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Before Joel Embiid decided to join Team USA, the French team dreamed of hitting hard with the 76ers pivot.

A trio alongside Victor Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert, with totally convinced fans… and a disappointed Vincent Collet.

While Joel Embiid has decided to play for Team USA in the future, the center hopes to be present for the Olympic Games this summer.

He certainly has the level despite fierce competition, but will he recover physically?

Let’s say that the 76ers staff will perhaps give their veto with their current health concerns.

France, in any case, will have no regrets.

The Blues have long been favorites to recruit Embiid in the racket, to the delight of the supporters… and the staff.

We learned via The Athletic that France wanted to combine Embiid, Rudy Gobert and Victor Wembanyama (as a winger) in the same starting 5.

Suffice to say that this Big 3 could have been an ordeal for the opponents.

Fans’ regrets regarding the Big 3 of the France team

Remember that there are no 3 defensive seconds in the FIBA ​​game, allowing the interior players to literally camp in the racket.

Wembanyama, Gobert and Embiid could therefore have absolutely destroyed everything in the sector, which had the gift of making some Internet users dream.

Too bad this trio won’t have the opportunity to shine together.

No defensive 3 second either they woulda been holding teams to 6 points like the 85 Bears https://t.co/ckMfrKL8Ya

— RB (sunsrtrash) (@RyB_311)

March 20, 2024

No 3 seconds on defense, they could have held teams to 6 points like the 85 Bears

Could usa beat this ?

— 21 Million (@Blockchainwork5) March 20, 2024

Could Team USA have beaten this?

Collet remains the first disappointed, he who had several plans in mind to make this trio work.

This is what he explains to The Athletic:

Vincent Collet : “It would have been so easy to have them play together, especially Victor with Joel, because with Victor’s mobility, he is able to play in position 3.

To have them together on a floor, it would have been special . That’s why I was so disappointed. »

The French team is obviously disappointed by the choice of Joel Embiid, but Vincent Collet remains ambitious with Victor Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert in the interior sector.

It promises great things.