Whereas Workforce USA is trying poised to win the gold medal on the 2024 Paris Olympics, the host nation’s group isn’t doing as nicely.
Workforce France completed 2-1 in group play after dropping decisively to Germany 85-71.
Victor Wembanyama, France’s finest participant, had 14 factors, 12 rebounds, two steals and one blocked shot, and had a message for his group afterward about belief, per Marc J. Spears.
“We got to trust our coaching more, trust our teammates more, do things that aren’t on the stat sheet,” the younger star stated.
“We got to trust our coaching more, trust our teammates more, do things that aren’t on the stat sheet,” France ahead @wemby after loss to Germany.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) August 2, 2024
Wembanyama is coming off a rookie season when he took the NBA by storm and introduced himself because the league’s latest celebrity.
The San Antonio Spurs heart averaged 21.4 factors, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and a league-high 3.6 blocked pictures per recreation, and he appeared to get higher because the season wore on.
Workforce France additionally boasts Minnesota Timberwolves large man Rudy Gobert, the NBA Defensive Participant of the 12 months, in addition to a couple of different official NBA gamers in Evan Fournier, Frank Ntilikina and Nicolas Batum.
Some specialists felt that France had no less than a slim likelihood of upsetting Workforce USA come event time, principally because of the towering presence of Wembanyama.
Germany, which has Dennis Schroder, Moritz Wagner, Franz Wagner and Daniel Theis, additionally has been mentioned as one other worthy challenger to the USA.
Although Workforce France had already clinched a spot within the quarterfinal spherical, it needed to assert a greater seed and thus probably keep away from a gathering with Workforce USA.
