“Thomas is an excellent basketball player. » Guest of the show Stephen Brunch on RMC, this Saturday, September 28, the new coach of the France team, Frédéric Fauthoux, was full of praise for the former Blues playmaker, Thomas Heurtel.
The final decision will be made by the Federation
Absent from the selection since 2022 and his signing at Zénith Saint-Petersburg, Heurtel became selectable again, after leaving the Russian club for China. Successor to Vincent Collet at the head of the Blues, “Freddy” Fauthoux does not rule out this possibility.
“He’s an excellent basketball player. If it performs well and the French team needs it, it is not impossible that I will make the request to the Federation. But it doesn’t just depend on me.”commented the JL Bourg coach on the microphone of RMC.
At 35, the former ASVEL leader could bring his experience to a team which has just said goodbye to Nando De Colo and Nicolas Batum. Above all, with a view to qualifying for EuroBasket 2025, the Blues will face Cyprus on November 21 and 24, without its NBA and Euroleague players, i.e. the vast majority of its squad. Heurtel could then prove useful in supporting young shoots who could make their first selection.
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EuroBasket 2025, organized from August 27 to September 14, 2025 in Cyprus, will be the first major international competition for the new version of the French team, which should lead it to the Los Angeles 2028 Games.
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