Victor Wembanyama, Eli Okobo, Chris Jones… After winning the French title last weekend, Tony Parker announced that “his” Aswell will be “robbedduring the offseason. After the confirmation of the departure of the first, the four-time NBA champion, however, expressed himself in an interview with our colleagues. The teamfrom his ambition that “build a competitive teamIn France, of course, and in the Euroleague. He fulfilled his word with this tremendous blow. Lyon-Villerban formalizes the contract of French football player Nando de Colo for two years.
Thirteen years after leaving Cholet in 2009, the 35-year-old northerner, who is free after his contract with Fenerbahce, returned to France. “We are very proud to welcome Nando’s to our team.rejoices “TP”. First of all, I would like to thank him for his trust in our project. It is of course part of our desire and ambition to see the development of the best French players in our league, but also to allow LDLC ASVEL to shine on the European stage.“.
A living legend of the Euroleague
The European scene, Nando De Colo knows it well, he is a living legend of the EuroLeague, a competition where he averages 15.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.2 steals during his career. In 2021-2022, he continued to average 11.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Heavy… C1, he also won it twice during his long and illustrious career at the Moscow Motorsport Championship in 2016 and 2019. He also lifted the European Cup in 2010 with the Spanish club “Valencia”, who, however, could not win in the NBA, with Parker and then with the Toronto Spurs (119 games).
A legend in the Euroleague, but also in the French national team. On top of his 185 caps, De Colo helped win the European Championship in 2013 and Olympic silver in Tokyo last summer. In total, he won five medals for the Blues, who will take a break this summer after opting out of Euro 2022, along with Nicolas Batum. His chance to be fresh and available with Aswell alongside Antoine Diot, Paul Lacombe, Charles Cahudy, David Lighty and fellow Matthew Strazel at the start of next season has been extended to 2026 at the behest of coach TJ Parker.
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“Now that we have Victor’s answer, we need to realign because you don’t build the same with or without him.“, he still announced The team Tony Parker, who had already registered the arrival of another tricolor legend with Sandrine Gruda, among the girls. The adjustment with Nando de Colo is impressive
Source: Le Figaro
