NBA – Rudy Gobert’s sincere reaction to Victor Wembanyama’s illness: “It’s scary”

The French delegation in the NBA is as talented as it is united, as evidenced by the fact that whenever the French team plays each other, they have gotten into the habit of eating together.

Rudy Gobert was obviously affected by the news about Victor Wembanyama, and he has just spoken about it in L’Equipe.

Is a curse affecting our French center players at the moment?

A few weeks ago, it was Mathias Lessort who was forced to draw a line under the end of his season due to a terrifying leg fracture.

Then in recent days, it’s the case of Victor Wembanyama that has specialists in France and on the other side of the Atlantic concerned.

Freshly selected for the All-Star Game, the young Spurs pivot was affected by a blood clot, a medical condition that had pushed Chris Bosh to retire…

Fortunately it was detected and treated early enough, the No. 1 simply has to rest and follow the advice of his doctors.

If we add to that the recent injuries of Rudy Gobert and Guerschon Yabusele, the news is not good.

Rudy Gobert talks about Victor Wembanyama

Among the other news that must have caught Rudy Gobert’s attention, the possible departure of his replacement to the Timberwolves Naz Reid, which should not please the fans.

This was not the subject of his interview with our colleagues at L’Equipe, the pivot preferred to talk about his friend’s state of health:

At first, I was worried.

When you hear “blood clot”, of course it’s scary.

I immediately communicated with him, with our agents.

They explained everything to me in detail and I was relieved.

I hope he won’t have anything in the long term.

It’s a small obstacle that he will have to overcome, he will come back even stronger.

Rudy Gobert was worried about his teammate in the French team, but fortunately, by sharing the same agent as Wemby, he was able to quickly get news of him.

This absence could also open up a big place for him in the racket of the Blues for the Euro, but does he intend to participate with his recent injuries?

He already thinks he knows his club’s answer:

The Timberwolves would be happy if I didn’t participate in the Euro next summer, they invest a lot in me, so if we asked them, I don’t doubt their choice.

After the Euro, it’s always harder, that’s when you feel the backlash. And you don’t recover the same at 33 as you do at 23. For the Los Angeles Games, I will be there, my body will allow me to.

Rudy Gobert knows that a spot has probably just opened up in the French team’s racket, but he doesn’t know if his body will allow him to participate in the Euro.

At almost 33 years old, he doubts his ability to recover physically.