CROSS INTERVIEW – Back in Betclic Elite after having attended the NBA, Elie Okobo and Axel Toupane confide in Le Figaro before the duel between Asvel and Paris Basketball this Saturday (8 p.m.).
There is life after the NBA. If we are used to seeing the best French talents leave France for the prestigious North American league, it is rarer to see them doing the opposite. This is however the choice that we make Élie Okobo (24 years old) and Axel Toupane (29 years old). After three years in the United States, including two in Phoenix (108 matches), the first joined Asvel last summer. The second, who has made several round trips between Europe and the United States (33 matches in the NBA), including a freelance in Strasbourg in 2020, meanwhile signed for Paris Basketball this winter. This Saturday (8 p.m.), at the Astroballe, Asvel and Paris are precisely opposed on behalf of the 29th day of Betclic Elite. For the occasion, Okobo and Toupane confide in Figaro. They talk about their return to France, NBA memories, their future, the Blues…
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