In what has kind of become a forgotten note in the New Orleans Pelicans summer,Alexis Ajinca is currently playing for the French National Team as they get ready for and then play in the upcoming Eurobasket Tournament. On Friday that meant a friendly against Ukraine, a team that is better than one would expect but nowhere near the level of France.
For Ajinca it meant a chance to try to climb out of the role as France’s fourth big man, where he has been through the first few friendlies, as starting center Rudy Gobert was given the game off as rest.