The "lockout" in the NBA is now official. Jean-Luc Monschau confirms the contact between the player and SLUC Portland, who wants to play in France. Nancy. For several weeks now, the threat of a "lockout" in the NBA has created the most beautiful fantasies in the fan clubs Pro A. Temporarily deprived of their business overseas, the stars of the French basketball exile in the United States could be supplemented (sporting course) teams in the championship of France. Thus, Tony Parker did not rule out the possibility of wearing the jersey of Villeurbanne, which he is the vice president. Kevin Seraphin would not be against a "freelance" in Cholet his training club. Boris Diaw, he would even be prepared to play in Pro B for his club Bordeaux ... Since Friday, the "lockout" (suspension of the championship due to a disagreement over wages between the franchises and players) is official. This will inevitably accelerate the pace of rumors and reset the negotiations between French clubs and the "Frenchies" to forced unemployment. SLUC the only club so far qualified for the main round of the Euroleague, has also joined the dance. Yesterday, the newspaper L'Equipe suggested that Nicolas Batum was likely to land in Lorraine. These days, the winger had trained at Le Mans said that in case of lockout, he would opt for a French club involved in European Cup. Therefore, contact between the player and the Portland Trailblazers club President Christian Fra actually exist? "Yes," readily admits Jean-Luc Monschau, ideally placed to monitor the situation as it is currently on holiday in New York, "but we are only at the genesis of the story. Long before the lockout is effective, we had spoken with the player's agent (Editor's note: Bouna N'Diaye). Who could refuse to allow a player the quality of Nicolas Batum if the opportunity arises? Profile sticks to our needs and our style of play ... "And how! http://translate.google.com/transla...-Batum-pourrait-choisir-le-SLUC-Nancy&act=url
I want to see LMA play for the Tall Blacks in New Zealand during the lockout just so I could buy his jersey.
If more of our guys are going to play overseas, I want them to be on the same team (like a couple of the Raptors), so they keep the existing camaraderie and chemistry. If not, then I want them to work out together for extend periods of time (like the TWolves). If there is an abbreviated season, then there probably will be no training camp/preseason to figure out each others' games.
That makes TWO things Diebler would have to change to join that team during the lockout. At a time like this, I wish I had my old Nancy and Sluggo comic books.
Re: Nic to play in EuroLeague? As long as he doesn't get hurt I'm lovin' it. Can't wait to be watchin batum highlights on utube for the frenchies. The part I'm not clear on is who he'd really wanna play for. The team he's talking about isn't a euroleague team, it's a team in the French league. Seems like the competition would be a bit of a joke for him. The best team in that league adding a player that's better than their best player seems ridiculously unfair. But if he went to play for the French Euroleague team Cholet Basket it would be a whole other deal. My understanding is they're not very good and it would be interesting to see what a player of Batum's caliber could do for them.
