One of the great hopes of French basketball and the favorites to be selected in the Top 5 of the 2025 NBA Draft, Nolan Traoré will remain in the French Championship next season. He has just extended with his club Saint-Quentin.
French basketball fans will be able to watch Nolan Traoré throughout next season, while waiting for the 2025 NBA Draft.
If we are to believe Jonathan Givony ofESPN, the French nugget will indeed sign a two-year contract with Saint-Quentin, where he made his professional debut last March. A strong choice on the part of Nolan, yet coveted by some of the biggest US universities in addition to major European clubs. Teams from NBL, the Australian championship in which Alexandre Sarr played this year, were also there.
Traore was being recruited by powerhouse college programs — such as Duke, Arkansas, Gonzaga, and Alabama — as well as Euroleague, EuroCup, and Australian NBL teams. He broke the ANGT Finals record scoring 45 points vs Barcelona last week. pic.twitter.com/DpU6Wk5H1H
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) June 1, 2024
Not far from being exceptional for his professional debut with Saint-Quentin, and extremely impressive when pitted against young people in his age group, Nolan Traoré is seeing his rating skyrocket at the moment. The leader of Pôle France (17 years old) notably shone at the Nike Hoop Summit but especially at the ANGT very recently, with XXL performances which put him in the Top 5 of the Mock Drafts for 2025. This also allowed him to be called by Vincent Collet to be a training partner during the preparation of the Blues for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
“From a basketball point of view, this is the best situation for me. I can play with a coach that I know, who gave me his confidence in the Playoffs. I really liked my first experience with them. Being able to play in the Champions League next year is exciting and very positive. […] And then being able to stay close to my family was also important.”
– Nolan Traoré, on his decision to stay at Saint-Quentin
Very good news for French basketball, and for all those who want to closely follow the nugget before his big leap into the NBA.
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Source texte : ESPN
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