Six months after his defeat in the Eurobasket final, where his offensive limits were highlighted by Sergio Scariolo’s Spain, Rudy Gobert obviously already has the next international deadline in the back of its mindFrench team. Namely the World Cup 2023co-hosted by Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines from August 25 to September 10.
Even if he is currently focused on the Wolves season, the Frenchman plans a minimum of what will await the Blues this summer in Asia, when he will obviously have revenge to take after his failure against “Roja”, rich in teaching.
” We learned from this final, that’s for sure “, he assured this week, in the columns of Mundo Deportivo. ” Each defeat serves as a lesson, it makes you grow. Me, it made me harder, stronger. When you experience complicated matches, painful defeats, you learn. It’s part of life. »
This year, Rudy Gobert can nevertheless be positive, thinking of the fact that France will not have the same face as in Germany and will probably be better armed at the World Cup.
A very special operation
In addition to the returns of Nicolas Batum and Nando De Colo, who had decided to ignore the last Eurobasket, as well as the arrival of the phenomenon Victor Wembanyamawhich has already proved essential during the qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup, the Blues could register the arrival of a certain Joel Embiid.
For the time being, the Sixers All-Star pivot has not yet chosen which country he will represent on the international scene, because he could perfectly opt for the United States, but Rudy Gobert wanted to recall as a few months that the operation of the selection is different from that of the NBA.
” Which country will he choose? I don’t know, you have to ask him directly “, first declared the tricolor pivot. ” It makes sense that he goes where he wants to go. But he has to understand that, if he joins us, it will not only be about playing and being part of a team, it will also be about going out and spending time with the group. It goes beyond [du jeu]it’s soaking up a culture and understanding that it goes beyond the simple framework of sport and the team. […] These are the values we have and whether we win or lose, we like those values. »
If he also recognizes that it will be difficult in terms of adaptation, to integrate Victor Wembanyama and potentially Joel Embiid into Vincent Collet’s group, Rudy Gobert can only be enchanted by this possible XXL racket…
” It’s hard to imagine and think about [ce que pourrait donner] such a trio. Could we be invincible? Yes it’s possible. Like I say, it’s pretty scary… “, he amused himself thus.
