By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
While the LNB Finals are currently on, with AS Monaco being up 1-0 against Victor Wembanyama’s Metropolitans 92, ASVEL is already planning next season starting with departures. One of them concerns the 34-year-old French shooting guard Antoine Diot, who left the club after four years.
After winning two French championships with Tony and TJ Parker’s side in back-to-back fashion, in fact, the former Valencia player decided to join Chorale Roanne for the next two seasons in the LNB. He becomes the second signing of the summer for the 11th-seeded team in the latest French league after Kellan Grady, following Ronald March’s departure to Prometey.
Playing in the EuroLeague with three different French teams (Le Mans, SIG Strasbourg, and ASVEL), he has been averaging 4.5 points, 1.4 rebounds, and 2.4 assists in seven seasons. This past year, he could contribute to the black-and-white side with only 3.3 points per game in 25 appearances.
“We needed an experienced player to supervise young players and Antoine is the right person. In Roanne, he will find more playing time. When we saw what he is still capable of producing in the LNB Playoffs with ASVEL, it was rather interesting for us. Antoine still has at least two great seasons ahead of him”, the head coach of Roanne Jean-Denys Choulet commented on Diot’s acquirement.
Antoine Diot est un joueur de la @ChoraleRoanne ✍️
Après 4 saisons avec @LDLCASVEL, l’international tricolore a paraphé un contrat de 2⃣ ans pour venir jouer un rôle majeur sur les postes 1 et 2 🔵⚪
Le communiqué officiel 👉 https://t.co/9DNhELzA0P#ChoraleNation pic.twitter.com/oVKzgstXOg— Chorale Roanne Basket (@ChoraleRoanne) June 10, 2023
PHOTO CREDIT: Turkish Airlines EuroLeague