Paris Basketball

Paris Basketball is a French professional basketball club based in Paris. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the first division of basketball in France, and the EuroCup.

Paris Basketball
Paris Basketball logo
LeaguesLNB Pro A
EuroCup
Founded12 July 2018 (2018-07-12)
HistoryParis Basketball
2018–present
ArenaHalle Georges Carpentier
Capacity5,000
LocationParis, France
Main sponsorSnipes
PresidentDavid Kahn
Head coachTuomas Iisalo
OwnershipParis Basketball Investments
Websiteparisbasketball.paris

The club was founded in 2018 by David Kahn and Eric Schwartz. The team plays its home games at the Halle Georges Carpentier. Three years after its establishment, Paris promoted to the first-level Pro A for the first time.

History

The club started as a project to bring a big basketball club to the city of Paris, led by David Kahn, former director of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In July 2018, the creation of the professional club was announced.[1] At the revealing, the ambitions were to be a team in the EuroLeague, the highest-level European league, by 2022. The future home arena of the team would be an arena in Quartier de La Chapelle, that was constructed for the 2024 Olympics. The team immediately entered the LNB Pro B, the national second-tier league, as the club bought the licence of HTV Basket.[2] The club would play its home games in the Halle Georges Carpentier, waiting for the construction of the Paris Arena II.

In the 2020–21 season, Paris finished in the second place in the LNB Pro B championship and thus were promoted to the LNB Pro A for the first time in club history.[3] During that season, rapper Sheck Wes also played for the team for three games while coming off the bench for Paris.

The team was selected to play in the 2022–23 season of the EuroCup, its debut in European competition.[4]

Honours

LNB Pro B

  • Runners-up (1): 2020–21

Season by season
Champions Runners-up Playoff berth
DNQ Did not qualify
Paris Basketball
Season Tier League Finish Pld W L Win% Playoffs French Cup Other Cups European Competitions Head coach
2018–19 2 Pro B 11th 34 16 18 .471 DNQ Round of 64 Leaders Cup quarter-finals DNQ Jean-Christophe Prat
2019–20 2 Pro B 10th 23 11 12 .478 DNQ Round of 32 Leaders Cup quarter-finals
2020–21 2 Pro B 2nd Increase 34 23 11 .676 N/A Round of 64 Leaders Cup semi-finals
2021–22 1 Pro A 15th 34 13 21 .382 DNQ Round of 8 N/A
2022–23 1 Pro A 9th 34 16 18 .471 DNQ Round of 32 Leaders Cup

DNQ

 EuroCup

quarter-finals

 Will Weaver
2023-24 1 Pro A Round of 64 EuroCup Tuomas Iisalo

Players

Current roster

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

Paris Basketball roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 0 North Macedonia Shorts, T. J. 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 26 – (1997-10-15)15 October 1997
F 1 United States Malcolm, Collin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 26 – (1997-07-02)2 July 1997
PG 2 France Hifi, Nadir 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 21 – (2002-07-16)16 July 2002
SG 3 United States Ward, Tyson 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 26 – (1997-07-26)26 July 1997
PF 5 France Sy, Bandja 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1990-07-30)30 July 1990
C 6 Germany Kessens, Michael 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 32 – (1991-02-16)16 February 1991
SG 7 Chile Herrera, Sebastian 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 25 – (1997-11-01)1 November 1997
C 8 Germany Kratzer, Leon 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 26 – (1997-02-04)4 February 1997
SF 9 France Denis, Gauthier 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1997-04-01)1 April 1997
SF 12 France Diawara, Mohamed 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2005-04-29)29 April 2005
C 18 France Shahrvin, Enzo 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 20 – (2003-02-13)13 February 2003
PF 20 Finland Jantunen, Mikael 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 23 – (2000-04-20)20 April 2000
PF 77 France Logue, Maxim 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2005-07-18)18 July 2005
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Hungary Adrián Kovács
  • France Bienvenue Kindoki
  • France Emmanuel Mavomo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: August 10, 2023

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.

Head coaches
No. Name From To
1 France Jean-Christophe Prat 2018 2022
2 United States Will Weaver 2022 2023
3 Finland Tuomas Iisalo 2023 present

References
  1. "Basket - Pro B : Le projet du Paris Basketball dévoilé". Sport 365 (in French). 12 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. "C'est officiel, le HTV sans basket professionnel, Philippe Legname obligé de quitter la fédération". Star Var News (in French). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. "Basket : le Paris Basketball officiellement promu en Jeep Elite". LEFIGARO (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. "2022-23 EuroLeague and EuroCup participating teams confirmed | Euroleague Basketball". Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved 2022-06-16.


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