France finished at a correct 8th place at the recent U19 World Championships in New Zealand and are therefore classified as the “third European nation”. Basketnews spoke to NT coach Richard Billant who gave them his individual report on any of his players. I translated his comments in English, the original can be found in […]
FIBA U19 World Championships: France
July 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: Alexis Tanghe·Andrew Albicy·Bryson Pope·Christophe Leonard·Jonathan Bourhis·Landing Sané·Miguel Buval·Nicolas Lang·Paul Lacombe·Richard Billant·Stanley Dubois·Tanguy Ramassamy·World Championship·Yohann Jacques
Douai 2009: France Review
June 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments
To start the in-depth reports about the Douai World Tournament, I will take a closer look to the third placed French team. Being only one point short of the Final victory, the team looks a bit undersized compared to the different other teams in the competition and also the typical hyper athletic inside player is […]
Tags: Alexis Tanghe·Andrew Albicy·ASVEL·Cholet Basket·Christophe Leonard·Douai·Elan Bearnais Pau-Orthez·Paris-Levallois·Paul Lacombe·Tanguy Ramassamy
Today’s picks (live from Douai)
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
After three days of high level competition, the 23rd edition of the Douai World Tournament continued today. Having arrived only today in the city of Northern France, it did not last long to see already some big action.
Tags: Andrew Albicy·Cody Ellis·Cory Joseph·Donatas Motiejunas·Douai·Gediminas Bertasius·Gediminas Orelikas·Jordan McRae·Kelly Olynyk·Laurent Bivard·Mangisto Arop·Mike Rosario·Paul Lacombe·Simon Bibeau