ASVEL Villeurbanne signs Youssoupha Fall

French team LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne bolstered its frontcourt by adding center Youssoupha Fall on-loan from Spanish team Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Fall (221 cm, 26 years old) averaged 7.0 points on 62.8% two-point shooting and 3.2 rebounds in 32 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games with Baskonia last season. He ranked fourth overall in PIR per 40 minutes (27.7), sixth in…

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Kostas Antetokounmpo from Lakers to ASVEL

Kostas Antetokounmpo (208 cm, F) is leaving the purple and gold of the Los Angeles Lakers for the green of ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket in the French ProA and the EuroLeague. Kostas Antetokounmpo played 19 games for the Lakers the past two seasons, in which he averaged about four points per contest. Kostas Antetokounmpo, 23 years…

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ASVEL wins French championship

Although deprived of several key players (Thomas Heurtel, Charles Kahudi, Moustapha Fall, William Howard, and Guershon Yabusele), ASVEL dominated and beat JDA Dijon (87-74) in the final of the French Jeep ELITE Championship. It is the 20th championship for ASVEL. For JDA Dijon, the defeat was extra painful because they ranked first in the league after…

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Thomas Heurtel back home

Thomas Heurtel (189 cm, G) has signed back in his home country. The French international signed with ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket for the remainder of the season. Heurtel played the past three seasons for Barcelona. He also started this season with the Spanish powerhouse, but after somewhat of a soap opera in December, he left under…

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