The French center only played three minutes in the team's win over Canada in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
forward Draymond Green dissed his fellow NBA player for sitting out in an Olympic game. To Green, not playing many minutes in an Olympic game as an NBA player for a team other than Team USA is "kind of crazy."
"To be taken out of the lineup on any other team in the Olympics as an NBA player, not named Team USA, is kind of crazy," Green said on "To be taken out of the lineup on any other team in the Olympics as an NBA player, not named Team USA is kind of crazy"The irony of his comment, though, is that Green isn't competing in the Olympics this year, despite playing on Team USA in Rio and Tokyo.
Team France ended up beating Canada 82–73 on Tuesday. In Gobert's three minutes of play time, he totaled zero points, one rebound, one turnover and one personal foul. France will face Germany in the semifinal on Thursday. It's unknown if Gobert will be in the starting lineup for that matchup.Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective.
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