101 Greats of European Basketball

Richard Dacoury
Angeles. I was at his official farewell game in Limoges,
one day after the 1999 EuroBasket in Paris. We also
saw each other again in London 2012, where he was
there as a commentator for French television. Since
his retirement, he has become the “voice of basketball”
in France, where he is really popular due to his
understanding of the game and because of the way
he explained what was happening on the court. When
I told him that I would be writing about him in my series
dedicated to the past legends of the game, he only told
me: “It will be an honor for me to be among the great
players that appear in your series.”
It’s also an honor for me to have known for so many
years a player and person such as Richard Dacoury.
With the ball or the microphone, his profession is still
the same: being a winner.
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