A big blow for Paris Basketball. David Kahn’s club announces this Wednesday the signing, three seasons, of Nadir Hifi. At 20, the Franco-Algerian leader, who recently made the choice to defend the colors of France on the international scene, remains on a brilliant season with Le Portel. Second best French scorer in Betclic Elite, the 1.84m point guard ended the season with 16.8 points, 3.4 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 33 games. The club of the capital is well placed to know his talents as a scorer … “We could not let him put us 39 points like that”, laughs Paris Basketball this Tuesday, on its social networks.
Hifi will discover the European Cup with Paris Basketball, and in this case the Eurocup. Short of a good surprise in the NBA? Hifi has indeed registered for the Draft, even if the forecasts do not invite optimism as to a selection on June 22. “I had at least six workouts, it went well, it was intense,” said the young playmaker, during a press conference organized at Bercy. And to add: “There is a buy-out (an exit clause, editor’s note). We did not want to bet everything 100% on the NBA because nothing is certain, the project is in basic Europe, the rest is just a bonus. Note that Paris Basketball will play three times at the Accor Arena before moving to its new venue, the Adidas Arena at Porte de la Chapelle, on February 11, as the ambitious Parisian club announced on Tuesday.
