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France NT 2010
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Quote:[size="4"]Parker not short of desire to play in Turkey[/size]



SAN ANTONIO ([url="http://turkey2010.fiba.com/"]2010 FIBA World Championship for Men[/url]) - Tony Parker is going through one of his toughest NBA campaigns to date, but insists his desire to play for France still burns bright.



"I still want to play this summer because I still want to go to the Olympics in 2012," Parker told the San Antonio Express-News.



The French star guard has always worn the national colours with great pride and done just about everything possible to further the country's basketball cause year in and year out.



Last summer, following a long and gruelling season, he went through preparation games and the Additional Qualifying Round to help France clinch the last berth for EuroBasket 2009. Les Bleus then went on to finish fifth in Poland, a result that booked their place in Turkey this summer.



With a star-laden team, Vincent Collet's charges could be a serious medal contender and perhaps even dream of qualifying directly for London 2012, should they bring home the gold medal from Istanbul.



And while the San Antonio Spurs playmaker has had great success stateside by winning three NBA championships, he has not been quite as triumphant with France and it is something that still drives him to this day.



Back in 2000, on a team that also included the likes of Boris Diaw, Mickael Pietrus and Ronny Turiaf, Parker led France went to U18 European Championship glory.



Les Bleus are still looking to make their first appearance on the top step of the podium in one of the basketball's main senior international competitions.



French fans hoping to see Parker & Co try to accomplish that historical feat in Turkey will be disheartened by the rumours swirling that he might miss out in order to rest his banged-up body.



"I think what happened this year is going to affect my decision," the 27-year-old said, referring to how he has picked up just about every nagging injury imaginable - ankle sprains, plantar fasciitis, strained hip muscle and even food poisoning - so far this season.



Having to play through those ailments has not worked out to perfection and as a result his play has suffered from it. Parker looks a step slower than his usual self and has been unable to build on the banner year he had in 2008-2009. His current averages of 16.6 points and 5.7 assists through 48 games are well below the career-highs of 22.0 and 6.9 he set last season.



And as he looks ahead to the autumn, when he will enter the final year of his contract, there is no doubt in his mind that he wants to regain the kind of form which made him a three-time All-Star as well as an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.



To that end, he is willing to consider doing everything in his power to be at full strength - even if that means reluctantly spending the summer on the beach to rest his aching body rather than suiting up for the French national team.



"I think it's finally catching up with me a little bit," Parker said of taking part in last summer's EuroBasket in Poland. "That tells me I'm going to have to make decisions about my priorities.



"At the end of the season, I'm definitely going to sit down and look at what happened this year and make sure it doesn't happen again."

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#2
France winning the gold in Turkey? I've never heard of anything so laughable <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Laugh' />



In any of France's games I've seen, I've rarely seen Parker pulling his weight for the team being the superstar that he supposedly is.



Apart from Weiss, does France have any white player playing for the team? <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Tongue' />
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[quote name='ZEUS' date='08 June 2010 - 03:14 PM' timestamp='1276002859' post='21655']

France winning the gold in Turkey? I've never heard of anything so laughable <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Laugh' />



In any of France's games I've seen, I've rarely seen Parker pulling his weight for the team being the superstar that he supposedly is.



Apart from Weiss, does France have any white player playing for the team? <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Tongue' />

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What that has to do with blacks and whites?



Actually France might have a heck of a team on a paper, the question is how they will stick together. They are one of the most dangerous teams for sure.
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#4
France is always one of my favourite underdogs. And this year they might have Noah aswell, so they'll have a stronger front line.
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Players of France NT always are very good but they just don't play as good as everyone expect. <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Smile' /> Individualism can't win against good teams ;]]
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[quote name='Sagenas' date='14 June 2010 - 02:07 PM' timestamp='1276513631' post='22063']

Players of France NT always are very good but they just don't play as good as everyone expect. <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Smile' /> Individualism can't win against good teams ;]]

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Last Eurobasket they only lost one game, fewer than any other team but they had the bad luck to draw against Spain in the knockouts. They would lose, as almost any European NT, to Spain individualism or not.
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Do you thinkt that they're one of top Europe teams? <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mellow.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Mellow' />
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[quote name='Sagenas' date='14 June 2010 - 03:28 PM' timestamp='1276518537' post='22075']

Do you thinkt that they're one of top Europe teams? <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mellow.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Mellow' />

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Sure why not. Maybe not an elite, but top for sure. They have been playing in Eurobaskets, WC, Olympics consistently in the past decade or so.
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Few years ago they have played smart basketball and had very good squad but right now they play almost without any tactics. <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Smile' />
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#10
[quote name='Sagenas' date='15 June 2010 - 03:02 PM' timestamp='1276603358' post='22169']

Few years ago they have played smart basketball and had very good squad but right now they play almost without any tactics. <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Smile' />

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true. kids in france seem to grow up watching only nba.
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#11
Via [url="http://www.talkbasket.net/news/new-faces-in-france-nt-preliminary-squad-3125.html"]TalkBasket[/url]



Quote:Some new and young faces were called to the preliminary France National Team squad ahead of the 2010 world Championsip of Turkey, by head coach Vincent Collet.



The new faces are Joakim Noah of Chicago Bulls, French champion with Cholet Kevin Seraphin who was promoted from the youth team and Ian Mahinmi of San Antonio Spurs.



More youngsters were called like Nando De Colo who impressed in his first ACB season with Valencia, Rodrigue Beaubois of Dallas Mavericks while Mickael Gelabale has been called again after missing last Eurobasket as he was MVP of French final and led Cholet to their first title ever.



The full 18-men squad:



Alexis Ajinca

Nicolas Batum

Rodrigue Beaubois

Yannick Bokolo

Fabian Causeur

Nando De Colo

Boris Diaw

Antoine Diot

Mickaël Gelabale

Edwin Jackson

Alain Koffi

Charles Lombahe-Kahuda

Ian Mahinmi

Joakim Noah

Florent Pietrus

Kevin Seraphim

Ali Traore

Ludovic Vaty



While their replacements if needed will be:



Aldo Curti

Dounia Issa

Aymeric Jeanneau

Abdoulaye M'Baye

Adrien Moerman

Johan Petro



Well, if you ask me this will be one of the strongest WC squads and one of the best France will ever have in their history. Especially of Noah is allowed to play by his NBA club, they could even go as far as a medal. I like this squad.
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