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On Thursday, Parker was one of hundreds of spectators who watched Vilerban’s defeat to Žalgiris 74:83.
The quarantine announced by President Emmanuel Macron already entered into force in France on Friday, so the Astroballe stands will be completely empty at least by the end of November.
The national championship match scheduled for next weekend has been hastily postponed, and the French league has yet to decide on another schedule.
T. Parker, who was interviewed by L’Equipe during the match with Žalgiris, said he would not object to the club he leads competing temporarily without spectators, but does not see it as a way out.
“We are ready to play behind closed doors, both in the Euroleague and in the French championship. But only for a month, during the quarantine. And if it lasted longer, the situation would become more difficult,” said the former star of the French team and the 38-year-old NBA.
Previously, ASVEL, together with other clubs in the country, ruled against the game without spectators; in that case, it would be better to postpone the game.
With the coronavirus laying off most of Parker’s brother’s TJ-trained team this month, ASVEL appeared on the field for the first time since Oct.11.
The day before, the ASVEL women’s team finally stepped on the floor, losing to the Bourges basketball players 62:74 in the postponed national championship game. Lithuanian Justė Jocytė did not register for the meeting.
Overall, it was ASVEL’s first official women’s match of the season; Before that, Valery Demory’s pupils were also affected by the virus, leading to four rounds.
And no other matches are planned in the near future as the next two rounds of the French Championship were postponed again after the quarantine was announced.
However, this does not prevent the national champions from getting stronger. On Thursday, ASVEL announced a new contract with team leader Alysha Clark for the past two seasons.
The 33-year-old American forward triumphed in the WNBA League for the second time in his career with the Seattle Storm.
December 1 ASVEL should start appearing in the women’s Euroleague. In Group B, the team represented by J. Jocytė will compete with Fenerbahče from Istanbul (Turkey), Arka from Gdynia (Poland) and ZVVZ USK from Prague (Czech Republic). All subgroup matches will take place in the Istanbul “bubble”.
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