Without her greatest talent, she will compete France in the upcoming World Cup (25/8), since o Victor Webanyama announced his decision not to reinforce the “tricolors”.
Speaking to American Media, “Wemby” explained the reasons that led him to this choice, stressing that he preferred to devote himself to his preparation for his first season in the NBA. “It would be unrealistic in terms of growth and prudent in terms of health. I hope people will understand. It’s disappointing for me too. The France team is still my focus. I want to win as many titles as possible with her. But I think it’s a necessary sacrifice”the 19-year-old said in detail.
Continuing, the 2.24 m. center also added heavy fatigue as a factor that kept him out of the Mundobasket prospect. “I had a long season with Metropolitan, and I will have a long season with Spurs. The Olympics come after that. I just think playing more than two years without rest is too much of a risk. It’s really big events coming up like the Olympics that I don’t want to miss. So to be available for the national team for the next, I don’t know how many years, I felt I had to miss this event.” explained.
Finally, he referred to the great difficulty of such a decision: “It was really difficult to make this decision. For me, my career will be about both the club and the national team. There are titles to be won with both. Losing the national team is just like losing a season with Spurs. It’s kind of crazy.”
Earlier this week, @DonHarris4 reported that Victor Wembanyama would not be joining the French National Team in August for the World Cup.
Today, Wemby said it was a “really hard” choice and went into further detail about his decision. pic.twitter.com/Z8FrHZ1w5J
— Zack Hedrick (@zhedrickTV) June 30, 2023
Source: Sport Fm
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