By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Five NBA players are included in the 12-man roster of the French national team for the 2021 Olympic Games: Nicolas Batum, Evan Fournier, Rudy Gobert, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot and Frank Ntilikina.
France will be competing in Group B and will face Team USA, Japan and Nigeria. Two teams advance directly to the quarterfinals.
The squad of “Les Bleus” is as follows as coach Vincent Collet announced, per the French Federation:
| Surname | Name |
Date of Birth |
Height |
Position |
NT Games |
Points |
Club 2020-2021 |
| ALBICY | Andrew | 21/03/1990 |
1,78 |
1 |
66 |
193 |
CB Gran Canaria |
| BATUM | Nicolas | 14/12/1988 |
2,03 |
3/4 |
147 |
1582 |
LA Clippers |
| DE COLO | Nando | 23/06/1987 |
1,96 |
2/1 |
176 |
1935 |
Fenerbahçe Istanbul |
| FALL | Moustapha | 23/02/1992 |
2,16 |
5 |
12 |
94 |
LDLC ASVEL |
| FOURNIER | Evan | 29/10/1992 |
1,99 |
2/3 |
71 |
715 |
Boston Celtics |
| GOBERT | Rudy | 26/06/1992 |
2,16 |
5 |
66 |
518 |
Utah Jazz |
| HEURTEL | Thomas | 10/04/1989 |
1,88 |
1 |
77 |
543 |
LDLC ASVEL |
| LUWAWU-CABARROT | Timothé | 09/05/1995 |
1,98 |
3/2 |
3 |
8 |
Brooklyn Nets |
| M’BAYE | Amath | 14/12/1989 |
2,05 |
4/3 |
24 |
172 |
Pinar Karsiyaka SK |
| NTILIKINA | Frank | 28/07/1998 |
1,98 |
1/2 |
15 |
101 |
New York Knicks |
| POIRIER | Vincent | 17/10/1993 |
2,13 |
5 |
30 |
168 |
Real Madrid |
| YABUSELE | Guerschon | 17/12/1995 |
2,01 |
4 |
2 |
28 |
LDLC ASVEL |
Four players were named as substitutes in case of injury: Isaia Cordinier (Nanterre 92), William Howard (ASVEL Villeurbanne), Axel Toupane (Milwaukee Bucks) and Mathias Lessort (AS Monaco).