This is the signature point of the day! Yves Pons has signed up for two seasons with ASVEL. Return to France therefore for the 23-year-old young player after two years of criss-crossing the United States between G-League and Summer League. The very ambitious framework of Tony Parker’s club could take him a step further in terms of experience and especially of play. We take stock.
ASVEL offers itself a recruit who will certainly delight all the spectators who will have the opportunity to go to the Astroballe. Often appeared in highlight videos when he was at Tennessee University, it’s not the dunks that are missing when you think of Yves Pons. In fact, he is suspected of having retrieved the spring fruit that Bellamy possessed when Luffy defeated him in Dressrosa. More seriously, this is great news for the player, who finally makes the choice to return to Europe after a rather mixed experience in the United States. Not drafted in 2021, he will still sign a two-way contract with the Grizzlies. He will play twelve games in the NBA, for fairly low averages – 1.1 points, 1 rebound – since his status did not necessarily imply a significant playing time. In the G-League, he will be more comfortable with 9.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists. However, he will not be kept by Memphis and will join the Nets to play the Summer League, again without much success. He will not be signed to extend to Brooklyn, but his profile will have caught the eye of a beautiful European team.
❗️ Recruitment 2022-2023
Yves PONS (23 years old, 1m98) is coming to continue his progress and launch his European career with LDLC ASVEL, which he will join until 2024!
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This team in question is ASVEL. Tony Parker’s club offers itself a man who has completed his ranges in both France and the United States, who therefore knows the workings of the game of a large part of his teammates. For the club, the operation is great because the boy is young and still has plenty of room for improvement. Regarding Yves, this signature will finally allow him to settle for a while in a stable formation. Yes, we admit without difficulty that the G-League is not a great model of stability if you want to progress collectively over time. With experienced teammates and a much more collective style of play than in the United States, Villeurbanne seems to be the starting point for a new phase in Yves Pons’ career. Not that of maturity – he is only 23 – but perhaps that of acceptance. For the moment, the NBA is slipping away but with two years of experience, nothing is impossible. Especially in France in a very competitive club which still has some interesting bridges with the Zétazunis,
Mr Air Pons, welcome to Lyon! Your boundless energy will bring a lot of dynamism to ASVEL’s racket, and the various competitions in which the team is involved will be an excellent vector of experience. Perhaps the future deadlines of the France team are also in the corner of the young man’s head…
Source: ASVEL
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