Charles Barkley has known as out Joel Embiid over his underwhelming Olympic marketing campaign and says he wants to make use of it as a studying expertise.
Embiid has averaged 9.5 factors and a pair of.5 rebounds per sport on 42.1 % taking pictures on the Olympics thus far, getting benched within the second half towards Serbia and notching a DNP towards South Sudan.
Barkley believes Embiid wants to make use of his disappointing Olympic expertise as gasoline to make some changes when the following NBA season arrives.
“I hope this can be a wake-up [call] for Joel, this Olympic expertise,” Barkley stated on Paul George’s podcast. “He has not performed nicely, and I’m hoping he’s like, ‘Yo, man, I acquired to get in higher form. … I acquired to get wholesome, as a result of if we don’t win the championship or go deep within the playoffs, it’s going to be due to me.’”
Barkley added that he hoped Embiid’s Olympic marketing campaign would open his thoughts to taking a again seat to 76ers co-stars Paul George and Tyrese Maxey at instances.
“He’s acquired to be like, ‘OK, it’s Paul’s evening. OK, it’s [Maxey]’s evening. What can I do after I don’t get the ball?’”
George himself stated he is aware of what it’s prefer to undergo a serious position adjustment on Group USA and that he’d advised Embiid to maintain an open thoughts in Paris.
“Simply attempt to discover a option to keep engaged and problem your self otherwise than you’ll do within the NBA,” George recalled telling Embiid. “We had discuss that.”
Embiid and Group USA will return to the ground on Tuesday after they face Brazil within the quarterfinals.
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