While ASVEL is in financial difficulty, Tony Parker takes stock of his club and hopes to “see something big coming”.
Times are hard for Tony Parker. The owner of the ASVEL, released for several months by his main Skweek sponsor, will have to get their hands on the wallet to avoid the worst to his club. While the female section has been demoted to the regional league at first instance, a decision he will appeal, the former French playmaker (43 years old) refuses to hear the bankruptcy of the Rhone club.
“There have been many rumors, people who like to speak. But in ten years, we had never had any problemshe says in everyday columns The team.
Without our biggest sponsor, which still does not pay and in whom we are not the only ones to have confidence, everything would be fine. There has never been any risk of demotion. The most important thing is to have let the storm pass. »»
“We looked at several solutions and in the end, we decided to settle this internally, between shareholders, to continue this adventure where everyone has invested a lot and where we are at dawn, I think, to see something big happening …”, continues the quadruple NBA champion with the San Antonio Spurs. This something big is the increasingly concrete project of creating an NBA Europe.
Tony Parker announces heavy
The North American League wishes to set up on the old continent, and it could do so in agreement with the Euroligue and the FIBA. Discussions have already taken place in this sense, and it is in this direction that “TP” pushes: “This is one of the reasons why we decided to put our research on stand-by and our discussions with funds, for initially resolving things between us. »»
“We are expecting strong announcements on the future league that will arrive in Europe, which I continue to believe and dream that it will be an association between the NBA and the Euroliguehe continues.
I push for an agreement. A big thing will come out, we all invest with it in mind. When this is materialized, the value of the club will no longer be the same. »» When ? With what formula and which clubs? For the moment, the vagueness is total.
