Where will the Mets 92 be after the departures of Bilal Coulibaly and especially Victor Wembanyama? Yet finalist of the Betclic Elite, the Boulogne-Levallois club is indeed in uncertainty, as noted by BeBasketmainly due to the financial disengagement operated by the city of Levallois.
Next night’s Draft will still bring a nice financial boost to the Ile-de-France club.
“He will bring in two million dollars, including one million for the Mets 92. The other million is divided between the training club (Nanterre), Asvel and the expenses around Victor this season with at least eight people who took care of him “ explained Alain Weisz, sports director of the Mets 92, to RMC before the final against Monaco.
The NBA franchises, even when they choose in first position, cannot however offer more than 825,000 dollars in compensation to the club with which the drafted player is still under contract (which is the case of Victor Wembanyama and Bilal Coulibaly, currently linked in Boulognes-Levallois until 2024). In order to break this lease.
The bad operation of Asvel
Nevertheless, for the best European prospects (Ricky Rubio, Luka Doncic…), it is now customary that the “buyout” exceeds the 825,000 dollars authorized by the Great League.
The difference is paid by the player and his camp and, in the case of Victor Wembanyama, who should quickly accumulate large sponsorship contracts, it will not be too complicated. According to the teamHowever, Asvel should not touch anything, unlike Nanterre, the first club of “Wemby”.
“We have an agreement with Victor and his entourage since his departure” explained Frédéric Donnadieu, the president of the Greens, after the “lottery”. “We will receive part of the buy-out, it is not a huge sum, but without that, the club would not have received anything from his departure in the NBA. »
To avoid reliving this situation next year, Asvel has also let Zaccharie Risacher go to JL Bourg in the form of a loan, in order to ensure that it receives a share of the buy-out to come in the NBA.
In any case, with the million dollars from Victor Wembanyama and the 800,000 dollars from Bilal Coulibaly, the Mets 92 will therefore recover 1.8 million dollars thanks to the Draft of the next night. Enough to allow the club to breathe and survive after Wemby, despite the many changes to come in the staff and the workforce?
