Sixers Notebook: Nick Nurse backs Joel Embiid’s Olympic dream for Team USA
by Reading Eagle
Reading Eagle— Team USA Basketball director Grant Hill on Wednesday presented Sixers center Joel Embiid with the No. 11 jersey he could wear this summer at the Paris Olympics.
The Athletic—Frédéric Weis: ‘I hate’ Joel Embiid for spurning France to play for Team USA in Olympics. 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 for the U.S. rather than France in the upcoming , which will be hosted in Paris. Weis — who has been immortalized for being on the wrong side of Vince Carter’s “dunk of death” in the 2000 Olympics — said on his radio show at the French station RMC that he has “hate” for Embiid for spurning the French team and...
Reading Eagle—Sixers Notebook: Knicks fans get under Joel Embiid’s skin in a New York minute. The day began with a laugh, Sixers public address announcer Matt Cord appealing humorously to the primal instincts of Philly and New York fans jamming the Wells Fargo Center for Game 4.
Sports Illustrated—Nick Nurse Speaks on Joel Embiid's Quick Absence vs. Knicks. Joel Embiid dealt with an injury scare in Game 1 against the Knicks.