By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Minnesota big man and French national team member Rudy Gobert is confident in starting the preparations for the FIBA World Cup.
“It’s always a pleasure to find the group, players that I don’t see most of the year. I feel better than at the end of last season, I was able to do two months of work where I prepared my body, physically and technically. I feel in great shape“, Gobert said via L’Equipe.
He spoke about his doubts in April about his participation.
“As a professional player, I also have to think about my health, my physical recovery, and a lot of things that can be hard to understand for those who don’t know the daily life of an athlete—high level, of an NBA player. The break after the end of the season (1-4 defeat in the first round of the play-offs against Denver, future champion)wasn’t one, I trained a lot in June and July, I feel good and that’s also why I’m here“.
When it comes to the World Cup, Gobert is enthusiastic.
“I really like the state of mind we have at this start of preparation. We are going to play a World Cup, where there are more matches than at the Olympic Games (8 against 6 in the event of a journey to the final) . We want to continue to progress every day, including during the competition. The end goal is to have the gold medal, the one we haven’t yet managed to get.”