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Nando de Colo will be one of the big absentees from the meeting on the French side. Like captain Nicolas Batum, he has decided not to take part in the basketball Euros this summer. It is therefore orphan of its two executives, its two leaders and guardians of the temple, that France, Olympic vice-champion last summer, begins, this Thursday evening (8:30 p.m.), the competition against Germany, the organizing country. Despite intensive preparation with his new club Asvel, Nando de Colo, 35 and one of the finest records in French basketball, spoke about the chances of the Blues before the start of the event.