2024-04-07 06:50:11
The French portal “Le Progrès” announced that the discovery of this season’s European Cup, the JL team of Bres-Bourg has even extended the contract of its strategist Frederic Fauthoux for three years. This information was soon confirmed by French sports giant L’Équipe. This news appeared after the club reached the final of the European Cup, defeating Istanbul Beşiktaş in the semi-finals.
Despite interest from Villerban ASVEL, Bres Burg’s team stability and excellent results convinced one of the best coaches in this season’s European Cup to stay at the club where he works for the second season.
F. Fauthoux is also among the possible candidates to take over the post of head coach of the French national team from Vincent Collet, who has been working in the national team since 2009, after the Paris Olympics.
Despite the presence of the head coach of JL in the list of candidates, the main target of the French basketball federation remains Kenny Atkinson, who worked as the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets for four seasons, and currently holds the position of assistant of the Golden State Warriors.
Only 41 thousand The team of the resident Bres Burg is creating a fairy tale this season and is currently just 2 wins away from the European Cup title and a direct ticket to next season’s EuroLeague. In the French LNB Élite championship, the JL club is currently sharing the 3rd-4th place with ASVEL, ahead only of their rivals Paris Basketball in the European Cup finals and Monaco, who dashed the relegation hopes of Žalgiris Kaunas on Thursday.
The first match of the European Cup final will take place already on Tuesday, in Paris, at 21:30 Lithuanian time.
2024-04-07 06:50:11