Frédéric Fluer unveiled his list for the Euro Basket 2025 on Friday (August 27-September 14). And if the French team is announced among the favorites for the title, Wembanyama, Gobert and Fournier will not be part of the trip, due to injuries, convalescences or by choice. For Fred Weis, ex-Pivot of the Blues, this is a year of transition that can benefit the France team.
A massacre? Present on the set of the Grandes Gules du Sport, this Saturday, June 28, Fred Weis spoke of the report of the French basketball team, before the Euro (August 27-September 14) and commented on the plans announced. Indeed, several executives of the French team will not be part of the trip, in Latvia. Among them, Evan Fournier, Rudy Gobert but above all, as expected, Victor Wembanyama, after his deep venous thrombosis on the right shoulder. For the ex-pivot of the French team, it is impossible to speak of a massacre but rather of a transition period.
“A massacre? I do not believe, we are on a year of transition. It is important to continue to move forward, to incorporate into this new team of new players. We talked about risking … We have young people. We have 2-3 older who will accompany all this. Cordinier for example, which was the revelation of the last Olympic Games, Yabusele, for example”.
To continue. “Obviously I would have preferred Weby to be there but already, he must be treated, we do not know exactly where he is in relation to that and indeed, it is important that he takes up the competition at 100%. For the other two, they gave so much that we would be a little badly placed to say ‘What are you doing?’, It would be abused”.
“You have to positivate”
Not to mention luck, Fred Weis prefers to see the glass half full and project himself on the rest. “There is nothing to say in relation to these packages, it is actually necessary to be positivating. This is the first competition of Freddy (Frédéric) Feli as a coach. From there, you have to work on it. The fact that he incorporates young people, I find it very good because it prepares us in the future, after we will have a quiet year then we will go on the World Cup and the Olympic Games. A nice sentence to conclude …
