Elias Lasisi

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Elias Lasisi
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Lasisi with Academics Heidelberg in October 2022
No. 9–Windrose Giants Antwerp
Position Shooting guard
League BNXT League
Personal information
Born (1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 (age 32)
Leuven, Belgium
Listed height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2014: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2015 Leuven Bears
2015–2017 Limburg United
2017 Le Portel
2017–2019 Oostende
2019–2020 BG Göttingen
2020 Brose Bamberg
2020–2022 Crailsheim Merlins
2022–2024 MLP Academics Heidelberg
2024–present Antwerp Giants
Career highlights and awards

Elias Lasisi (born 9 January 1992) is a Belgian professional basketball player for Antwerp Giants of the BNXT League. [1] He has also been a member of the Belgium national basketball team.

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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]

On June 21, 2024, he signed with Antwerp Giants of the BNXT League. [10]

National team career

Lasisi was selected for Belgium for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification games against Bosnia and Herzegovina and France. [11]

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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. ↑ Carchia, Emiliano (3 November 2020). "Crailsheim Merlins land Elias Lasisi and Bogdan Radosavljevic". Sportando. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Elias Lasisi kommt". mlp-academics-heidelberg.de (in German). August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Elias Lasisi comes to Antwerp Giants". bnxtleague.com. June 21, 2024. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Belgium - FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
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