Freddy Fauthoux could show his satisfaction after the second victory in a row for his Blues against Cyprus, for his first two matches at the head of the French team.
The tricolors are now at the top of Group E of the qualifying phase for EuroBasket 2025. There will remain two matches to play in February, against Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, before being able to fully concentrate on Eurobasket 2025 which will take place from August 27 to September 14 in Latvia, Finland and Cyprus.
“I'm very satisfied, it was a very busy week. It was necessary to put offensive and defensive principles of play in place. We also focused a lot on putting values in place in relation to this group. We wanted to show toughness, commitment, pride. I think that in both matches, we found that, it was also important”declared the current coach of JL Bourg in Betclic Elite.
During his assessment of the week, Freddy Fauthoux was also questioned about the work carried out by the general manager of the France team, Boris Diawabout NBA players and their potential presence at EuroBasket 2025. And the first returns are very good so far.
Zaccharie Risacher follows his former coach remotely
More good news even if we will have to wait until the end of the regular season in April to be sure of the good will of the players but also of their franchises to release them, particularly the youngest, who are sometimes tempted (or even encouraged) to stay in the United States to develop. What will happen in particular with the cases of Nolan Traoré and Noa Essengue, promised for the Draft next June? We will also have to see where they will land.
“To be honest, with Noa and Nolan, we haven't discussed this with them yet. Because I think they already had enough to think about during this week. Even in Cyprus, there are scouts who come to see them. With them, it was more the performance and the way they behaved that we wanted to see”specified Freddy Fauthoux. “Boris has already done a lot of work to go see certain NBA players. With Boris's experience, he tells me that, for the moment, they are all very motivated, but that we will wait because everyone also has their career to manage. But in any case today, there is a big trend, which is that all the players are motivated to come next summer, so that is rather positive. But from their experience, we have to wait until April to know how their seasons are evolving.”
Freddy Fauthoux is for the moment forced to follow the evolution of these files (Victor Wembaynyama, Rudy Gobert from afar, because taken with Bourg-en-Bresse outside the international windows. Only Zaccharie Risacher, who spent his last season in France under his orders, is in direct contact with him.
“To be honest, live at the moment, I only have Zaccharie (Risacher). He was very happy that we won the first match. I'll try to see if he's happy that we won the second one.” he smiled in conclusion.
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