On their runway to the 2024 Paris Olympics, an exceedingly tall, dare I say, unearthly-looking hurdle stood in front of Jordi Fernández and Team Canada Friday afternoon. Sure, it was just an international “friendly,” but Team France and Victor Wembanyama are an intimidating obstacle no matter the circumstances.
After struggling to match red, white, and blue’s size last week and with the French being one of the lengthier lankier teams between Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert, all signs pointed to another 3-point-heavy attack for Canada. Although we got there eventually, the game’s first act took things in an entirely different direction.