“My dream was to one day become an NBA coach”

In an interview with L’Equip, Tony Parker explains that he is currently preparing a file forASWELL in sight to join NBA Europewhich still hopes to launch in the fall of 2027.

Four American investment funds would thus be available to take over the club from Rhone and enable it to pay the price of entry (400 to 500 million euros?) into this new European league. The Hall of Fame would then move from the presidency to the bench, probably as early as next season…

“My dream was to one day become an NBA coach. And that’s why I said in August that I want to change. I miss the field. I miss the players, the competition, the adrenaline, all that. The idea was to sell my shares and make my dream come true, starting with the position of an assistant coach in the NBA. Now, considering what’s happening right now with ASV funds, it’s very interesting. offers, it makes me think, it’s for sure to start my job as a coach in ASVEL.

Instead of going to the NBA to start his career as a coach, Tony Parker could therefore use the arrival of NBA Europe to do so at home, but in the expanded framework of the Major League.

Possible with Vincent Collett on his side? “We see Vincent every month. He is my mentor during my training as a coach. With him, the French team won the only gold medal in the history of French basketball (EuroBasket 2013). We have very strong ties and we are very complementary. Yes, we had talks. For now it is still far. But it is still far. But again it means that it will be confirmed, if NBA Europe gives us a fund to be a big team, but before I think about Vincent Collet, that sure would be a sick thing.