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from the Pointe-à-Pitre land to the TD Garden floor, “Begz Airlines” in zero gravity

He was already one of our favorites two years ago, Juhann Begarin has just climbed the golden step of any career. Hello the cheddar, the rouquemoutes who speak English and the excess for the one who has just been drafted in forty-fifth position by the Boston Celtics. We ? We take the opportunity to draw the portrait of a precocious, who knew how to dribble well before walking (no).

Juhann Begarin – Boston Celtics

It is one of those cut scenes that we should have seen. Too many works unfairly fragmented as it was up to us to contemplate their entirety. The Potterheads think about In the night, a scene full of poetry and unfortunately ejected from the fifth Harry Potter. The chimerical spirits – as for them – regret not having attended this game of football between Pablo Escobar and Diego Armando Maradona, on the ground of the Cathedral. And then there were the fans of the orange ball, recently stolen from a table with strong patriotism since – like Theo Maledon last year – Juhann Begarin has just been drafted in the second round without going to the hexagonal teloche. La Marseillaise, the parade of bakers and Nikos Aliagas who asks Adam Silver to send an SMS to the 7 13 13, this is more or less the program if TF1 had had the rights. But with a valiant heart nothing impossible, that’s why the bravest among us kept watch untilAdrian Wojnarowski does not tweet the selection of Guadeloupe in forty-fifth position. The advantage of writing is that it is more difficult to scratch blazes, and since we have clearly just spent 4 years meeting guys abusing the name «Ntilikina», this is an opportunity for us to anticipate by teaching you the pronunciation of Juhann Begarin. One says “Jus-Anne B-station-1”, no “Roanne Bégarine”. Finally, the young prospect of Paris Basket packs his bags for Massachusetts and becomes the first choice of Brad Stevens version General Manager. Happiness, in large part due to a football coach who went to piss (there is no valve).

If you think there is a charming trigger behind all great stories, sweep this urban legend from your head. So yes, Jean Dujardin was a dunce in class, Giannis Antetokounmpo sold charms in the street, Gérard Darmon saw his mother pouring water into his milk… but Juhann Begarin in all that? Eh bah, his parents showed up in a football club to register him, the coach was not there, so they put him in basketball: a story completely slammed with Oumar Coach as a savior of a potential career to several million. It is therefore at the Baie-Mahault Basket Club de Guadeloupe that Juhann – at the height of his nine years – poses his first dribbles. He then joined the ASC Ban-E-Lot, a passage during which he won almost all the trophies at the local level. We know the eyes of FFBB recruiters everywhere and little Begarin is very logically summoned with the French U15 team, without ever having set foot in France. He then had to find a French club that could welcome him and participate in his development, life in Guadeloupe becoming too restrictive for the scope of his new ambitions. Bingo! A letter splits the door of the casa Begarin and calls Juhann to take the INSEP entrance tests : tests on which this little crack will run, thus integrating the highest sphere of French sport and performance. No Parcoursup – therefore – but a future set in stone.

“In Guadeloupe, my references are Rodrigue Beaubois and Mickaël Piétrus. “

In the summer of 2017, Juhann left the West Indies and put his suitcases down in Corbeil-Essonnes, a social shock that was complicated for the 14-year-old young man. We could go and find an old anecdote about his spleen, a whiskey and a subdued alley in Paris, but we consider that his averages in NM1 perfectly illustrate the difficulty of his acclimatization: 4.4 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.4 assist at 22% shooting including 14% at 3-points. If the percentages brigade passed in the area, it was instantaneous return to Guadeloupe and compulsory internship at the Town Hall of Saint-Ouen. The important thing is there, Juhann became aware of the technical gap between the Antillean fields and the seriousness of its new formation. Better still, it uses a non-negligible fraternal parameter since its 33 broom brother – Jessie Begarin – balances pralines since the backcourt de Châlons-Reims and puts on the advisor’s costume when Juhann gets lost in the labyrinth of the fame. Little by little, the novelties become everyday furniture and the jewel of the Federal Center unleashes a 2018-19 boss size exercise: 12.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.3 interceptions and 1.8 assist at 40% shooting including 21% of the refreshment bar. His performance during the Adidas Next Generation Tournament de Kaunas gives it great visibility with scouts who are struggling to attract position 2. A first contact is made with the ASVEL of Tony Parker, but the talks fail just before the signing for a reason which is still unknown to us (a valve badly placed on Premier Love). It is therefore in Paris Basketball that the young Juhann Begarin lands, now ready to torpedo the hips of professional players.

