As we all know, it's very difficult to win the regular season MVP in the NBA. is as strong as NBA legends Yao Ming, Maddie, and Anthony, none of them have ever gotten it. And like Paul, as a historical point guard, he hasn't gotten it either.
However, it is a bit unbelievable that there is an MVP who has no injuries and has sat on the cold bench for the whole game at the Olympics.
He is Embiid, the current superstar of the United States men's basketball team. Originally, coach Kerr still trusted Embiid very much and always put him in the starting position, while the United States men's basketball team has only 3 fixed starters, James, Curry and Embiid, and even Durant cannot be the starter. It can be seen that Cole attaches great importance to him.
However, Embiid didn't know what was going on, but he didn't feel comfortable with the rhythm of the international arena, and he had a bit of a bad performance from the warm-up game onwards. In the first 26-point win over Serbia in the first game of the United States men's basketball team, Embiid played 11 minutes, shot 2-of-5, scored 4 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block, but had 2 turnovers, 3 fouls, and a plus/minus of -8. You know, the United States men's basketball team won the opponent by 26 points, which shows that Embiid is not only useless on the court, but a burden.
So, in the match against South Sudan, Cole discarded him outright. Cole's explanation was that South Sudan's players were too tall and too fast. Obviously, this is just rhetoric, Embiid, as the dominant superstar in the NBA, is the top interior player. Although South Sudan has many players of Durant's size, the gap with Embiid is still huge. Obviously, Kerr is trying to punish Embiid in the hope that he can find himself in the next games.
Of course, Embiid is Mr. MVP after all, and Kerr also made it clear that in the next game against Puerto Rico, Embiid will be the starter and will prove himself to him.
For Embiid, a super interior player who can call the wind and rain in the NBA, it should be said that there will be more power in the international arena, but he has to make some adjustments and changes, such as fewer fouls and fewer colleges. As long as Embiid plays at his own level, there is no suspense about the Olympic gold medals of James, Durant, and Curry.