For the first time since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, France’s National Basketball Team took the podium and donned silver medals. They were in a dog fight with the United States National Team until the end.
The future is bright for France with promising talent coming up like Victor Wembanyama, veteran voices like Nicholas Batum and Nando De Colo still in the program, and players in their prime like Evan Fournier. Oh, and Rudy Gobert.
Gobert was France’s best player in the Olympics, and after coming off yet another stellar season in the NBA, we got to thinking: does Rudy have a shot at going down as the best French national to ever play the game?