European basketball: France without Wembanyama and Gobert

Nothing long for France. The CT Frederic Faurhoux at the next Eurobasket, scheduled from 27 August to 14 September in Latvia, Cyprus, Finland and Poland, with the direct elimination phase that will be held entirely in Riga, will have to do without Rudy Gobert and the Superstar Victor Wembanyama. The flat rate of the center of the Minnesota Twolves had arrived in recent days, now there is also the official of the San Antonio Spurs superstar, which preferred to continue the recovery path after the thrombosis on the right shoulder that had forced him to stop last February. In March Wemby then subjected himself to surgery.

Shaolin

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In these days Wemby made to talk about himself for the trip to China. After visiting the Great Wall, the center of the San Antonio Spurs was shaved his head by a master Shaolin during a visit to the Temple of Zhengzhou, in Eastern China, a place renowned for his association with Chinese martial arts, including Kung Fu.

shaved

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The shaving of the head of the spurs pivot seems to be the result of its desire to fully embrace the Shaolin culture for several days. According to several sources, his travels were suspended to allow him to start a ten -day spiritual retreat within the temple. There, it should experience daily routine focused on the meditation of Shaolin monks, renowned for their discipline, mental strength and self -control.

substitutes

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The 2.10 of ASVEL Neal Sako, Bodian Massa (2.08, Manresa) and Petre Cornelie (2.11, Monaco) remain in Faouthoux. The Bleus are inserted in group D with Belgium, Iceland, Israel, Poland and Slovenia based in Katowice, Poland. The debut is scheduled for August 28 against Belgium. The last triumph of the French dates back to 2013. In the last edition, that of 2022, were defeated in the final by Spain.