Today, French NT new coach (Michel Gomez) has announced a list of 28 players for the summer’s NT. Mahinmi belongs to this 28 players list and will join the team after Spurs’ two summer leagues. Some of these 28 players will be cut before the competition.
While French NT won’t go to Beijing, they have to play a qualifying tournament for the 2009 Euro. There will have 10 preparation games and 6 qualifying games.
The 28 players list and the schedule is available [u]here[/u].
As you can see, Mahinmi should practice with some NBA bigmen (Turiaf, Petro and Noah).
The status of French players regarding the NT is :
Batum : will depend on what the team that draft him will say.
Ajinca : same case as Batum.
Turiaf : Yes, if he has signed a new NBA contract.
Diawara : same case as Turiaf.
Diaw : Yes, unless some crazy insurance complications.
Parker : No, rest.
Gelabale : No, injured.
Pietrus : No, “feelings” hurt.
Mahinmi : Yes, will join the team after NBA summer leagues.
Petro : Same case as Mahinmi.
Noah : Maybe. It will depend on what Del Negro wants.
A French article about that :
http://www.eurosport.fr/basketball/qualif-euro-2009/2008/noah-convoque_sto1601996/story.shtml