“Dubai will become one of the strongholds of European basketball”: Jerry Boutsiele recounts his exile in the Emirates
Recruited in January, Jerry Boutsiele is the first Frenchman to wear the colors of the Dubai basketball club. The French international (4 caps) tells us about his daily life at this unusual club.
By Julien LesageDubai, its beaches, its desert, its skyscrapers , its most eccentric attractions... and its basketball team. Founded in 2023, Dubai BC is a club with a unique history and boundless ambition. Although several thousand kilometers from Europe, it is competing in the Adriatic League this season.
A competition that brings together the best teams from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Slovenia and whose quarter-finals are being played this Tuesday, May 20, against the Slovenian Cedevita Olimpija. Above all, Dubai, with its limitless resources and ambition, could join the prestigious Euroleague ( the Champions League of basketball ) as early as next season.
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