Rudy Gobert, Nicolas Batum and Evan Fournier, spearheads of the Blues, silver medalists at the Tokyo Olympics, lead a colony of eleven Frenchmen destined to tread the NBA floors during the regular season, which begins on Tuesday night See you on Wednesday.
If Rudy Gobert or Nicolas Batum can apply for the title, others will simply try to have a few minutes of play to grab in the NBA.
Of the eleven French who will play in the United States this year, six are members of the medal-winning French team in Tokyo.
Staff review.
Director:
Olivier JUSZCZAK
Rudy Gobert, 29, is one of six French silver medalists at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, playing in the American basketball championship.
The French pivot of 2.16 m begins his ninth season with the Utah Jazz.
With a new contract starting this year for a salary of $ 205 million over five years (176.65 million euros to date), he is the highest paid French sportsman in history.
New to the famous New York Knicks franchise, Evan Fournier, 29, made his NBA debut in 2012 with the Denvers Nuggets.
He went through the Orlando Magics (from 2014 to 2020) and Boston (2021).
He will obviously meet again on the American courts the player from the United States and the Brooklyn Nets Kevin Durant!
Nicolas Batum is now an experienced player in the American basketball league.
The French started with the Portland Trail Blazers in 2008 and then moved on to the Charlotte Hornets (2015-2020).
The 32-year-old ally will begin his second season in the Los Angeles Clippers franchise and his fourteenth in the NBA!
And everyone remembers this stratospheric counter!
Carried out this summer in the last moments of the semi-final of the Tokyo Olympics against Slovenia, it sent the Blues from basketball to the final!
The young 20-year-old leader, Killian Hayes, will make his second season in the NBA with the Detroit Pistons.
A second season that must be good, for the highest drafted Frenchman in history (7th position), whose rookie year was plagued by a hip injury.
Also from the 2001 generation, Théo Maledon is also starting his second season in the NBA with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Member of the France team, Olympic vice-champion, the ally Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot signed a one-year unsecured contract with the Atlanta Hawks franchise.
Arrived in 2016 in the United States, the 26-year-old Frenchman passed through Philadelphia, Chicago, Oklahoma, or even Brooklyn.
After four seasons with the New York Knicks, 23-year-old point guard Frank Ntilikina will start this year with the Dallas Mavericks.
He is also an Olympic silver medalist.
Also in silver in Tokyo, Petr Cornelie (26) signed a “two-way” contract with the Denvers Nuggets.
He will therefore divide his time between the NBA franchise and that of the Grand Rapids Gold, engaged in the G-League, the antechamber of the NBA.
This is his debut in the United States.
Killian Tillie, 23, also in the balance with the G-League, will try to scavenge a few minutes with the Memphis Grizzlies.
Just like the 22-year-old Yves Pons ally, for a first season in the NBA!
Same type of contract for 20-year-old French winger Sekou Doumbouya (here with the Brooklyn jersey) finalized on Tuesday, October 16.
He will eventually move between the G-League and the NBA with the legendary Los Angeles franchise for a third season in the United States.
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