Cyril Julian
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| European U-18 Championship | ||
 | 1992 Hungary | U-18 Team |
Cyril Julian (born 29 March 1974 in Castres, Tarn) is a French former men's professional basketball player. He spent most of his club career with the pro club SLUC Nancy in France. Julian was a 3 time French League French Player's MVP (2002, 2006, 2007). Julian also played with the senior men's French national basketball team. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, while playing with France's national team.[1] He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021.[2]
After a stint in Tarbes where he started at 15 in Nationale 3, he joined the elite of French basketball by signing at SLUC Nancy. He played there for four seasons before joining the PSG Racing club where he played for two seasons before returning to his former club Nancy. During this period, he played alongside Laurent Sciarra and then during the second season of Tony Parker who made his debut in the professional world.
The 2001-2002 season brought its first successes to the Nancy club. The club won the last edition of the Korać Cup against Russian club Mineralnye Vody. At the end of that same season, Julian was awarded the title of MVP as an individual.
He then signed for the Pau-Orthez club [2]. This season is the last for the Boris Diaw generation, Mickaël and Florent Piétrus under the colors of Élan. The club achieved the grand slam on the national level, winning the Semaine des As, the Coupe de France and the French Championship. On the European level, the club narrowly misses its qualification for the Top 16 of the Euroleague.
The following season was again marked by a title of champion of France, the first for Didier Gadou who replaced Alain Sarre during the season, despite qualifying for the Top 16 in the Euroleague.
After his two seasons in Pau, he tries an experience abroad. He joined the Liga ACB at Pamesa Valence then Casademont Girona.
For the following season, he finds the club of Nancy, which has just played the final of the championship of France [3].
The club, which has retained most of its executives, has the ambition to win the title. His club reached the final again and was opposed to the Le Mans club. The latter, thanks in particular to a final contribution of 12 points in the last quarter time [4] won a long-contested meeting. The title of French MVP is not enough to mitigate the disappointment of Julian, who has achieved 18 double doubles this season.
The 2006-07 season resembles the previous one, with SLUC dropping the title in its third consecutive final, after having long dominated the future winner Roanne. Julian, after having achieved one of the best seasons of his career (14.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 19.7 evaluation), obtains his third French MVP title.
The 2007-2008 season will allow Nancy and Cyril Julian to obtain the title of Champion of France against Roanne and access the Euroleague for the 2008-2009 season. During this competition, SLUC won only two matches, for eight losses, in its group of the first round. Julian, whose best performance is 21 points and 7 rebounds against Montepaschi Siena, ends this competition with statistics of 13.8 points, 7.3 rebounds in 24:03 [5]. He retired at the end of the 2008-2009 season, at the end of the lost series of semi-finals against Villeurbanne.
