<sod>This exeptional participation and the way Sagesse represented Asia at the Mcdonald's Championship in Milano was praised by then commissioner of the NBA [[David Stern]] and by former head of the FIBA [[Borislav Stanković]].<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCEnlU7tZ4] Video showing Mr.Choueiri at a TV show with the team and staff and Tom McCarthy, chief executive of ABC (Fiba Asia) Promotions, Ltd. just after the 1999 Mcdonald's world championship saying what Mr.Stern and Mr.Stankovic said about Sagesse </ref><eod>
<sod>This exceptional participation and the way Sagesse represented Asia at the Mcdonald's Championship in Milano was praised by then commissioner of the NBA [[David Stern]] and by former head of the FIBA [[Borislav Stanković]].<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCEnlU7tZ4] Video showing Mr.Choueiri at a TV show with the team and staff and Tom McCarthy, chief executive of ABC (Fiba Asia) Promotions, Ltd. just after the 1999 Mcdonald's world championship saying what Mr.Stern and Mr.Stankovic said about Sagesse </ref><eod>