“There are limits that have been crossed”. Tony Parker gave initial explanations for the departure of Zvezdan Mitrovic, removed from his duties as ASVEL coach. In an interview published this Thursday evening by The team, the president of the Villeurbanne club confirms that this dismissal for serious misconduct “is not linked to the sports results” of the co-leader of the French championship. He points to behavioral problems.
“There were limits which were crossed. There were things which had been negotiated with him, before his contract, which he had to respect. (…) It’s all a trick: the image, the respect for people, “he said, adding that he would deliver more” details “at the end of the dismissal procedure.
Aulas’ “confidence”
The former historic basketball player of the San Antonio Spurs also explains that he took advice from Jean-Michel Aulas, a shareholder through the holding company OL Groupe. “I trust you,” said the President of Lyon, according to him.
The collaboration between ASVEL and Zvezdan Mitrovic should not only end with a dismissal, but with legal proceedings. “We are going to the courts, confirms Tony Parker. It is likely that Zvezdan will challenge the club’s decision. (…) There is a procedure underway. Locker room secrecy is a moral rule and confidentiality of procedures is a written rule. I try to make ASVEL respect the rules. “
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