The dream team that will be led by LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant at the next year's Olympic Games in Paris received top reinforcements in the position where it was the weakest.
The Philadelphia center and NBA MVP Joel Embiid announced yesterday that he chose to play for the basketball team of the United States of America, and he also chose between France and Cameroon, where he was born.
However, it seems that in the country that will host the Olympic Games, they do not regret him much, they even understand his decision - at least that's what the legend of that country, Nikola Batum, claims.
"It's true that we talked, but I didn't try too hard to convince him to join us... Of course, I would have been very happy if he had joined us, but, nevertheless, I think he made the optimal decision - I would have done the same," Batum said, as reported by Eurohoops.
The LA Clippers basketball player continued in a similar tone...
"When you see how dedicated everyone is, and that apart from the center they have a perfect team, then it's easy to understand why Embid chose the United States. It's clear that they only lack a top center like him, and now they've got one of the best, if not the most impressive basketball player in position five. When I saw all that, I realized that his decision was fair," added Batum.
He also emphasized that there is no anger...
"Of course I'm not, because I'm thinking like a basketball fan, since that dream team can really be something specific - like the one from 1992 or 2008. You don't see such things often, from a basketball point of view everything really sounds crazy," concluded Batum.
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