Causing Younger Brother?s Unemployment, 4x NBA Champ Tony Parker Doubles Down on ?Electric Shock? Inspired ASVEL Move

Oct 22, 2023 | 2:11 PM EDT

Causing Younger Brother?s Unemployment, 4x NBA Champ Tony Parker Doubles Down on ?Electric Shock? Inspired ASVEL Move

Oct 22, 2023 | 2:11 PM EDT

Tony Parker has been busy. Since his retirement, he has worked as the president of ASVEL Basket, a French basketball team. He is also the majority owner of the team. Being president has its own responsibility. So family members were not given any special consideration when he made his newest moves on the team.

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One year after losing Victor Wembanyama from the team, ASVEL has been on a downward spiral. This forced Tony Parker to make some changes to the team.

Tony Parker made a tough decision and is sticking with it

ASVEL has been consistently good and won the Pro A championship three years in a row. This gave them a wildcard entry into the EuroLeague for two years. But since then, they have not been very good.

They lost 17 games in a row in the EuroLeague over the past two seasons. This season, once the team lost seven of the first eight games, the Spurs legend removed his brother TJ Parker from the head coaching position.

Over the past few seasons, players have been leaving the team and not showing much interest in signing back. TJ Parker was losing the locker room, according to Tony Parker.

According to reports from the EuroLeague, this forced Tony to make the decision to remove the coach so as to send an “electric shock” among the players. He wants this move to change the culture of the team. Now they are looking to sign Gordon Herbert as the next head coach.

Parker could not keep Wembanyama on ASVEL

Victor Wembanyama signed with ASVEL in 2021. He played one season with the team before deciding to opt out of the contract. Wemby did not have a good time on the team. He was constantly injured and played limited minutes on the team.

Tony Parker, towards the end of the season, mentioned that Wembanyama did not improve much that season. Wembanyama disagreed and said that he believed he had done well in a new role. Even after Parker tried to convince him to stay, the following year he joined the Metropolitans 92 in France.

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Since then, the team has not been able to stay afloat. With the new changes on the team, Parker hopes for the resurgence of the team.

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Rijin Varghese

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Rijin is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. Specializing in the technical aspects of the game, keeps a close eye on the three principles of coaching of Gregg Popovich: Humility, Discipline, and Determination. That same attention to detail made him a big fan of the reigning Finals MVP Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. While Rijin did not follow the traditional route to become a journalist, his passion for basketball and writing brought him to ES.

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