Basketball is my first love. It shaped my life in many ways.

It all started with a guy you may have heard of, Michael Jordan, and it stayed with me forever since. I used to watch His Airness’ games and try to reproduce his moves on my Playskool hoop in my parents' backyard.

By 16, I was on the bench of a professional team in France. At 17, I received a scholarship to play high school basketball in Virginia. At 18, I went back to France to go to college and to become a professional basketball player.

After moving to San Francisco, I started covering the NBA and the Golden State Warriors. It was the perfect way to stay around basketball, to go behind the scenes, and talk to the protagonists to feed my passion for the game.

Why I write in French?

This is a question I get a lot and the answer is fairly simple. 99% of the time, I am the lone credentialed French media member at Oracle Arena. That’s a pretty big competitive advantage.

If you speak/read French, below are examples of some pieces I wrote, broke down by categories.

Interview Rudy Gobert |  Jaylen Brown, un basketteur engagé | Interview Patty Mills | Interview Evan Fournier |  Interview Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot |  Interview Karl-Anthony Towns |  Interview Luc Mbah a Moute |  Interview Clint Capela | Interview Paul Pierce |  Interview Nikola Jokic

Preview Playoffs 2018 : Golden State (2) – San Antonio (7) | Quel avenir pour la NBA en Europe ? | L’évolution d’Evan Fournier vue par ses coachs et ses coéquipiers | Bilan à la mi-saison : les Warriors ont besoin de nouveaux défis | L’absence des Splash Brothers et de Draymond Green peut aider Golden State | Défense, concentration, rigueur… Les Warriors enfin en ordre de marche | Les Warriors, un modèle en or pour les Sixers | Les Warriors transforment leur talon d’Achille en arme fatale | Klay Thompson, maladroit mais bien indispensable pour les Warriors | Pourquoi les Warriors ont-ils attendu pour utiliser le pick-and-roll entre Stephen Curry et Kevin Durant ?

Les valeurs de Gregg Popovich ont plané sur le jeu des Spurs | Entre altruisme et adversité, retour sur le parcours unique des Warriors | Le contreur contré, ou la revanche d’Andre Iguodala | David West, le sage de Golden State | L’apprentissage de Jordan Bell porte ses fruits | Le Kerr à l’ouvrage | Kyle Kuzma, la figure de steal En Luc Mbah a Moute, Clint Capela a trouvé un mentor et bien plus encore | Rencontre avec Pat McCaw et Kay Felder, les rookies des Finals NBA |