October 1997. In what is still the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy with its red seats, Michael Jordan is welcomed like a king. Her Majesty is coming to the capital to play an early season tournament, the McDonald’s Open. The Chicago Bulls challenge PSG Racing, champion of France, for the occasion. In this team, resistant but beaten 89-82, is Stéphane Risacher who defends on MJ.
Who could have imagined that evening that, more than a quarter of a century later, Risacher would once again have a destiny linked to the NBA? His son Zaccharie, 19, has just been chosen number 1 in the American League draft. He succeeds Victor Wembanyama and becomes the second Frenchman in history to receive this honor.
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