Expectations are always high for France in men’s basketball at the Olympics, and that’s particularly the case this year with the country hosting the 2024 Paris Games. Victor Wembanyama’s Olympic debut is the major storyline for the French, but this team is so talented even beyond the 20-year-old wunderkind. France took silver in men’s basketball at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, and the bulk of that team returns this year (plus Wemby) for another medal run.
Rudy Gobert has been France’s key player for nearly a decade. Gobert is still at the top of his game coming off his fourth NBA Defensive Player of the Year award this past
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