In the first leg, at the Halle Georges-Carpentier, in November, Paris won (89-76). The return takes place this evening in Pau. It is a special event because the two clubs are now in the hands of American investors. This is a unique situation in Europe.
Greg Heuss, the CEO of CSG, who took over Elan Béarnais, knows his compatriot David Kahn, the co-owner of Paris Basketball, who gave him some advice on settling in France, as he reveals to The Republic of the Pyrenees. According to him, they share the same vision of French basketball.
“We both understand that France is a place with great opportunities around basketball. We both have NBA experience, and we are working to bring that mentality to France,” he said. “We both think it’s very important that the LNB works hard to take advantage of the attention basketball is getting in France, with all the French NBA players, the last Olympics and the Games coming up. will take place in Paris in two years. The spotlight is on France, and we both agree that more needs to be done to take advantage of this situation. We all agree that it is a pity that there is no TV contract with the LNB. »
