Your current location:HOME >sport >Wembanyama headlines France's preliminary roster for Paris Olympics basketball tournament 正文
TIME:2024-05-17 20:27:10 Source: Internet compilationEdit:sport
PARIS (AP) — With Victor Wembanyama as the focal point, France head coach Vincent Collet announced a
PARIS (AP) — With Victor Wembanyama as the focal point, France head coach Vincent Collet announced an extended list of 19 players on Thursday for his preliminary roster for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Fresh off winning the NBA Rookie of the Year award, the 7-foot-3 Wembanyama will bolster France’s medal aspirations alongside key players like Rudy Gobert, Nicolas Batum, and Evan Fournier.
In Gobert and Wembanyama, France boasts two of the NBA’s best defensive players. Gobert won the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award for the fourth time of his career, narrowly beating out Wembanyama.
“The key to building the team will be establishing an uncompromising defense,” Collet said at a news conference. We have profiles that excel in this area.”
The roster, to be trimmed to 12 players for the tournament, includes newcomers Bilal Coulibaly, Ousmane Dieng, and Killian Hayes, who all also played in the NBA this season.
Catching Freedom shows why it was an 'easy decision' to enter him in the Preakness2024-05-17 20:08
Chinese researchers develop new algorithm to recognize coronal mass ejections2024-05-17 19:51
Refugee Team for Paris Olympics has 36 athletes from 11 countries across 12 sports2024-05-17 19:31
Refugee Team for Paris Olympics has 36 athletes from 11 countries across 12 sports2024-05-17 19:26
Human rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return home2024-05-17 19:05
Ice and snow warm up winter tourism in Northeast China2024-05-17 18:38
It would take until 2040 to repair all homes destroyed so far in Gaza, UN report says2024-05-17 18:15
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Misinformation surges on social media as voters head to vote2024-05-17 18:00
Windermere to wasteland: Raw sewage illegally pumped into Lake District beauty spot2024-05-17 17:50
Immersive tours boost growth in China's tourism2024-05-17 17:41
Every WNBA team to begin using charter flights by May 212024-05-17 20:24
Paris inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming2024-05-17 20:20
China to launch Shenzhou2024-05-17 20:06
Holiday trips ride high on cultural quests2024-05-17 19:54
Ludvig Aberg aims to build on his Masters runner2024-05-17 19:46
Police arrest Polish teenager suspected of throwing firebombs at synagogue2024-05-17 19:21
China's aircraft carrier Fujian sets out for maiden sea trials2024-05-17 18:28
Digital platform unveiled to boost Beijing's cultural, sports sectors2024-05-17 18:26
FDIC chair is grilled on Capitol Hill after report outlines agency's toxic workplace culture2024-05-17 18:13
Chinese researchers start 2024 Arctic expedition at Yellow River Station2024-05-17 17:54