Little used by the Knicks this season (33 matches for an average playing time of 10 minutes), Frank Ntilikina intends to prove his worth, in the coming weeks, with the France team at the Tokyo Olympic Games (July 23 -8 August). The player, who had experienced such a situation in 2019 during the World Cup in China, knows perfectly well how he should approach the event.
“My approach to the Olympics is a bit the same as the one I had for the World Cup. I take the days one after the other, I try to bring as much as possible to the team. It’s the Olympics, it’s not just anything, it’s something I watched every four years. Now having the chance to go with the France team is a childhood dream. I’m really grateful for it all. The whole team is excited to play this competition, we really have the right mentality, we want to build the best group possible. “
Relaunched on his poor playing time with the Knicks, the point guard explained that he was not let down. “The fact of not playing is not easy for a player, we would necessarily like to play more, he acknowledged. But we train all season long. And when you are a young player, you have a lot of axes on which you can work and improve. That’s what I did, with 5 against 5, match situations, but also individual work, to become better even when playing little. “
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