The Boston Celtics don’t just have All-Star small forward Jayson Tatum heading to Japan at the end of July to take part in the Tokyo Olympics; veteran shooting guard Evan Fournier is also planning to play in them, though perhaps against his teammate in the NBA, as the St. Maurice native is playing for the French National Team and Tatum for Team USA.
Fournier will also be joined by two Celtics alumni in big man Vincent Poirier and center Guerschon Yabusele according to a graphic recently posted by fellow French National team member Nando De Colo on his Instagram account.
Vinny Sexpants and the Dancing bear — as Poirier and Yabusele were affectionately dubbed in their time in green and white — have since moved on from the Association to successful stints playing overseas.
The French National team also has NBAers Frank Ntilikina, Rudy Gobert, Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot and Nic Batum on it, so it won’t be a pushover in the Olympics by any means.
Even perhaps capable of giving Team USA’s star-studded lineup a run for its money.
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