All was quiet in France, especially after the first victory against Brazil, until Thomas Heurtel spoke. Its ex Barça and real Madrid, removed from the national team to play in Russia, made some criticisms of the first victory for the French team (78-66). The first, Matthew Strazel’s role as the starting point guard.
“I already imagined him from the bench. I would put Frank Ntilikina with his more athletic, defensive and taller profile to make a good starting five. Especially in Nico Batum on the 3rd and Rudy Gobert and Victor Wembanyama as a couple inside. “That would make it possible to have an athletic quintet,” on the podcast First team in statements collected by Basketnews.
The Zenit point guard also pointed out that he would have placed his former teammate Guerschon Yabusele at ‘4’ and Wemby at ‘5’ and also reflected the role of the San Antonio Spurs star, with 19 points and 9 rebounds in his Olympic debut.
“When I saw our first attack of the game, with a three-pointer from 9 yards, I said to myself: ‘We are in trouble. We are too static and predictable. Ok, Victor is super strong, he is an alien , but when we play against big teams like Serbia there have to be others who contribute,” explained Heurtel.
The current Olympic and European runner-up, in the group of Brazil, Japan and Germanywill face the Japanese team today (17:15).
“I have the impression that Victor takes up a lot of space in the team and the system slightly disconnects the other players. We got through against Brazil, but it won’t work against big teams like Serbia or the United States,” warned Heurtel.
Source: La Verdad
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