Evan Fournier on French national team and Wembanyama: “He has been a motivation for me to continue”

By Aris Barkas/ [email protected]

EuroLeague champion with Olympiacos, a 12-year NBA career, and two silver Olympic medals in Tokyo and Paris could have been enough for Evan Fournier to call it a day, at least with the French national team.

However, as he admitted to the French newspaper “L’Equipe”, Victor Wembanyama gives him extra motivation to wear the jersey of “les Bleus”.

“He’s a global megastar, but on a daily basis, he is also a great guy, focused on others, who really wants to perform”, Fournier said about the new captain of the French national team. “The fact that he’s there, I’m not go