At 36 years old, Bandja Sy, a 2.05-meter-tall basketball player, is returning to Partizan Belgrade, a Serbian club in the Euroleague, after spending a season in Romania. This move marks his return to the club where he previously played during the 2017/18 season. Partizan has been bringing in players with ties to Paris, including Kyle Allman, Kevarrius Hayes, Lamar Stevens, and Derek Willis, and now adds Sy to this group. He joins the team as a "medical pigiste," a term used in French basketball to describe a player signed to cover for injuries or absences, often on a temporary basis. Sy, known as "Air France" in Serbia, will make his return to the Euroleague with Partizan this Tuesday. His return is timely, coming shortly after the injury of teammate Derek Willis, who suffered an ankle injury during the first day of the Euroleague season. The Partizan Belgrade arena, the adidas arena, is expected to honor Sy with a tribute, especially since he was part of the team that won the French championship for the first time in the club's history during the 2024/25 season. During that campaign, Sy contributed 5.9 points and 2.5 rebounds per game from the bench. Sy joined Paris Basketball in 2023 after two seasons with Boulogne-Levallois, a neighboring club in France. He also helped the team win the French Cup under the coaching of Tiago Splitter. Before that, he played for AEK Athens and MoraBanc Andorra. Last season, he was with Oradea in Romania, where he demonstrated his continued effectiveness with averages of 9.4 points and 4.3 rebounds in the Basketball Champions League (BCL). He also led Oradea to the championship final, though they lost to Cluj. This was the second time in a row that Oradea had faced Cluj in a final and lost.