Former NBA player and champion Boris Diaw was a guest on The Benas Podcast, where he discussed various topics. One of them was the retirement and how Diaw accepted and knew it was time to leave professional basketball for good.
France's early elimination from the World Cup has brought turbulence to the squad's camp. Right after the loss to Latvia that marked the end of the road for Les Bleus, Nicolas Batum spoke about "a big disappointment," took responsibility for the outcome and said he was feeling ashamed and "afraid to go home."
French national team general manager Boris Diaw remains confident that NBA and Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid will play for France, even though Cameroon-born forward obtained American nationality. In July, Embiid obtained French nationality, but in September, it was announced that he also received an American passport.Â
Former NBA player and champion Boris Diaw was a guest on The Benas Podcast, where he discussed various topics. One of them was the retirement and how Diaw accepted and knew it was time to leave professional basketball for good.
France's early elimination from the World Cup has brought turbulence to the squad's camp. Right after the loss to Latvia that marked the end of the road for Les Bleus, Nicolas Batum spoke about "a big disappointment," took responsibility for the outcome and said he was feeling ashamed and "afraid to go home."
French national team general manager Boris Diaw remains confident that NBA and Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid will play for France, even though Cameroon-born forward obtained American nationality. In July, Embiid obtained French nationality, but in September, it was announced that he also received an American passport.Â
French national team general manager Boris Diaw didn't rule out the possibility of Thomas Heurtel playing for Les Bleus once again. After the EuroBasket 2022, where France won silver, Heurtel signed for the Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg.
The French national team GM, Boris Diaw, hopes to have Joel Embiid in FIBA World Cup 2023, which will be hosted by multiple nations: the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia from next year's August 25 to September 10. "He [Embiid] doesn't have the FIBA license yet. But it would be nice if he could have it and play for the French national team," Diaw spoke on RMC Sport.
The Istanbul fiasco in the 2017 EuroBasket is ancient history for France. Since then, the team led by Vincent Cole won bronze at the 2019 World Cup in China, followed by the Olympic silver medal in Tokyo two years later.
During his 2022 NBA MVP trophy presentation, Nikola Jokic explained that one of his role models was Boris Diaw. The physique, the basketball I.Q., and the creativity of the retired French forward vividly resemble the way the Serb big man outsmarts his opponents.