Hard blow for Vincent Collet and the French basketball team. In an interview he gave to the daily L’Equipe, Victor Wembanyama positioned himself on the next World Cup which will take place at the end of the summer in Indonesia and the Philippines (August 25-September 10). At the end of a decision which he describes himself as “difficult”, the recent number 1 of the draft made the “irrevocable” decision not to be in order to focus on his preparation for what will be his first season. in the NBA.
An understandable choice for the one who was welcomed as a hero in San Antonio by Spurs fans who already imagine him bringing the franchise back to the top of American basketball. Vincent Collet will therefore have to adapt this Wednesday, when he will announce the composition of his group for this World Cup, which Rudy Gobert, who has speculated about taking a break after a delicate season in Minnesota, could also give up. And since no one knows what Joel Embiid intends to do, possibly on the shelves of Team USA, it is the entire interior sector of the Blues which finds itself very helpless.