
Michel Gomez, the new coach of French national team, has alternative choices from a number of players that are playing at a high level. Johan Petro and Mickael Gelabale play for Seattle Sonics, Yakhouba Diawara at Denver Nuggets, Mickael Pietrus at Golden State Warriors and Ian Mahinmi of San Antonio Spurs. Among players that play in Europe Frederic Weis of Bilbao, Florent Pietrus of Estudiantes, Nicolas Batum of Le Mans, Tariq Kirksay of Unics Kazan can be mentioned as the top names.