Rudy Gobert has been the star player during the best years in the history of France men’s basketball. With Gobert as its starting center, France won a silver medal in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 Eurobasket, and took home bronze in the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Even as Gobert collected Defensive Player of the Year awards, All-Star nods, and All-NBA bids in the NBA, he always made time to play for his national team.
Gobert was again a headline name in France’s run in the 2024 Paris Olympics. There was only one problem: with Gobert as its starting big man, France’s offense consistently looked like it was
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