France star Evan Fournier agrees that FIBA competitions, no matter how you see them, are special, via Eurohoops:
“I don’t have to explain anything. They probably don’t even watch the games. On my team, I have RJ Barret who plays for Canada and lost to the Czech Republic last year in the Olympic qualifiers. So he knows. He knows that FIBA is special, and I am sure that the American players who went to the Olympics they know that FIBA playing is different. Still, I don’t have to explain anything,“ Fournier said.