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Victor Wembanyama will bring several San Antonio Spurs teammates and coaches together in France ahead of the 2026-27 NBA season Spurs CEO R.C. Buford revealed that a group of around eight to ten people will travel to Paris next week to spend time and work with the French star before training camp. “Our coaches and players are going to be here together next week, doing some work in Paris,” Buford said during an appearance on TrashTalk. “They’re coming over to see Victor, about eight or ten of them.”
The French forward has since signed with Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, bringing an end to his second NBA stint after spending time with the Philadelphia 76ers, Knicks, and Chicago Bulls. Yabusele's return to the league started positively in Philadelphia, but his situation changed after joining New York. He appeared in 41 games for the Knicks, averaging only nine minutes and failing to make a single start. "I spoke with my wife, my agents, and my mentor," Yabusele told AS about his decision to leave. "It was an important decision. I didn't make it easily. It took a long time, and there were many questions." "I thought about French teammates who had gone through the same thing and stayed there for years without playing. I can't do that. I was the one who decided to leave, not them. I'd rather be the one making that decision."
Victor Wembanyama is preparing to bring several San Antonio Spurs teammates together in France ahead of the 2026-27 NBA season. Spurs CEO R.C. Buford revealed that a group of players and coaches will travel to Paris to spend time and work with Wembanyama before training camp. "Our coaches, our players are going to be here together next week doing some work… in Paris," Buford said during an appearance on TrashTalk. "They're coming over to see Victor, about 8 or 10."
Latest addition by the team from the French capital is Alize Johnson. Johnson's arrival was revealed on the social media accounts of the team.
Paris Basketball is finalizing a deal to sign former NBA forward Alize Johnson for the 2026-27 season, per BasketNews sources. The 30-year-old brings five seasons of NBA experience and recently played in leagues across Asia and Puerto Rico.
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AS Monaco have received another extension from the French Basketball Federation’s Appeals Chamber as the club continues working to complete a takeover led by former NBA All-Star Jamal Mashburn. As BeBasket reports, Monaco now have until Thursday, July 30, at 23:59 to submit all the documents required for admission to the 2026-27 Betclic ELITE season. The DNCCG, French basketball’s financial watchdog, rejected the club’s registration at the first instance.
Other potential buyers have reportedly withdrawn, leaving Mashburn’s Helen Holdings investment fund as Monaco’s only remaining takeover candidate. According to the court-appointed administrator cited by BeBasket, Monaco’s financial obligations amount to €24 million. That figure includes €8 million in liabilities recorded at the end of June and the €16 million provided by the Principality to enable the club to complete last season.
Paris Basketball are nearing a deal to appoint Minnesota Timberwolves assistant Max Lefevre as their new head coach, according to BasketNews sources. The two sides are nearing an agreement that would bring the French coach back to Europe and hand him his first permanent head-coaching position at the senior professional level. Lefevre is expected to replace Julius Thomas, who left Paris after finishing the 2025-26 season as the club's interim head coach. Thomas guided the team to another appearance in the French League Finals after taking over during the campaign.
The Spurs will return to Europe next January, with two regular season games relocated to Paris on the 14th, and then to Manchester, England, on the 17th, against the New Orleans Pelicans. Was this a request from you, or a decision made by the NBA? RC Buford: We are an international program and have always been committed to growing and getting closer to our fans around the world. Playing in Paris again obviously means something to Victor, but we didn't request it. I think the League recognized the impact he had when he played in Paris during the 2024 Olympics and then at the Paris Games in January 2025. The French market is different from the US market, but we have been incredibly well served so far, both by our fans and our commercial partners. And we'll be back in Paris at the end of the month to meet people there and inaugurate a new basketball court
NBA star Victor Wembanyama is set to make his return to the French national team for the first time since the 2024 Olympics, the French Basketball Federation (FFBB) announced on Saturday. Wembanyama has been named in the squad for the first two matches of the main qualifying round for the 2027 World Cup, which will take place at the end of August against Slovenia and then Sweden. Wembanyama will also take part in two warm-up matches against Serbia one week before the qualifiers.
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The 22-year-old had been forced to withdraw from Euro 2025, having not fully recovered from the venous thrombosis in his right shoulder that brought his 2024/25 season to a premature end. French national team coach Frederic Fauthoux called Wembanyama's return "extremely important for the future of the project we want to pursue". "Victor is the undisputed leader of this generation. We need him here so that a relationship can develop with the rest of the squad, both on and off the court," he added.
Maxine Aubin: Info @lequipe : Victor Wembanyama has already resumed physical training in France, accompanied by Guillaume Alquier, his physical trainer. Work under the banner of "experimentation," as he wants to continue developing his body and testing his limits. The Spurs' interior is then expected to join the French team as planned during the second qualifying window for the 2027 World Cup in August.
10-year NBA veteran TJ Warren has signed a one-year deal with EuroLeague team Paris Basketball, the French club offcially announced. On July 1, BasketNews' Donatas Urbonas reported that Warren was drawing significant interest from Europe as he explored a move overseas. Now, the 32-year-old wing is set for his first overseas season and contract. The 203-centimeter forward appeared in 385 NBA games across 10 seasons with the Phoenix Suns, Indiana Pacers, Brooklyn Nets, and Minnesota Timberwolves.
Tony Parker and former teammate Patty Mills are together again with EuroLeague club LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne. Parker recently took over as the team's head coach, while Mills signed with the French club this offseason.