Evan Fournier still tackles the choice of site for basketball, “a category 2 discipline”

French international Evan Fournier again criticized the choice of the basketball site for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by taking NBA champion Stephen Curry to witness, who hinted at his wish to play in the next Olympics.

“Steph who wants to come to Paris. But we will explain to him that the Paris 2024 Olympics are not in Paris because basketball is a “category 2” discipline. Haha well done guys!!! “, he quipped on Twitter.

Below his tweet is a video showing Curry and the entire Golden State Warriors team celebrating the NBA title with their fans. Asked about his next goals, the MVP of the final replied with a smile: “I am not satisfied yet, I still have to go play for coach Kerr in 2024, in Paris, to try to win a medal. »

Heading to Lille for basketball?

The choice of the basketball site is the subject of strong criticism from the players of the France team, a movement initiated by Fournier at the end of March. The 29-year-old player, silver medalist with the French team at the Tokyo Games, had mocked the “too low ceiling” of the Parc des Expositions at Porte de Versailles, in the south of the capital, which was originally to host the preliminary phase of the tournament – ​​the final phase being played at Bercy.

The organizing committee of the Paris Olympics (Cojo) finally preferred to give it up. But since the outbreak of this controversy, basketball has not yet officially found its base, the latest trend being to play the qualifying phases in Lille.