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Maxime Lefevre named new Paris Basketball head coach
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Maxime Lefevre named new Paris Basketball head coach

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Maxime Lefevre, 39, has been appointed the new head coach of Paris Basketball, a team competing in the EuroLeague.
  • Lefevre brings seven seasons of experience as an assistant coach with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, marking his first head coaching role.
  • The club aims to leverage Lefevre's expertise to foster future growth, following previous young coaches like Tuomas Iisalo and Thiago Splitter.

Maxime Lefevre, a 39-year-old Frenchman, is stepping into the head coach role at Paris Basketball, a prominent team in the EuroLeague. He will be joined by Pierric Poupet as his assistant. This appointment marks Lefevre's first solo head coaching position after a significant seven-year tenure as an assistant with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves.

During his time in Minneapolis, Lefevre progressed from a player development assistant and video coordinator to an assistant coach under Chris Finch starting in 2022. Paris Basketball's president, David Kahn, expressed confidence in Lefevre, calling him the "ideal profile" and a representative of a "new generation" of French coaches with diverse basketball experience, including NCAA and NBA systems.

After a long and thorough search, I am convinced that we have found the ideal profile in Maxime Lefèvre. He is a Frenchman of the new generation, who has experienced basketball in all its facets, both in the NCAA system and in the NBA, with the exception of the head coach position.

— David KahnParis Basketball President David Kahn on the decision to hire Maxime Lefevre.

The club's decision to hire Lefevre aligns with its strategy of appointing young, promising coaches. This follows the tenures of Tuomas Iisalo and Thiago Splitter, both of whom have since moved on to NBA positions. Lefevre himself stated that joining Paris Basketball was an "obvious decision," citing a shared vision with the club that made it one of the few opportunities he would have considered leaving the NBA for.

Lefevre's coaching staff will also include compatriot Pierric Poupet, who previously served as the head coach for Asvel for two and a half seasons. The club is betting on this new leadership to continue its trajectory of development and success in European basketball.

Signing with Paris Basketball was an obvious decision. From my first conversation with the club, I felt that we shared the same vision, both on and off the court. There are very few opportunities for which I would have left the NBA, and Paris Basketball was at the top of that list.

— Maxime LefevreLefevre's statement on his move from the NBA to Paris Basketball.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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