Victor Wenbanyama’s former club, Boulogne-Levallois, will not register in Pro B, where it was relegated, and is ending its professional team.
Victor Wenbanyama’s former club, Boulogne-Levallois, will not register in Pro B, where it was relegated, and is ending its professional team, the president of the National Basketball League confirmed to AFP , confirming information from Le Parisien.
“I was informed this morning that the club did not wish to re-engage, in Pro B, by Luc Monnet (president of the company that owns Metropolitans 92, Editor’s note). It’s a bad surprise and a cold shower, we’re talking about a French vice-champion team, the one that brought Victor Wembanyama and Bilal Coulibaly”, indicates the president of the LNB Philippe Ausseur. A year after reaching the Elite final, under the orders of Blues coach Vincent Collet, the Hauts-de-Seine club will disappear at the highest level.
No takeover project has been successful
“Several investors had submitted takeover applications but none were successful, according to Luc Monnet, adds Philippe Ausseur. There will be no bankruptcy filing but they will cease the activity of the professional team.»
With only four victories in 34 days, Boulogne-Levallois got through the season like a ghost. A debacle announced in the off-season, when, to the departures of coach Vincent Collet and director of sports operations Alain Weisz, were added those of almost the entire squad: only one player remained under contract. The budget had been cut by almost a quarter, revised to 5.6 million euros.
