Tuomas Iisalo will no longer be the coach of Paris Basketball, which will discover the Euroleague next season. The Finn will continue his career in the NBA in the Memphis Grizzlies staff as an assistant. To succeed the man who led the capital club to the top with a victory in the Eurocup, a participation in the final of the French Championship and an invitation to the Euroleague for next season, Paris has explored several possibilities. The management has received several candidates, including the coach of the German world champion team Gordon Herbert.
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Assistant coach at the Brooklyn Nets and on the staff of the Brazilian Olympic team, the 39-year-old NBA champion becomes the new head coach of Paris Basketball! pic.twitter.com/KMd8VtQDtt— Paris Basketball (@ParisBasketball) July 15, 2024
This Monday, the club ‘officialized the arrival of Brazilian Tiago Splitter as its next coach. He will thus take the opposite path of lisalo, who comes from the NBA. He was on the staff of the Brooklyn Nets, where he was an assistant until 2023. This season, Splitter was in the management of the Houston Rockets. In his playing career, he played for the Spurs alongside Tony Parker from 2011 to 2015 (with an NBA title in 2014) and in Atlanta. ” “We welcome Tiago Splitter to our Paris Basketball family and are proud to make him the fourth head coach in our young history. As a player, Tiago Splitter won everywhere he played, in the EuroLeague with Baskonia, and with the San Antonio Spurs, where he won an NBA championship alongside Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker. He also learned from Gregg Popovich, the winningest coach in NBA history. “As an NBA coach, he worked with Kenny Atkinson and Ime Udoka, two coaches synonymous with hard work, tenacity and preparation. Tiago’s values and belief system in basketball will allow us to continue building Paris Basketball with our core group of players as we discover EuroLeague during this 2024-2025 season,” rejoices Parisian president David Kahn.
In Euroleague, the Brazilian played in Vitoria in Spain and was elected in the best five of the 2007 season. He is 39 years old. This information revealed in particular by the site BeBasket should be made official soon, knowing that Tiago Splitter is in France. He is also in the staff of the Brazilian selection which will be the first opponent of the French team on July 27 at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium during the Olympic tournament.
In the meantime, Paris Basketball has its Euroleague schedule, unveiled this Monday, July 15. The adventure will begin on October 4 with the reception of Red Star Belgrade at the Adidas Arena before hosting the reigning champion, Panathinaikos, two weeks later. Real is scheduled to visit on December 17, Barcelona on January 3, Asvel on January 30, Monaco on March 5. The regular season will end on April 10 against Berlin.
