, the United States team rose instantly, including the following game is also the same, once Embiid on the court, the United States men’s basketball play all kinds of bad, Embiid was replaced, the United States team immediately became better, it can be seen that, Embiid really should not start, Big eyebrow brother not to say offense, on defense and adaptation are much stronger than Embiid, but the problem is that Cole has promised, he can not let Embiid play as a substitute, this is really no way, unless the game starts to play 2 or 3 minutes to replace Embiid.
To sum up, Embiid is indeed dragging down the American men’s basketball team, and Cole can’t let him play reserve, unless Embiid has the self-knowledge to take the initiative to step aside.
Embiid has said in the past that he feels like the most hated person in the league, and he does not know why. The answer is actually very simple, since following the United States men’s basketball preparation for the Olympic Games, Embiid has three times, one is that if he did not have so many injuries, he should be GOAT! Second, when the outside world has high hopes for James, Durant and Curry, these legendary super giants, Embiid said that lebron is old and his dominance is far from the past. Third, when Embiid himself evaluated his role positioning, he said that he was not a true interior player and did not want to be a point guard, but wanted to be the most versatile player. For those three things, Embiid was born in Cameroon, got French citizenship, and finally chose to play for the American Dream team. Hubris!
Naturally, it starts with Embiid’s performance on Team USA. In the five warm-up games before the Olympic Games, Embiid played a mess: playing Canada, 12 minutes of 5 2 get 5 points 6 rebounds 4 mistakes 5 fouls off the court; In Australia, 10 points, 5 rebounds, 3 turnovers and 2 fouls in 16 minutes on 3 of 6; Playing Serbia warm-up game, Embiid 16 minutes 2 of 8, 8 points 2 rebounds 1 turnovers; In South Sudan, Embiid was 5 for 6 in 18 minutes, with 14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls; In Germany, he finished 5 of 8 in 22 minutes with 15 points and 8 rebounds. The first game of the Olympic group stage played Serbia, the team eventually won 26 points, Embiid played 11 minutes, 2 of 5, got 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 mistakes and 3 fouls, a net loss of 8 points on the court, is the only player in the United States who lost points on the court! In the 29 minutes he wasn’t there, Team USA won by 34 points!
Embiid’s past performance in the 76ers, the six games averaged 9.3 points and 5 rebounds, the overall shooting rate of 50%, is all the players in the United States, the lowest victory contribution value, the lowest defensive efficiency! The data looks bad, but the damage he brings to the team is not reflected in the data, just say three points! First, Embiid brought the 76ers’ style of play to the United States team, used to pull to the three-point line to catch the ball, not to the inside line, and even to Curry to rebound, Lao Zhan to the low, as a center, how can he? Second, Embiid and the 76ers, each game to fall several times, there are some anti-gravity fall, in the NBA foul foul vice to the international arena, but no one spoil him. You can’t protect Jokic, you can’t protect Tess. You’re nothing.
Even so, Cole still insisted that Embiid start, let the more efficient + better performance of the eyebrows + Adebayor play the bench. But the last part is really unbearable, Embiid does not want to do the dirty work! In the 76ers, he is used to being the boss, and even unwilling to pick and roll, to the United States team, he often points to the old James to go to the low, convenient for himself to pull out to catch the ball, he can deliberately let the opponent misposition, force Curry to go against Jokic, and even often ignore Booker, Holiday and other people to the ball! Without Embiid, the US team is playing like water, James, who is nearly 40 years old, can run 80 miles and various splits, and the selfless Holiday and Curry all kinds of ball pulling space, not to mention the bench has no answer to Durant, tough eyebrows and Adebayor. Only Embiid, can not find a single reason to praise him.
Embiid has three years left on his contract with the Sixers at an average salary of more than $55 million! In the past two years, in a healthy state, has been the league’s MVP, last season because he was injured for a long time, missed too many games to withdraw from the MVP competition, but the NBA MVP, is this can’t do anything? The point is that he averages more than two turnovers per game as a center, many of his passes are amateurish, and he looks completely unfocused. And when James and Durant led the team to play a climax, Embiid’s face was lifeless, as if it had nothing to do with himself. Why would he choose the United States when he could play as the host nation? The truth is very simple, dare not take responsibility, the past few years in the 76ers is the best proof, the heart of fear and the United States against, can only be teammates.
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