A happy 40-year-old retiree almost nine years after his last NBA game, Mickaël Piétrus kicked off the two scheduled matches against Chauray and Pompignac. Mickaël had the chance to play more than 500 games in the league (for 8.3 points on average), between Golden State, Orlando, Boston, Phoenix and Toronto. He was selected 44 times in the France team.
After a promising start in Pau-Orthez, alongside his brother Florent and a certain Boris Diaw, Mickaël Piétrus ended his professional career in France, in Nancy, in 2015-2016.
Relief for women
On behalf of the 3e day of the pre-regional play-down, Saint-André Basket hosted the Espérance de Pompignac team. This Saturday, April 16, a notable absentee from the Cubzaguais side, since Yvon Troussel was sick. So it was Pierre-Yves André who coached the women’s team, after the men’s as a curtain raiser. A meeting very quickly started for the Cubzaguaises who pocketed a well-deserved victory at + 11 on this meeting.
Cubzaguais points: C. Berrie (14), M. Legendre (14), S. Camps (13), M. Fructueux (7), S. Costes (6).
Pierre-Yves André, at the end of the meeting, underlined: “It is the victory of players who show that they have talent, that they want to stay in the Pre-region. There are still three play-down games left: Saint-Delphin and Pompignac away and the BEC at La Garosse on April 30. The girls did what it took to win”.
