An LNB All-Star Game cut off from Monaco and Asvel because of the Euroleague?
Like the most famous series, the soap opera around the European basketball calendar will have a special holiday episode. This will take place on December 29. While the Accor Arena in Bercy will find the All-Star Game LNB from which it was deprived in 2020, Monaco will host Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the Euroleague. As for the France team on Friday evening, it will be an unprecedented and problematic duplicate. Especially since Asvel will play 24 hours later against Bayern Munich.
The 18th edition of the popular English basket festival could find itself amputated by a constellation of All-Stars. On the Rock, star Mike James and leaping Donta Hall, for example, might be missing. At the edge of the Rhône, the presence of any elected officials – Elie Okobo … – remains uncertain and suspended at the will of the club.
A request for a report on the Monegasque side
The telescopic was inevitable. As for the LNB, contacts are very much taken into account with the AccorArena. The date of the All-Star Game is set one before the in-between. Without knowing what dates will be mobilized by the Euroleague, which will unveil its calendar in July.
Monegasques and Villeurbannais remain eligible for the All-Star game, the selection of which will be unveiled on Friday. Contacted, the LNB ensures discussing with the two clubs to find a solution. The Euroleague has put a first stop to these attempts, and confirms to The team his refusal to move the Monaco match to December 30. Not slaughtered, the leaders of the princely club have, according to our information, launched a new request for a report.