If the participation of the French team in the next World Cup (from August 25 to September 10, in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia) will logically monopolize all the attention of the FFBB, the latter does not forget to think to its young people, whose doors to Vincent Collet’s squad are closed for the moment.
The federation has just announced that a selection of 12 young French players, already international or likely to become so, have been selected to take part in a short tour in Los Angeles, where they will face Armenia on 16 and 17 June.
” As part of our excellent relations with the Armenian Federation, we were offered to play two international meetings in Los Angeles. This double confrontation seemed to us an interesting opportunity to set up a team made up of young players who are already international or who have the potential to become one in the near future. » declared Jacques Commères, the director of performance and the French teams. ” Since the establishment of the FIBA World Cup and EuroBasket qualifying windows, Team France Basket’s talent pool has allowed the French national team to maintain its rank at the highest level. This type of initiative makes it possible to extend the work undertaken in recent years. »
This “select team” will obviously be trained by Vincent Collet’s right-hand men: Ruddy Nelhomme as trainer, and Pascal Donnadieu for the assistant position. It will also be an opportunity for some to show themselves in front of potential NBA scouts… since the NBA Draft will take place a week later.
The selection :
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