2023-05-24 08:27:03
The French women’s basketball team will have a lot to do this summer to compensate for the probable absences of its two main offensive weapons Marine Johannès and Gabby Williams. While the first is punished by the French Basketball Federation, due to a trip this week to the United States to sign her WNBA contract with the New York Liberty, the 26-year-old Franco-American winger has almost formalized her package for the Euro, which will be played from June 15 to 25 in Slovenia and Israel. The best scorer of the Blues at the 2022 World Cup in Australia (15.8 points on average) was indeed the victim of a concussion, on May 9, during the semi-final first leg of the Bourges-Asvel women’s league. .
Gabby Williams had however returned to the field on May 17 to play the first match of the final lost to Villeneuve d’Asq. “Coming back just a week after my trauma against Bourges was a mistake on my part, admits the Lyon player this Wednesday, in an interview with The team. I wanted to come back quickly, it was entirely my fault. I made my symptoms worse. It made me angry with myself. »
“I will be in Lyon next year”
She is therefore now aware that she must be very careful with her health, which implies her absence for Eurobasket: “I need a three-week break, without any sporting activity. You have to be extremely careful, this is my second concussion in less than a year. On the ground there is a real risk of being hit in the head. I have to take care of myself first. The timing with the Euro seems very complicated to me, it doesn’t feel good. The Euro does not seem feasible to me. »
If Gabby Williams, on the other hand, considers the current WNBA season, which continues until September 10, as “an option”, “the priority remains my health”, she insists. And despite the rumors of a possible departure from Lyon Asvel Féminin, only a year after his arrival, the MVP of the Final Four of the Euroleague 2022 assures him this Wednesday: “I will be in Lyon next year. »
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