Paris also wins Race-2 and lifts the EuroCup: TJ Shorts is the MVP

One year ago TJ Shorts he had led Bonn to victory in the Basketball Champions League as MVP. Today the American point guard, who last summer rose to the next level by signing with Paris Basketball, also won theEuroCup, always from MVP. The club from the French capital also won Game 2, 81-89 away against Bourglifting the first European trophy in its history.

Paris Basketball is an ambitious club, born only in 2018: in 2021 the promotion to Pro A and in 2022 the invitation to play the EuroCup due to the need to invest in a city like Paris. Last year Paris reached the quarter-finals, this year the definitive explosion in a season which also saw them win the Leaders Cup (the French national cup).

In the final against Bourg, first the victory in Game-1 77-64 and then now also the success in Game-2. Tonight Shorts scored 22 points, but the seal on the EuroCup victory was put by Nadir Hifi with the triple of +7 less than 2 minutes from the end: the guard scored 14 points in tonight’s match. Among the ranks of Bourg, disappointment Zaccharie Risachercandidate for one of the first overall choices in the next Draft: only 2 points in 21′, with 1/6 shooting.

With this victory, Paris Basketball also gained the pass to the 2024-25 EuroLeague: assuming that ASVEL remains, there will therefore be three French clubs to participate in the next edition.

For TJ Shorts it’s the fifth MVP award in two years: MVP of Bundesliga and BCL Final Four in 2023, MVP of Leaders Cup, EuroCup and EuroCup Finals in 2024.