• Five days after its third consecutive title in Betclic Elite, Asvel has just struck a blow by announcing the recruitment of Nando De Colo until 2024.

  • The 35-year-old Fenerbahçe rear, a reference in the Euroleague as with the Blues (185 selections), will bring all his experience to a workforce to be rebuilt.

  • With this launch of summer recruitment, the president of Asvel Tony Parker does not hesitate to announce that he wants to aim for the final victory in the Euroleague from 2023, which would be a historic first for French basketball.

We had left Tony Parker almost in low profile mode on Saturday evening, despite Asvel's third rank crown in Betclic Elite against AS Monaco.

Namely in the shoes of a president resigned to losing his two best backs, Elie Okobo and Chris Jones, even his nugget Victor Wembanyama (18 years old) inside (it's official since this Thursday).

And bim, five days later, here is that "TP" counter-attacks by announcing the recruitment of Nando De Colo that nobody had seen coming for the next two seasons.

A sure bet for the France team for ages (185 selections, including the coronation at Euro 2013 and silver at the Tokyo Olympics), the 35-year-old back has also been a key player in the Euroleague for eight years. , whether at CSKA Moscow (2014-2019), where he won the 2016 and 2019 editions, with the

bonus track

being crowned MVP of the regular season and the Final Four in 2016. Then at Fenerbahçe, where he continued his harvest of trophies with the Turkish Cup in 2020 and the Turkish championship this season.

A new major club partner that changes everything?

Nando De Colo will present an extremely valuable experience, with more than 3,000 points scored in the Euroleague (15.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists on average in nine contested editions), within a workforce to be almost rebuilt fully.

What obviously make Tony Parker jubilant this Thursday evening on his Twitter account: “We are entering a new era.

In 2013, we won together the first title of European champions in the history of the French team.

In 2023, I hope we can win the first Euroleague title in history with Asvel”.

❗️ Recruitment 2022-2023



LDLC ASVEL is pleased to announce the signing of @NandoDeColo for the next 2 seasons.



👉 https://t.co/j4HOqNCzJo#LDLCASVEL pic.twitter.com/JemWBl3gRg

— LDLC ASVEL (@LDLCASVEL) June 30, 2022


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This lays the foundation for the ambitions displayed by the Villeurbannais president, when we know that his club concluded its European season in 14th place out of 15 (8 wins and 20 losses).

"I would also like to thank the club's future major partner [the Smart Good Things beverage brand, like ASSE] which allows us to have a highly competitive team", continues the former Spurs leader.

After this announcement, we can't wait to discover the rest of this high-end recruitment.

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