“This meant skipping the World Cup. The French season for Wembanyama stretched from September through a league finals appearance earlier this month. World Cup practices with the French team would have started not long after Summer League, and the FIBA tournament will end about three weeks before NBA training camps open. The French federation is expected to release its preliminary roster for the World Cup later this week. France lost the gold medal game at the most recent major international tournament — the Tokyo Olympics — to the United States in 2021, and won the bronze medal at the last World Cup at China in 2019.

Source: Fox News June 27, 2023 14:32 UTC