Can the Blues ambition this summer the second major coronation of their history, after the 2013 Eurobasket with the Tony Parker band, without their phenomenon Victor Wembanyama? This question has been in all heads of basketball enthusiasts in France for many weeks, and unfortunately it will become ultra-cute on Friday. Because as revealed on Wednesday The Parisianthe coach Frédéric Faith will not include “Weby” in his extended list of 20 players to prepare for the European Championship 2025 (from August 27 to September 14).
“It is in unfavorable tank,” said his relatives, while the interior of the San Antonio Spurs has not played the slightest official match for four months and the discovery of a deep venous thrombosis on the shoulder. As the 21 -year -old giant has also not participated in the slightest collective training in Texas since the brutal stop of his NBA season, the trend wanted to be pessimistic for the Eurobasket for him.
Rudy Gobert will also miss the Eurobasket
The president of Spurs RC BUFORD indicated Tuesday in The team : “I think we are very close to his return to collective training”. A resumption timing with its American franchise, with a view to a pivotal season, which will not allow the best NBA rookie of the year 2024 to take part in its second major competition with the French basketball team, after the money obtained in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
For his first euro, Vincent Collet’s successor on the Blues bench, Frédéric Faux, will not be able to count on the largest tricolor talent. Victor Wembanyama’s package, which will therefore be formalized on Friday, is accompanied by that of another emblematic interior of the selection, Rudy Gobert.
Our file on Victor Wembanyama
The experienced pivot of Minnesota wishes according to The Parisian Take advantage of the summer of 2025 to take a mental and physical break. Without thinking of his international retirement, while he is celebrating his 33 years this Thursday. Let’s cross your fingers so that Guerschon Yabusele, Mathias Lessort or Vincent Poirier are in great shape in the tricolor racket for this Eurobasket.
