Ruthenian basketball player Leïla Lacan experienced another weekend in the spotlight: she greatly participated in Angers’ victory on Friday before shaking up the world of French women’s basketball with the unofficial announcement of her transfer to Basketball Landes. And that’s not all: the 19-year-old leader could also cross the Atlantic in the spring and become the very first Aveyronnaise to be drafted. Explanations.
From the Ruthenian Ginette-Mazel room to the splendor of the legendary Barclays Center in New York! Yes, this trajectory is possible. Although at this very hypothetical time, we grant you that. But since her earliest childhood on the peak, Leïla Lacan, the basketball player who erases all the marks of her discipline in the department and beyond, has accustomed us to surprising. By its precocity. But also and above all his consistency in breaking what could be considered glass ceilings.
This weekend, a week after making her return to the court after having treated a sprained knee for almost two months, she wore hers, thus finishing as the top scorer (15 points in 29 minutes) in a crucial match. for maintaining his UFAB 49 against Charnay, 69-62.
Euroleague, Paris Olympics and American championship…
Her almost daily lot, one would be tempted to write despite her young age, she who will only celebrate her 20th birthday in June. Stronger, however, are the prospects for its future. Post 1-2 has always been mature. This is (also) what allowed him to wear the blue jersey so many times, among young people, then very early among seniors in 2023. In the management of his career, this quality also led him to politely decline the advances of the prestigious ASVEL two years ago for a club surely more in line with its current ambition: discovering the senior elite. And this time, although she, like her coach Aurélie Bonnan, questioned on this subject by our colleagues from Ouest France, cannot confirm it, the Aveyronnaise would have chosen heavyweight for next season. Basket Landes in this case, as we already indicated in our Sunday edition. The current third of LFB and resident of Euroleague. Also finding a former Angevin teammate, playing in the same position, the American Alexis Peterson.
According to our information, the gifted orange player would have signed a two-year contract plus an optional additional one with the Mont-de-Marsan club, while very large stores, such as Montpellier or Bourges, would also have been on the market. ranks to enlist him. Her abilities and stats make her a gem that many want to see shine in their home. To the point of being part of the selection of national coach Jean-Aimé Toupane during the next Paris Games this summer? During a visit to Rodez at the beginning of the month, she confided on this subject: “There is no certainty, I have a chance to play, it’s up to me to do what is necessary.”
American experts analyze his profile
Before that, the Ruthenoise could have another planetary meeting. The kind that has never been embraced by any other Aveyron player: the Draft. This selection with American sauce to play in a club across the Atlantic, the Holy Grail.
Indeed, born in 2004, Lacan is eligible this year for the meeting which will be held on April 15. According to our information, she could appear there; if only so as not to miss the boat. And while this would in no way jeopardize other ambitions for its near future. Because the American season takes place from May to October, staggered with the French, and also because being drafted by a franchise does not necessarily mean crossing the ocean to play with it, especially immediately.
In any case, Rouergate’s surname is well known to certain American experts, including reporter Jackie Powell who placed her in 11th place in the first round of the Draft. Which would potentially send her, like French star Marine Johannès – “provided she works on the reliability of her three-point shot”, explains Powell – to the New York Liberty jersey. And on the floor of the Barclays Center…
2024-02-26 18:50:28
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