Thabo Sefolosha played his last match in competition on Thursday evening during Act V of the quarter-final of the playoffs lost by Vevey Riviera against Union Neuchâtel, he told Sport-Center. At 39, the “Swiss Knife” is definitely leaving elite sport this time.
The 2m01 Vaudois back returned to business in January to help his training club, when he had been in semi-retirement since leaving Houston in 2020.
Drafted in 13th position in 2006 by Philadelphia, which immediately traded him with Chicago, Sefolosha was the first Swiss to play in the NBA. He made his debut in the best League in the world in 2006/2007 in the jersey of the Bulls, joining Oklahoma City in February 2009 through a new “trade”.
The NBA Finals in high point
It was with OKC, where he played between 2009 and 2014, that he lived his best years, playing in the playoff final in 2012 lost to the Heat of LeBron James.
The Vaudois then joined Atlanta, where he was also one of the main defensive assets. Seriously injured after a police blunder leaving a nightclub in New York in January 2015, he had not participated in the great adventure of the Hawks, who had failed in the Eastern Conference final against Cleveland.
This serious injury changed everything for him. He never regained his full measure with both the Jazz (2017-2019) and the Houston Rockets (2019-2020), and had left the NBA on the sly after refusing to join the Orlando health “bubble”. for the resumption of the championship after the break due to Covid-19.
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2023-05-20 05:31:25
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