The Los Angeles Clippers winger has decided not to participate in the next EuroBasket (September 1-18, 2022) with the France team. Nicholas Batum has chosen not to play in the next European Basketball Championship which will take place from September 1 to 18, 2022 in Germany, Georgia, Italy and the Czech Republic. At 33, the Los Angeles Clippers winger acknowledges, in an interview with First Teamto have ” physically difficult, between the sequences of seasons, the Olympic Games last year “. “A huge season (…) awaits me with the Clippers” Nicolas Batum added: “ There’s a huge season ahead of me with the Clippers next year. This may be my only chance to go all the way. It was a reflection, a discussion. There are also the Olympic Games to incorporate, and the French team “in which” there will be changes in roles, positions… “, he adds, to explain his renunciation.
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