Alex Sarr to miss remainder of EuroBasket with calf injury, expected to be ready for season

Washington Wizards huge man Alex Sarr will miss the rest of France’s video games in EuroBasket 2025 due to a left calf harm.

Wizards officers count on Sarr to be able to play by the point Washington opens its common season on Oct. 22, a workforce supply mentioned Tuesday afternoon. Sarr’s harm and absence from the remainder of the event have been introduced on Tuesday by French officers.

Merci Alex 💙

Touché au mollet face à la Slovénie, Alexandre Sarr (20 ans, 7 sélections) doit mettre un terme à son @EuroBasket. Le groupe France partage la déception de l’intérieur et lui souhaite un immediate rétablissement.#TeamFranceBasket | #PassionnémentBleu | #EuroBasket pic.twitter.com/4qqFmq0mm2

— Équipes de France de Basket (@FRABasketball) September 2, 2025

Sarr performed a complete of 39 minutes in France’s first two EuroBasket group-stage video games, which have been victories over Belgium and Slovenia. French officers acknowledged that Sarr suffered the harm in opposition to Slovenia, and he sat out on Sunday when France misplaced to Israel 82-69.

The Wizards usually have not less than one member of their medical employees available when their gamers take part in worldwide tournaments. 

As France performed in opposition to Poland in Katowice on Tuesday, Sarr watched the sport from France’s bench, carrying road garments. 

Sarr, 20, is about to enter his second NBA season. The second choose within the 2024 NBA Draft, Sarr averaged 13.0 factors, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per recreation as a rookie. 

France’s workforce additionally consists of the Wizards’ Bilal Coulibaly, a wing getting ready to enter his third NBA season.

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