The opening of the doors of the “TPA” is scheduled for 2025 on the Ile-des-Vannes site, in Saint-Ouen, in the north of Paris.
«I am moved, but above all proud and determined. It will be very heavy“says Karim Bouamrane. The mayor of Saint-Ouen was delighted to present, with Tony Parker, the “Tony Parker Academy” (TPA) project which will see the light of day in 2025, one year after the Paris Olympics. Seduced by the personality of the 48-year-old city councilor and the Ile-des-Vannes site, the quadruple NBA champion has indeed chosen this city of just under 50,000 souls to establish his second academy, after the one inaugurated in 2019 in Lyon.
«Those who know me really well know that transmission is important to me, giving back to my country, helping the new generation, that’s what has driven me on a daily basis since the end of my playing career (in 2019, Editor’s note). I had been working with my teams for a long time, we wanted an academy in Ile-de-France“, detailed Tony Parker Tuesday in a press conference, at the Town hall of Saint-Ouen, declaring to have “can’t wait for the young people of Saint-Ouen to see…
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