Tyrese Haliburton clowns Joel Embiid over passport joke at Olympics
07/26/2024 05:59 PM
Much has been made of Cameroon native Joel Embiid joining Team USA for the 2024 Olympics. Now, even Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton is turning on the former NBA MVP.
Haliburton joked with Embiid about his passport as the team sailed the Parisian waters.
Tyrese Haliburton: "Give your passport back."
Joel Embiid: "I'm American, man."
(via @TyHaliburton22 / IG)pic.twitter.com/o40c0bRGiG
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“Give your passport back,” Haliburton said as Embiid waved a mini-American flag.
“I’m American, man!” Embiid responded. Haliburton also added a “Captain America” caption to the Instagram story.
Embiid could have played for Cameroon or France, rather than joining the American super-team, via USA Today’s Jeff Zilgitt.
Embiid had national team choices. Born in Cameroon, he could've played for his native country. He also could've played for France, which recruited him heavily to play alongside Rudy Gobert and Victor Wembanyama. Imagine that front line for France.
Embiid considered France but the country's national team federation gave Embiid a deadline to decide, and he didn't like that. France president Emmanuel Macron even texted Embiid, and the two talked on the phone. The French president’s campaign to get Embiid fell short.
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