His decision worried the staff of the Blues, who had already seen Nando De Colo and the captain of the Olympic vice-champions in Tokyo, Nicolas Batum, forfeit for the next Eurobasket (September 1-18 in Germany, Czech Republic, Georgia and Italy) .
They have reason to be reassured, now that Rudy Gobert has confirmed his presence for the next international final phase, via a message on his Instagram account featuring the French flag this Thursday, in full money time of the Euroleague semi-final between Olympiakos at the Efes Istanbul.
With Evan Fournier, the pivot of the Utah Jazz, who weighed 12.2 points (64% in shooting) and 9.3 rebounds during the last Olympic Games will constitute the duo of leaders who will have to lead the French team to a new podium, minimum ambition of the silver team in Japan and bronze at the last World Cup, in 2019 in China.