In check in the NBA, Bacon bounces back in the Principality
Mathieu WARNIER, Media365, published on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 3:05 p.m.
While he was not retained by the New York Knicks, Dwayne Bacon agreed to join Monaco to strengthen the Principality’s club workforce.
After wearing the colors of the Charlotte Hornets and the Orlando Magic, Dwayne Bacon will relaunch his career in Monaco. Cut by the franchise Florida last August, the native of Lakeland tried to revive with the jersey of the New York Knicks. However, failing to prove himself alongside Evan Fournier under Tom Thibodeau, the 26-year-old made the decision to cross the Atlantic Ocean and join the “Roca Team” this season. Presented as “a very good competitor who can hurt a lot with his size and his wing play” by his former coach according to the Principality’s club, Dwayne Bacon will thus strengthen the Monegasque workforce following the victory against the Red Star of Belgrade this Tuesday in the Euroleague.
Bacon wants “to continue playing matches at a very high level”
Present at the Salle Gaston-Médecin for this meeting, the American player presented his new team as “a young team with a lot of ambitions”. An element that motivated him to leave the fold of the NBA to give a new direction to his career. “It made me want to join this group to give the best of myself, and pull it up, adds Dwayne Bacon in an interview with the official website of the Monaco club. I also needed a personal title to continue playing games at a very high level, knowing that in the NBA this prospect has been quite complicated lately. “Assuring to have” given everything “to succeed in New York, the Floridian assures that he” starts a new challenge, a new adventure in Europe “, first of all” to find this rhythm by chaining the matches, as it can be the case here with the Euroleague and the championship ”. Admitting that it will be difficult to refuse a possible return to the NBA, Dwayne Bacon assures to be “only focused on this season with Monaco”.