Victor Wembanyama wasn't the only Frenchman taken early in the NBA draft.
He joins a Wizards team that will provide plenty of patience after initiating a rebuild this offseason by trading Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns and Kristaps Porzingis to the Boston Celtics in cap-clearing moves. Washington then dealt Chris Paul, who was acquired for Beal, to the Golden State Warriors for Jordan Poole, a 24-year-old shooting guard who averaged 20.4 points per game last season.
That leaves plenty of minutes and opportunity for Coulibaly, who is the third top-10 pick on the Wizards roster, joining Deni Avdija and Danilo Gallinari . Coulibaly and Wembanyama joined Killian Hayes and Frank Ntilikina as French players taken in the top 10. There have been more NBA players from France than from any other country outside of North America, according to the league.
“For French basketball, I’m so happy for it,” Coulibaly told reporters after the draft. “We’re getting more and more in this league."
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