Nanterre, France – “My wish is to be in the France team this summer.”
Victor Wembanyama, a young star of French basketball, was categorical on Tuesday in view of the World Cup organized at the end of the summer.
“I don’t want to miss this event at all,” said the 20-year-old insider, a big favorite for the No. 1 pick in the next NBA draft scheduled for early summer and whose presence could be called into question depending on the concession that will host it.
Wembanyama (2.21 m), who is currently evolving in Boulogne-Levallois under the orders of his selection coach Vincent Collet, has two selections with the Blues and is already a must before the trip to the Czech Republic on Thursday and the reception of Lithuania on Sunday, during the 2023 World Cup qualifiers.
France is already qualified for the competition which will take place in Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan from August 25 to September 10.
“I hope to learn as much as possible from this world to prepare for the Olympic Games,” said Elite’s top scorer during a press briefing, a year and a half before the French Olympic meeting.
“Decisions will be made later, maybe he wants today, but maybe he wants less in a month or two months, tempered Boris Diaw, general manager of the France team.
“I think we have to wait, when making the selection we will need firm answers (…) but we are not asking people to position themselves firmly on this date”, added the former framework of the Blues.
