The ghosts Nando De Colo and Nicolas Batum, as well as Rudy Gobert, appear in the list unveiled Wednesday for the World Cup-2023 basketball by the coach of the Blues Vincent Collet, unlike the Franco-Cameroonian pivot Joel Embiid and the new star Victor Wembanyama.
De Colo and Batum had given up on Euro-2022 to spare themselves, a reason which prompted Gobert to hesitate to participate in the World Cup-2023 (August 25-September 10 in Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan) before confirming his presence .
Frenchman Victor Wembanyama drafted in first position in the NBA, a historic night for tricolor basketball
Wembanyama had announced to him on Monday that he was giving up to focus on his first NBA season to come while Embiid (Philadelphia Sixers) is courted by the French Federation.
The list of the 12 French selected
Guards-backs:
Nando De Colo (Asvel)
Evan Fournier (New York Knicks)
Sylvain Francisco (Peristeri)
Frank Ntilikina (Dallas)
Elie Okobo (Monaco)
Wingers:
Nicolas Batum (Los Angeles Clippers)
Jacob Ouattara (Monaco)
Terry Tarpey (Monaco)
Interiors:
Moustapha Fall (Olympiakos)
Rudy Gobert (Minnesota)
Mathias Lessort (Panathinaikos)
Guerschon Yabusele (Real Madrid)
With AFP
2023-06-28 19:34:04
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