Title candidate France, the opening opponent of the German national team at the European Basketball Championship (September 1 to 18), has to fight for the medals without NBA professional Frank Ntilikina.
The point guard from the Dallas Mavericks cannot take part in the EuroBasket because of pain, the FFBB association announced on Friday. What injury plagues Ntilikina was not disclosed.
Ntilikina won silver with France at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics and bronze at the 2019 World Cup in China. Les Bleus will meet the selection of the German Basketball Association (DBB) on September 1st in Cologne.