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BasketballSwitzerland is preparing to rediscover Thabo Sefolosha
The 38-year-old Vaudois has formalized his return to competition in Vevey. He will already be in uniform this weekend.
Thabo Sefolosha announced his comeback Thursday at a press conference in Vevey.
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The suspense gave way to excitement. Thabo Sefolosha confirmed Thursday that he would resume his career, at 38, at Vevey Riviera Basket. “I want to give back to the team, to the city and to all the people who have followed me from Switzerland during my career,” he says.
His family, his friends, the cohort of followers: no one has seen him play for almost three years and a last NBA game with Houston in March 2020. Saturday (7 p.m.) in Montreux, during the semi-finals of the “Final Four” of the SBL Cup, the pioneer of Swiss basketball across the Atlantic will be watched and scrutinized. Nothing to prevent him from sleeping. “I don’t feel like I’m putting myself in danger. And basically it doesn’t matter whether I score 2 or 20 points. The important thing for me is the enthusiasm that my return will arouse.
Thabo Sefolosha offers himself a last freelance in the club where his great adventure began.
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“It doesn’t matter if I score 2 or 20 points. The important thing for me is the enthusiasm that my return will arouse.
With its president Nathan Zana, he signed a contract that is based on a handshake, “to participate and be treated like any other player.” His new coach, Niksa Bavcevic, has already found the words to tickle his competitive instincts. “I have great respect for him, but I don’t know him as a player,” said the technician. And since the time he left, he must come back with the idea that people have forgotten.
Impressive in training during his visit to Antibes a year ago, Thabo Sefolosha says he is “rusty, like an old man.” To better surprise the Riviera this weekend?
