Georgian men s basketball team makes history!

The 2025 Men's Basketball Team European Cup has entered the knockout stage. Unexpectedly, it has become a lot of upsets when it reaches the top 16. Following the last champion Spanish men's basketball team and the Serbian men's basketball team, which is the top official strength list of this event, the last runner-up French men's basketball team also suffered a Waterloo and was blocked by Georgia men's basketball team at the top of the quarterfinals, which proves the saying "Europe has no weak teams." For the Georgian men's basketball team, this is a historic moment. They completed their first European Cup quarterfinals in history and created their own history. In addition to the inside stars Bitaze and Mamukrashvili who played in the NBA, Senglia, who played for Barcelona and Baldwin, who played in the German league, also performed very well, scoring 24 points respectively, making them the biggest contributor to the team's victory.

For the French men's basketball team, this is a completely different story. Although there are no main players such as Wenbanyama, Gobert, and Batum in this battle, there are still many NBA players in the team, so the French team is generally favored by the outside world. As a result, the French men's basketball team, which was the top spot in Group D, was defeated by the Georgian men's basketball team, which was fourth in Group C in the first game of the knockout stage. This completely exposed their strength and the middle, and shattered the outside world's filter for their players. In fact, when the group stage lost to the Israeli men's basketball team, there were doubts from the outside world, believing that the French team was fierce and weak on the inside, but unexpectedly they were really criticized.

In this game, the French men's basketball team's shooting percentage was only 35.2%, and the performance of several main players was terrible. In 2024, the No. 1 pick Rissache made 2 of 8 shots, contributing only 7 points and 6 rebounds. In 2023, the No. 7 pick, Coolibali, played 20 minutes and won 0 points. On the contrary, Abuselle, who played at his own expense, performed quite normally. He made 4 of 10 sports games, scored 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Unfortunately, he was still unable to match four-handed with two fists.

However, looking at the average scores of several young talents in the French team, you will find that they are not in this game. Ressache averaged 9.7 points per game and shot 47.7%; Kulibali averaged 6.3 points, with a per game shooting percentage of 41.2%; due to a leg injury, Saar, who returned to the United States for treatment early, averaged 9.5 points per game and shot 25% of three-point shooting percentage... Thinking back to the time when the French team was strong, even Fournier would be disliked. Now it seems that if Fan Fournier is still there, he will not lose to Georgia. The reason is that these so-called young talents are very useful.

NBA really should wake up. Since the emergence of Wenban Yama, the entire league has replaced the colored filters for those young talented monsters from France. In their opinion, these young players can run and jump well and have amazing wingspans. Even if the skills are rough, it doesn’t matter. As long as they are polished, they will become "Wen Class No. 2" and "Wen Class No. 3". Facts have proved that football merchandising is also a kind of talent. Some players cannot develop their skills and consciousness even if they have good athletic talent. After all, they are just the level of a "jumping man".

After this game, the general managers of NBA teams will slowly return to rationality. They will not see French talented monsters in their drafts, so they will bet on the precious first-round picks in their hands. After all, talent is only real if it is fulfilled, otherwise it will always be a blank check. Players such as Rissache, Saar, and Kulibali need to work hard in the rest of their careers to wash away the disappointment of the outside world with them now.