The United States of America and France open up the Preliminary round of their 2012 Olympic journey as they face each other on Sunday July 29 at 8:30 AM CST in London. The U.S. roster is made up completely of all NBA players, while the French have six NBA players as well on their squad.
San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker and the French will do what they can to contain LeBron James and the Americans, but it will be a difficult task for the French nonetheless. Among other Spurs notables on the French squad are Boris Diaw and rookie-to-be Nando De Colo, though they’ll both have some tough matchups against the Americans.
Positional Matchups
Point guards
France: Tony Parker
USA: Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Russell Westbrook
Advantage: United States
Shooting guards
France: Nando De Colo, Fabien Causeur, Yannick Bokolo
USA: Kobe Bryant, James Harden
Advantage: United States
Small Forwards
France: Nicolas Batu
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PLAYERS:
Tony Parker,
LeBron James,
Boris Diaw,
Chris Paul,
Yannick Bokolo,
Kobe Bryant,
Nicolas Batum,
Mickael Gelabale,
Yakhouba Diawara,
Carmelo Anthony,
Andre Iguodala,
Ali Traore,
Kevin Seraphin,
Ronny Turiaf,
Nando De Colo
TEAMS: San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Washington Wizards
TEAMS: San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Washington Wizards
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