14/05/2024 18:52hs.
It can be said that everything it touches turns into gold, and also that what it stops touching disappears. Because in less than a year after Victor Wembanyama left Metropolitans 92, where the best rookie in the NBA played, the team is going to disappear as a professional club due to its financial problems.
The National Basketball League reported this Tuesday that the company that owns the club, SCIC, informed it that it will not continue participating in the competition. “Several attempts to change ownership have not been successful. “That’s why they suspend professional activity but want to maintain the training center.”League president Philippe Ausseur told L’Equipe newspaper.
The announcement puts an end to a catastrophic season for the ‘Mets 92’, which After Wembanyama left for the NBA, he was relegated to the Pro B league.the second category.
Victor Wembanyama played against Jokic.
The club’s financial problems, that has not recovered from the departure of its main stars to the NBAhave not allowed the entity to survive after its sudden international fame last season. Wembanyama led the ‘Mets 92’ to the final of the 2022/23 French league, which they lost against Monacoand its star was named best player of the tournament.
Shortly after, Wemby, 20 years old and 2.24 meters tall, went to the San Antonio Spurs after being chosen No. 1 in the Draft. Already in the North American competition, and despite the fact that the Spurs were second to last in the Western Conference with a record of 22-60, only surpassing Portland (21-61), A week ago the pivot was unanimously chosen as the best rookie of the season.
Wembanyama, when he played for the Mets ’92.
Another player from the team from Boulogne-Billancourt, a town neighboring Paris, Bilal Coulibalyalso left at the end of last season for the NBA, at Washington Wizards.
This is the NBA
Except for one of the Eastern series, the conference semifinals are quite close. Whoever has the chance to secure a place in their region’s final is Boston (1), which beats Cleveland (4) 3-1; This Wednesday they play the fifth at 8 p.m.. They dispute the other ticket New York (2) and Indiana (6), who tie 2-2 with the next one this Tuesday at 9 p.m. in the Big Apple.
Boston wants the ring with Jayson Tatum.
In the West, the two semis are losing four games each. At 11:30 p.m. today, Denver (2) hosts Minnesota (3)a franchise in which Pablo Prigioni is an assistant, while Oklahoma (1) will be home to Dallas (5) this Wednesday at 10:30 p.m.
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