Basketball: an expatriate Muscatier calls on an NBA star

La NBA s’intéresserait-elle au Frontignan La Peyrade Basket ? Une visite de Williams est en tout cas possible.

Grant Williams, strong winger for the Charlotte Hornets, made a nice gift to Frontignan La Peyrade Basket.

Laurent Rodriguez, a Frontignan resident who has lived in North Carolina for nearly thirteen years, forgets neither his origins, nor his history, nor his principles. Also, when he met Grant Williams in Charlotte, thanks to people very close to the National Basketball Association (NBA) player, namely his father, who worked, and his stepmother, who currently works with him at the airport, he doesn’t hesitate to talk to her about his region.

Tough guy with a big heart

The conversation with one of the star sports stars in the United States quickly turns around basketball, France, the south of the country and, more precisely, the basketball player's desire to discover it. Very quickly, the expatriate Muscatier offered to participate in this discovery, knowing that the basketball player might be visiting Paris for the Olympic Games and that a small detour to Frontignan could not be ruled out.

The autographed jersey.

To thank him, Grant Williams, who has a reputation as a tough guy on the floor, actually demonstrates that he has a huge heart by offering a signed jersey from the Charlotte Hornets franchise to the local club, Frontignan- La Peyrade Basket. The tunic should be delivered at the beginning of May, a few days before the final of the Coupe de l’Hérault, just to put the Frontignanais in the best conditions…

Grant Dean Williams, born November 30, 1998 in Houston, Texas, is an American basketball player playing as a power forward for the Charlotte Hornets. After attending the University of Tennessee, he was chosen by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the 2019 Draft. With them, he reached the 2022 NBA finals, failing against the Golden State Warriors. At the end of this exceptional season, he joined the Dallas Mavericks. In February of this year, “Batman”, as he is nicknamed, signed with Seth Curry (Stephen's brother) with the Charlotte Hornets. I subscribe to read more