Team France - FIBA with an NBA Flair, Clips Versus Slovenia in the 2020 Olympics

Basketball was born in the USA but it's bred everywhere and the competition is getting better. 

Team France has plenty of NBA players with Victor Wembanyana on the horizon. 

France is currently ranked 5th in the FIBA World rankings. 

Players from France Currently In The NBA

SORT:PPG ↓Player (A-Z)Player (Z-A)Pos (A-Z)Pos (Z-A)HT ↑HT ↓WT ↑WT ↓Birth Date ↑Birth Date ↓Team (A-Z)Team (Z-A)GP ↑GP ↓MPG ↑MPG ↓PPG ↑PPG ↓RPG ↑RPG ↓APG ↑APG ↓SPB ↑SPB ↓BPG ↑BPG ↓

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Rudy Gobert	C	7-1	256	Jun 26, 1992	Minnesota Timberwolves	49	30.38	13.24	11.45	0.90	0.80	1.27
Killian Hayes	G	6-5	216	Jul 27, 2001	Detroit Pistons	54	26.68	9.54	2.74	5.76	1.30	0.33
Evan Fournier	SG	6-7	205	Oct 29, 1992	New York Knicks	23	17.99	6.83	1.96	1.52	0.61	0.13
Nicolas Batum	F	6-8	230	Dec 14, 1988	Los Angeles Clippers	56	21.67	5.98	4.25	1.46	0.61	0.71
Theo Maledon	PG	6-5	190	Jun 12, 2001	Charlotte Hornets	36	16.14	5.56	2.39	2.39	0.75	0.17
Ousmane Dieng	SG	6-10	216	May 21, 2003	Oklahoma City Thunder	19	14.97	4.16	2.58	1.37	0.26	0.32
Moussa Diabate	PF	6-11	210	Jan 21, 2002	Los Angeles Clippers	17	10.04	3.12	2.65	0.18	0.29	0.35
Frank Ntilikina	PG	6-5	200	Jul 28, 1998	Dallas Mavericks	35	11.62	2.49	1.26	1.14	0.20	0.11
Olivier Sarr	FC	7-0	240	Feb 20, 1999	Oklahoma City Thunder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Video - breakdown from 2020 Olympics (semifinal versus Slovenia)

High ball screen as Fournier/Gobert combine to score against drop coverage as Fournier maintains advantage. 

A dribble handoff and staggered screen free DeColo for an open corner three. 

Doncic be Doncic. Off a SLOB, Doncic runs the high pick-and-roll against drop coverage and Slovenia gets a dunk. 

Creating edges. Former Celtic Yabusele frees De Colo with a backscreen and he does the rest at the rim with a speed mismatch. 

Fall in love with easy. With more 'drop coverage' De Colo uses a Gobert screen for an easy foul line jumper. 

"Once burned, twice shy." Drop coverage didn't work, so France elects to switch the PnR against Luka. Back to the drawing board. 

France into Spain? France sets up a horns set with a handback into action that looks like Spain pick-and-roll (backscreen the roller). It frees Fournier for a floater and 'maybe' Yabusele could have cut harder for a lob. Just saying. 

See me, not? I can watch whole high school games without seeing one legit pick-and-roll. Here Fournier and Gobert run it again and create an edge. Slovenia is NOT going to help off perimeter shooters. Gobert gets fouled. He is a career 64% FT shooter, FWIW.

 

Down 4 with 44 seconds left, Slovenia uses a variation of what France ran but the initial screen sets a second (down) screen to free up a three-pointer. 

France hosts the 2024 Olympics, so France is an automatic qualifier. Here's a brief Reddit summary:

"2024 will be the Olympic debut of Victor Wembanyama, right after his 2023-24 rookie campaign. His addition alone to an already loaded veteran team will make them the most talented French squad in history. Gobert, Fournier, and Batum should still be the leaders of this team by 2024, but France also is banking on the development of young guys like Killian Hayes, Theo Maledon, Ousmane Dieng (projected 1st Rd pick in 2022), and Sekou Doumbouya to give them the best possible chance at winning a gold medal on home court."