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Anthony Edwards Jokes About French Fans Booing Joel Embiid: 'You Want 3 7-Footers?'

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Minnesota Timberwolves superstar guard Anthony Edwards seemed to question the logic of French fans booing USA Basketball teammate Joel Embiid at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris following the Americans' win over South Sudan on Wednesday.

According to Jonas Miklovas of BasketNews, Edwards said, "I don't know what is going on. I don't know why he gets booed all the time," in reference to Embiid before being informed by reporters that it is due to the fact that Embiid spurned the French national team in favor of Team USA.

That prompted Edwards to make a humorous-yet-sound point, saying: "But you got Wemby and Rudy; why would he play with y'all?