Elias Lasisi

Elias Lasisi (born 9 January 1992) is a Belgian professional basketball player for MLP Academics Heidelberg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[1] He has also been a member of the Belgium national basketball team.

Elias Lasisi
Lasisi with Academics Heidelberg in October 2022
No. 6 – MLP Academics Heidelberg
PositionShooting guard
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1992-01-09) 9 January 1992
Leuven, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Listed height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2015Leuven Bears
2015–2017Limburg United
2017Le Portel
2017–2019Oostende
2019–2020BG Göttingen
2020Brose Bamberg
2020–2022Crailsheim Merlins
2022–presentMLP Academics Heidelberg
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

Lasisi formerly played in Belgium for Leuven Bears and Limburg United. He parted company with Limburg in January 2017 because of a breach of disciplinary rules according to the club.[2] Lasisi then joined French ProA side ESSM Le Portel.[3] He returned to Belgium for the 2017-19 campaign, joining Oostende. With Oostende, Lasisi won two Pro Basketball League titles.[4]

On 22 August 2019, Lasisi signed with BG Göttingen in Germany.[5] In the autumn of 2020, he joined Brose Bamberg, staying on a short-term contract until 30 October 2020.[6] He appeared in one Champions League contest for Bamberg.[7] On 3 November 2020, Lasisi signed with the Crailsheim Merlins.[8]

On 19 August 2022 he signed with MLP Academics Heidelberg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[9]

National team career

Lasisi was selected for Belgium for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification games against Bosnia and Herzegovina and France.[10]

References
  1. "Elias Lasisi Player Profile, Telenet BC Oostende, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. Hamoir, Simon. "Elias Lasisi a réussi ses tests avec Le Portel (Pro A)". DHnet (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  3. Kugener, Christophe. "La bonne histoire de ce basketteur belge: viré par Limburg United, il rebondit au Portel". DHnet (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  4. "LASISI, Elias". Basketball Belgium (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  5. "BG Göttingen signs Elias Lasisi". Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  6. "Belgian Lions: Elias Lasisi quitte Bröse Bamberg et est à présent sans club". Le Soir (in French). 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  7. Eurobasket. "Brose Bamberg 2020-21". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  8. "Crailsheim Merlins land Elias Lasisi and Bogdan Radosavljevic". Sportando. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  9. "Elias Lasisi kommt". mlp-academics-heidelberg.de (in German). August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  10. "Belgium - FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
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