The French men’s team has left the Eurobasket in a pitiful way, via a defeat against Georgia in the final. The absent do not apologize everything: the confusing lack of offensive variety and success in the shooting could largely have been avoided, with a semblance of Qi basket …
Lose the Eurobasket, why not. Losing the EuroBasket in the final of the EuroBasket. But lose against the Georgia in the 8th finals of the Eurobasket, it is a capital failure for The French men’s team Basket.
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The problem is that it is the second capital failure for the Blues, after the full sinking of the 2023 World Cup, when they were released after two games. Between the two? An Olympic silver medal after making Team USA tremble in the final.
The moment to look in front of the face: the Olympic Games were the exception, not the rule. It only takes the absence of a few major players for the French team to be disintegrated. The common denominator? Victor Wembanyamawho, since he announced that he wanted to bring France back to the roof of the world, has zapped two of the three competitions on the program. We could accuse the executives of not coming when the Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic And others are present, but it would be to lie the statements that France has the best reservoir in Europe.
Four NBA players, most of them in the biggest clubs in Euroleague. On paper, a perfect alloy. On the field, a team that seems to be Qi Basket. A simple stat to illustrate this state of affairs: the French team shot at 55/193 with three points on the whole of the competition.
There was no match where the Blues shot 40% behind the arc: how is it possible? This stat reached its climax against the Georgians, when the French simply fired three points more than two (36-35). For only six shots returned. When does no one in the field want to change strategy?
This is unfortunately the modern basketball evil: when you put a system and you cannot execute it, remains the solution to take a three points, well placed or not. And inevitably, it rarely fits. A lack of reflection and adaptation confusing for a team supposed to be part of the gratin. But this is what basketball has become under the influence of the NBA: three points, it’s more than two points.
The French team has chosen to live and die via this adage. And yesterday, she died again. “It is a failure that will have to be assumed” said afterwards Frédéric Fauthouxwhich of course has its share of responsibility. But the first culprits are the players, who have too much talent to behave like second -class elements. Hoping that next time, this team does not only have the name …
