ES Avignon Basket

Entente Sportive Avignon Basket
Entente Sportive Avignon Basket
Location	Avignon, France
Team colors	Blue & white ;
Home	Away

Entente Sportive Avignon Basket is a French former basketball club that was based in Avignon. Thereafter, it became the Athletic Union Avignon-Le Pontet Basket, which is the leading club in the city, and becoming in 2014, Grand Avignon Sorgues Basket.

History

At the end of the 1976-77 season, ES Avignon rose to the French Division 1, under the leadership of its captain, Antoine Cerase, the American Mike Hopwood, and the great French hope of the time, Philippe Szaniel. The club competed for 12 seasons in the elite level championship of France, and had a record of 110 wins, 7 draws, and 199 losses in 316 games.[1]

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Didier Dobbels
Alain Larrouquis
Philip Szanyiel
Franck Cazalon
Antoine Cerase
Vince Taylor
Horace Wyatt
Tom Snyder
Pat Burtey
Bernard Van den Broeck
Emmanuel Schmitt

References

Site de Basketarchives.fr, page sur le superclassement de 1^ère division, consulté le 15 janvier 2011.

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[1] Site de Basketarchives.fr, page sur le superclassement de 1^ère division, consulté le 15 janvier 2011.