Author of an exceptional start to the season, Paris Basketball represents French basketball in the EuroLeague. Among the right-thinking heads of the club, there is an Admiral, a national legend of this sport, Amara Sy. Focus on the contribution of the double French champion to the capital club.
If French sport is perfectly represented by the Paris / Ile-de-France region, we will tell you about one of these many examples.
It is not only on the ground that Paris and its region are beautifying, it is also the case in the shadows. Within Paris Basketball, the club best representing French basketball at the moment thanks to its exceptional start to the EuroLeague campaign, Amara Syis clearly the man for the job.
First of all, it is important to set the context. Amara SyFrench basketball legend, ended his career in the best place. The club in his town and for which he works today as sports director.
Veteran of the Parisian institution until the rise acquired in the 2020-2021 financial year, his current position was promised to him. The perfect move for various reasons.
As we have said, his past as a player speaks for itself. A legend, an icon even. Whether we were able to follow his entire career live or not, the Admiral makes everyone agree. Anyone involved in French basketball knows his name. Quite a symbol which shows to what extent the man is respected and recognized. He knows how to win, and he has always cultivated this culture.
Double champion of France in 2002 and 2009 with Le Mans and Asvel, he was even MVP of the final this last year. Double winner of the Coupe de France, three times crowned in the Leaders Cup, and above all world champion of 1 against 1 in 2004.
Legend has it that no one can beat him in this exercise, even the top NBA players. He admits, the only ones who can claim to have a chance of competing are LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony and players of the same caliber. At least that’s what he says in an interview with First Team.
One thing is certain, no French person has done it except him, and it stings in the ego of the Americans. A Frenchie is capable of hitting the playground goals in the USA.
Amara Sy has an unrivaled aura. By his temperament, he touches everyone. We know, Amara Sy is a child from Cergy, it is there that he started playing basketball.
Having grown up in a neighborhood of the city, the Parisian sports director inherited the “street” style. This is also what gives it its charm. He says it himself, he remains a “kid” in the sense of being a joker and a tease with his friends, which perfectly defines the personality of young people who grew up in the suburbs. All this does not prevent him from knowing how to express himself perfectly and make himself understood as necessary in a more “sustained” and traditional context.
Thanks to this, young and old alike listen to him and like to talk to him. An essential quality in this new position he occupies.
“With Mike James’ salary, I could make two teams”
As for confidence, we’re totally there. A sentence said during the interview with First Team, perfectly illustrating self-confidence. We remind you that last year he took a gamble out of nowhere, and it paid off. He brings a base of players and staff from the Bonn club to Paris. It cost a few puns like Paris BasketBonn, but the project worked.
A magnificent, very intelligent move, showing that he is a visionary. If he was able to achieve this, it is due to the confidence placed by the president David Kahn.
He is also a credible candidate thanks to his external projects at the Parisian club. He is the president of his city’s club: the Entente Cergy-Osny Pontoise, but also the president of the national basketball players’ union.
A character who is given a lot of credit, and who does a lot for his sport locally and nationally.
More respected than the majority of French people who have played in the NBA, loved by everyone in the industry, he is unanimous.
A pure winner, a true sports director of the 21st century with nerve and courage, an icon, a man respected by all, and above all a child of Paris. Anyway, Amara Sy is the perfect move for Paris Basketball.
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