Florent Piétrus announced on Wednesday that he was retiring. Aged 39, the 2013 European champion with the Blues evokes a certain “weariness”.
The interior Florent Piétrus, one of the pillars of the Tony Parker generation, announced on Wednesday on Twitter that he was retiring from basketball. “I’m out” said the 39-year-old Guadeloupe, who has worn the France team jersey 230 times and who was notably European champion in 2013.
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– Florent Pietrus (@flopietrus) September 9, 2020
“The desire was not the same”
“It’s a carefully considered decision, which I already had in mind when last year, I trained from August to January in search of a last contract, he explains. on the team. I wanted to end up playing. Weariness had set in. The passion remained intact, but the urge was not the same. It made me wonder about the follow-up I wanted to give my life. Finally, I tell my agent that I am quitting and the next day, I receive the proposal from Orleans. It gave me one last lap. “
In club, this interior known for its defensive qualities, was three times champion of France with Pau-Orthez, its training club, before playing in particular for Malaga and Valence in Spain, or for Nancy and Strasbourg. He played his last season in Orléans in 2019-2020.
