<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">France coach Claude Bergeaud is convinced that being given the captaincy will allow Boris Diaw to develop as a player. The 24-year-old Phoenix Suns forward was officially named skipper on Thursday ahead of the Strasbourg tournament where Les Bleus will face Senegal, Lithuania and China as part of their preparation for the FIBA World Championship in Japan. Diaw, who has 56 caps with France, succeeds Antoine Rigaudeau who retired from basketball after helping his country win bronze at last year's Eurobasket in Serbia & Montenegro. "I have chosen Boris because of his sporting and human qualities," explained Bergeaud during a press conference in Strasbourg's Rhenus arena. "He is a real leader and knows how to gather people around one sole goal. He is also a good link between the experienced players and the younger ones." </div> Source
yeah, he's playing, he just said something like, he didn't feel worthy enough to take that honor just yet.
Diaw was their best player last summer in the Euro championship, so I'm not surprised by this at all.
Makes good sense to me. It'll be nice to see the international crowd giving him as much credit as we do.
