Maledon, Ntilikina, Okobo amongst exciting France squad for July window
PARIS (France) - France have named a strengthened squad of 16 players for the final window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers First Round.
PARIS (France) - France have named a strengthened squad of 16 players for the final window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers First Round.
The 2019 bronze medalists have already qualified for the next stage, but with all results counting towards the Second Round, France will be aiming for a strong finish to continue their momentum.
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Vincent Collet has been able to call upon the talents of Theo Maledon and Elie Okobo with Frank Ntilikina and Vincent Poirier also back in the mix having been part of the French squad that won silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
20-year-old Maledon just completed a second season in the NBA with Oklahoma City Thunder and is joined in the squad by teammate Jaylen Hoard, who could become one of two senior debutants with Yoan Makoundou also earning a callup.
Louis Labeyrie maintains his place in the squad as the team's leading scorer in the Qualifiers with 15.0 points per game along with plenty of experienced names to boost France including Andrew Albicy who is the most-capped player.
| France squad for the June/July window | ||||
| Andrew Albicy | Isaia Cordinier | Petr Cornelie | Jaylen Hoard | Mouhammadou Jaiteh |
| Louis Labeyrie | Paul Lacombe | Nicolas Lang | Yoan Makoundou | Theo Maledon |
| Amath M'Baye | Frank Ntilikina | Elie Okobo | Yakuba Ouattara | Vincent Poirier |
| Terry Tarpey | ||||
France will travel to Montenegro on July 1 before rounding out their First Round campaign by hosting Hungary three days later as they look to finish with a perfect 6-0 record.
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