Already the victim of a massacre at the post of pivot before the start of the European championship, the French team sees the black series continue with the package of Alexandre Sarr.
Alexandre Sarr will no longer replay the Eurobasket. The young (20 years old) pivot of the French team is forfeited for the rest of the competition, as revealed by the newspaper The team Before the French basketball federation (FFBB) confirms. The Washington Wizards player suffers from a muscle injury to a calf, following trivial contact during The Blues’ victory over Slovenia Last Saturday (103-95).
Imposing defensively by its measurements (2.13 m) and useful to space the game with its appetite for 3-PTS fire, Sarr had shone against Slovenia (12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 against). Its package is added to those of other pivots that occurred before the start of the European championship: the Olympic medalists Rudy Gobert, Victor Wembanyama and Mathias Lessort, as well as Vincent Poirier.
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More than one professional pivot among the Blues
To make matters worse, Moussa Diabaté (23 years old) had refused to participate in the euro In order to prepare his next season in the NBA with the Charlotte Hornets. The coach Freddy Faith will therefore have to finish the euro with a single professional pivot, Mouhammadou Jaiteh, and the other two interiors that are Guerschon Yabusele and Jaylen Hoard. “The France group shares the disappointment of the interior and wishes it a speedy recovery”said the FFBB.
France is continuing its group phase against Poland this Tuesday evening (8:30 p.m.) in Polish lands in Katowice. A victory would assure him a qualification in 8es final before facing Iceland on Thursday (2 p.m.). The Blues hope to bounce back after Their defeat on Sunday against Israel (82-69).
