Precisely, the French wing spoke to ONFR Toronto about the importance of her time at the red-and-black club in preparing for the WNBA. "The facilities are incredible and the fans are great. The people there are wonderful, so, honestly, it was not too drastic a change for me; what they do there is truly fantastic and the project is incredible, so I did not feel out of place," she said.
??Ornella Bankolé pays tribute to @casademontBZ, a top-level environment that prepared her for the WNBA, where she did not need to adapt to @TempoBasketball. She then looks ahead to the coming season and the quick transition back to playing in Spain! pic.twitter.com/vwpR6P0min — Mike Laviolle (@MikeLav_ONFRaps) September 22, 2026
Bankolé will begin her second season in the Aragonese capital this year and must take another step forward to continue earning minutes in a rotation that will demand the most from the French wing.
GOOD NUMBERS AGAINST CHICAGO
In the early hours of this morning, she played in the second-to-last game of the regular season, a 85-97 loss to the Chicago Sky. Bankolé played just over 20 minutes; it is worth recalling that she signed a regular contract to finish the season in Toronto, and she showed that she is in good shape for her return to Casademont Zaragoza.
The French player scored 6 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished out 1 assist. Those are good numbers for a French wing who looks set to arrive as the player in the best form, having continued to play in almost every game for the Tempo since August, also because of the injuries that have affected the Canadian franchise.
