After the departure of the nugget Victor Wembanyama, the French champion quickly reacted with a thunderous announcement on Thursday.
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Prestigious recruit for Asvel! The back of the Blues vice-Olympic champions last summer Nando de Colo will join for two years the recent triple champion of France in a row, announced Thursday June 30 the Rhone club. The Northerner had been playing at Fenerbahçe, Turkey, for three seasons.
❗️ Recruitment 2022-2023
LDLC ASVEL is pleased to announce the signing of @NandoDeColo for the next two seasons.
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— LDLC ASVEL (@LDLCASVEL) June 30, 2022
Aged 35, Nando de Colo (1.96m) has 185 selections with the France team, but he will not participate in Euro 2022 scheduled for the end of the summer in Germany, even if he keeps the objective of being with the Blues during the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Best Pro A player in 2008 under the colors of Cholet, where he played from 2006 to 2009, de Colo then played under the colors of Valence (2009-2012) before trying his luck in the NBA, in San Antonio and Toronto and to shine again in Europe under the colors of CSKA Moscow (2014-2019), a club with which he won two Euroleagues in 2016 and 2019. With Fenerbahçe, he won the Turkish Cup in 2020 and the championship this season.
The recruitment of Nando de Colo “is of course part of our desire and ambition to see the best French players evolve in our championship, but also to allow LDLC ASVEL to shine on the European scene“, praised club president Tony Parker, who played alongside Nando de Colo at the San Antonio Spurs in 2013-2014.
Crowned champion of France after their victory over Monaco 3 matches to 2 on Saturday, Asvel have already lost one of their best players, the American Chris Jones, and should also see their French leader, Elie Okobo, leave. The club also deplored the departure of great French hopeful Victor Wembanyama, who left to join the Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans before appearing for the NBA draft next year.