{"id":455520,"date":"2025-08-17T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T08:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=455520"},"modified":"2025-08-17T10:58:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T08:58:00","slug":"france-moussa-diabate-declined-the-call-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/france-moussa-diabate-declined-the-call-up\/","title":{"rendered":"France, Moussa Diabate declined the call-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"452\">The French national team, in need of reinforcements after yet another injury in the frontcourt, reportedly tried to call up Moussa Diabate, the 2002-born power forward\/center. However, as reported by <em data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"358\">Be Basket<\/em>, the French big man declined the invitation in order to \u201cfocus on the upcoming NBA season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"907\">Wembanyama, Lessort, Gobert, and now Poirier \u2014 these are the major absences France faces among its centers. 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