France Tidjane Salaun en Champions League

Among the young French players likely to join the NBA in a year, the young Tidjane Salaün is becoming more and more talked about and in the good sense of the word. The Cholet nugget has just delivered a very big performance in the Champions League and it did not fail to make the American fans and media react.

The least we can say is that the future of French basketball looks particularly exciting. Victor Wembanyama, Bilal Coulibaly and Sidy Cissoko are the latest to join the big league and the first two are already making a strong impression. The icing on the cake is that the 2024 vintage looks almost even crazier with two Tricolores projected onto the draft podium .

Tidjane Salaün et Amaël L'Etang en Equipe de France U18 | Cholet Basket

A little further behind, in 16th position to be more precise, ESPN also listed Tidjane Salaün as a nugget to follow very closely. And for once, the major US media was the king of timing since the young player from Cholet has just released a superb performance in the Champions League. A performance that draft specialist Jonathan Givony summed up with very laudatory words to say the least:

Tidjane Salaün is a hit in the Champions League

A monster game from Tidjane Salaün in the FIBA ​​Champions League, who scored 24 points (5/6 from three points) in an important victory against the Turkish team Darussafaka. The 2m08, 18-year-old French winger is ranked No. 15 in ESPN’s draft predictions.

Called last summer by an NBA star , Salaün has his hands full of talent and it does not go unnoticed, including on the European scene. He is still very young and needs to work on his shooting consistency, but the match against the Turk was reassuring in this sector. Besides that, we are talking about a versatile and willing player in defense and capable of shining in the game away from the ball in attack. Something to delight American fans:

He is in my Top 8

France begins to produce more future NBA players 📝

The 2024 draft is still quite far away and Tidjane Salaün will still have to confirm in the coming months, but this success on the European scene is an excellent way to showcase yourself to NBA scouts. If he can continue his momentum, he could well finish much higher than 15th position…