Basketball: Guadeloupean Rudy Gobert named vice-captain of the Blues for Euro 2022

Three weeks before the start of the 2022 European Championships in Germany, the NBA player has been named vice-captain of the France team. No holidays for Rudy Gobert and his teammates, the first preparation match begins this Sunday in Rouen against the Netherlands.

Overseas the 1st (with AFP)
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Published on August 6, 2022 at 5:31 p.m.,

updated on August 6, 2022 at 5:36 p.m.

“Being able to find his guys, share these moments, these emotions together. It does not have a price”, quietly indicates Rudy Gobert in a video from the French basketball federation. Considered one of the best defenders in the NBA, Rudy Gobert feels ready. He and his floor mates hope to win a gold medal at the next European championships which will take place in Germany in September 2022.

The new Minnesota Timberwolves player should live up to his status as vice-captain. A mission that the Guadeloupean should pass with flying colors with his experience in high-level sport.

Rudy Gobert spent nine years in the NBA, the American professional basketball league considered one of the best in the world. There, he was crowned best defender in 2018, 2019 and 2021. The pivot also distinguished himself in the France team with his 74 selections and his 614 points scored.

A few weeks before the European championships which take place from September 1 to 18, the French basketball team, Olympic vice-champion, will aim “l’or”. The Blues play their first preparation matches against the Netherlands on Sunday in Rouen in 17h00.

A year after teasing the United States (87-82) in the Olympic final, Vincent Collet’s players are beginning the path that should lead them to a second European title, the stated objective. Despite their twelfth place in 2017, at the last Euro.

With five medals in the last eight international competitions (bronze at Euro 2015, World Cup 2014 and 2019, silver at Euro 2011 and gold at Euro 2013) the France team cannot hide its ambitions at the dawn of a very tough Euro, with a host of stars, including Slovenian Luka Doncic, Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo and Serbian Nikola Jokic.

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