At least by his potential teammates, but according to other reports also by the national team coach and the French basketball association. Will he play this September alongside players like Parker, Pietrus, Batum, Noah vs. Spain and maybe Team USA? We'll see.

Here is a loosely translated part of a blog post from fellow French player Ali Traore (that mostly deals with the Euroleague Final Four last weekend in Paris ft. Rubio, Navarro, Childress, Kleiza, etc.)

"Otherwise I saw the beautiful world. Little Rodrigue Beaubois. We talked, I tried to lobby for the L'Equipe de France. Well yeah, must try to bring them back. But it will be tough with the Dallas Mavericks owner (he says president) Cuban, who doesn't love the national teams that much. But if everyone comes, we could have a big big thing. Last year, we had the best defense and the best record and we got rolling before falling against Spain. So we must continue, it could really be something."