Adidas Next Gen from Kaunas, where Juhann made his name

While Jalen Green and Jonathan Kuminga both chose to prepare for the 2021 Draft in the G League Ignite Team, Juhann Begarin opted for his French alternative. Veterans (Amara Sy and Nobel Boungou Colo), young prospects (Milan Barbitch and Ismael Kamagate) and increased responsibilities, Paris Basketball is the ideal place to increase its rating in the eyes of NBA scouts. The first season of Bega-train is part of shyness and discovery of the professional world: 4.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.2 assist at 44% shooting including 29% from the parking lot. The Ile-de-France staff remains confident in the one who – a few months earlier – was named MVP of the rally « Basketball Without Borders Europe » from Riga. There, he was elected among the 64 best U18 players in Europe. It is therefore sure of his abilities that Juhann charcoal and focuses his 2020-21 fiscal year on the perfection of his shortcomings. The result ? Average of 11.7 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 interceptions at 46% shooting including 34% at 3-points. The pastilles from afar are not yet millimetered, but the gestures have indeed been repaired. Cherry from a collective point of view, Paris Basketball has acceded – for the very first time in its history – to the first division of French basketball. A rise that rewards the policy of a club sometimes criticized for its… commercial roster. We’re not saying that bringing Sheck Wes back to play 4 minutes and squats Freeze Corleone’s studio either a bad thing, simply that we have known better sporting addition. Finally, Juhann Begarin just has to string together workouts cainris, before the most important evening of his young career.

« The Boston Celtics select, Juhann Begarin from Paris Basketball ». A forty-fifth choice which makes Juhann the sixth Frenchman in the history of the Celtics and the only French player drafted in 2021. Big up all the same to Joel Ayayi and Yves Pons who schemed with the Grizzlies and the Lakers to sign back-office contracts. Concerning the future of Begz Airlines, the departure across the Atlantic is not as imminent as it seems! The very killjoy Brad Stevens came to confirm the possibility that Juhann will play another season under the colors of Paris Basketball, before actually joining the Celtics. He is only 18 years old, a wingspan of 2m13, measures 1m96, shooting properly and driving like a rhino, Juhann will finally be able to test the Betclic Elite, without wasting time. A scholarly choice for the front office from Massachusetts who prefers to secure his forty-fifth choice and let it mature by facing recognized professionals. The Summer League ? Neither, the Celtics prioritizing the young players who will evolve in the NBA from this season. Some may cringe upon learning of his false start, but it is undoubtedly the best possible compromise for a player recovered in the soft underbelly of the second round. He will play, there is no doubt, but Brad Stevens does not want to make his first NBA season a formwork at the end of the bench.

French players passed through the Celtics

  • Evan Fournier, 2020-21: contribution of stutter in a team with all holes.
  • Vincent Poirier, 2019-20: Tacko Fall’s best mate.
  • Guerschon Yabusele, 2017-19: a big 3-point followed by a dab, as legendary as it is useless.
  • Mickaël Piétrus, 2011-12: small Conference Finals against Mayami, tranquilou-bilou.
  • Jérôme Moïso, 2000-01: yes.

It is the story of a little crack who chose football before failing and unfortunately ending up as an NBA player. A disillusion which – despite everything – makes him the sixth French player in the history of the Boston Celtics. Boarf, there’s enough to give a little smile anyway, right? Come on, we wish Juhann Begarin an excellent 2021-22 season on the Paris Basketball side, hoping to find him for Paris 2024, he who wants “Beat the Americans in front of our audience”.

Sources texte : Sportmag / basketball reference / Real GM / YouTube Paris Basketball / RMC Sports / ESPN / Tankathon.

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