The Rise and Fall of Metropolitans 92: From Basketball Elite to Near Disappearance

About a year ago, the Metropolitans 92 played the final of the French basketball league, the LNB, which lost, 3-0, against Monaco. In the current competition they have occupied last place with an infamous record of 4-30. And its near future is disappearance.

The difference between both campaigns? Well clearly the presence of Victor Wembanyama that not only turned the French team into one of the centers of European basketball around the world, but also elevated it to the elite of basketball in its country. But without the French phenomenon, now enrolled in the Spurswhere he has just won the award for best rookie in the NBA, the Metropolitans 92 has been undone.

So much so that according to Le Parisien, the team would have informed the French federation of his intention not to participate in any competition next year. The team has declared bankruptcy and is looking for an investor, or some type of financing, but time is of the essence and in France they assume its disappearance. And that is what the club has also communicated to its workers..

The Metropolitan 92, born in 2007 from the merger of two teams, Paris Basket Racing y Levallois Sporting Club Basket, He managed to be champion of the French Cup in the 2012-13 season. In the LNB, his best performance was runner-up obtained last year, although a season before they were third. This season they had fallen to LNB B where, if a miracle does not work, they will not play.

2024-05-14 18:32:12
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