Metropolitans 92

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Metropolitans 92
Metropolitans 92 logo.png
NicknameMets 92
Leagues Nationale Masculine 1
Founded9 June 2007;17 years ago (2007-06-09)
HistoryParis-Levallois Basket
2007–2017
Levallois Metropolitans
2017–2019
Metropolitans 92
2019–present
Arena Marcel Cerdan Sports Palace
Capacity4,000
Location Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Team colorsNavy and Gold
  
President Alain Bouvard
Head coach Vincent Collet
Championships1 French Federation Cup
1 French Supercup
Website metropolitans92.com

Metropolitans 92 is a French professional basketball club that is based in Levallois-Perret, in the Paris metropolitan area. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the highest-tier level in French basketball.

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The club was established in 2007, as Paris-Levallois Basket. Its home arena is the Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people. Levallois has won two titles thus far, winning the French Federation Cup and the Match des Champions (French Supercup), both in 2013.

The team is most known for being the former club of Victor Wembanyama, who went on to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after being selected number one in the 2023 NBA draft after his sole season with Metropolitans. In 2024, the team, after finishing in last place, was relegated to the Nationale Masculine 1 league.

History

Named after the French Revolution, the club was founded in its current form in 2007, with the merger of Paris Basket Racing, from the city of Paris, and Levallois Sporting Club Basket, from the nearby commune of Levallois-Perret, and started to play with the name of Paris-Levallois Basket. The club retains all of the history and titles of Paris Basket Racing and Levallois Sporting Club Basket. [1]

Despite beginning in the top-tier level of French basketball, the LNB Pro A, Paris-Levallois was relegated to the French second-tier level LNB Pro B, after finishing second from the bottom in the 2007–08 season. The club returned to the Pro A at the first opportunity, by claiming the league promotion from the Pro B in the 2008–09 season. Since then, the club has played in the top tier of French basketball.

On 5 July 2017, the club's board of directors agreed to change the name of the club to Levallois Metropolitans. [2] On 4 July 2019, former NBA player Boris Diaw was announced as the club's new president, succeeding Jean-Pierre Aubry. [3]

In the 2022–23 season, French young star Victor Wembanyama joined the team from ASVEL. Wenbanyama was widely projected to be the number one pick in the 2023 NBA draft. In October 2022, the Metropolitans 92 played two exhibition games against the NBA G League Ignite in the United States, giving the club greater international exposure. In the 2023 NBA draft, two of the team's players were selected in the top 10 of the draft, with Victor Wembanyama being selected #1 by the San Antonio Spurs and Bilal Coulibaly being selected seventh overall by the Indiana Pacers and then traded to the Washington Wizards.

The following season after Wembanyama's departure, Metropolitans struggled in the 2023–24 LNB Élite season. The team finished last in the league standing and was relegated to the LNB Pro B. [4] The team's mother organization was previously funded by the Boulogne-Billancourt municipality, however, the municipality decided to cut the basketball club from its costs and searched for investors that were interested in purchasing the team. In May 2024, it was announced that the team had gone bankrupt. [5] [6] However, in order to mitigate the problem, the club decided to drop out of playing in the LNB Pro B that season and instead demote themselves further downward into the Nationale Masculine 1.

Arenas

The Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan in November 2011 Parc des sports Marcel-Cerdan de Levallois.jpg
The Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan in November 2011

Metropolitans 92 play their home games at the 4,000 seat [7] [8] Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan. Over the years, the club has also used the 4,200 seat Stade Pierre de Coubertin, as its home venue.

Honours and titles

Domestic competitions

Season by season

Season Tier LeaguePos. French Cup Leaders Cup European competitions
2007–08 1 Pro A 15thRound of 32
2008–092 Pro B 2ndRound of 16
2009–10 1 Pro A 7thRound of 32
2010–11 1 Pro A 13thRound of 163 EuroChallenge QR
2011–12 1 Pro A 6thRound of 32Quarterfinalist
2012–13 1 Pro A 12thChampionSemifinalist3 EuroChallenge QF
2013–14 1 Pro A 6th Quarterfinalist Semifinalist2 Eurocup RS
2014–15 1 Pro A 11th Round of 16
2015–16 1 Pro A 14th Round of 16
2016–17 1 Pro A 3rd Round of 16
2017–18 1 Pro A 10th Semifinalist 2 EuroCup RS
2018–19 1 Pro A 12th Semifinalist
2019–20 1 Pro A 4th Quarterfinalist
2020–21 1 Pro A 6th Quarterfinalist 2 EuroCup QF
2021–22 1 Pro A 3rd Quarterfinalist 2 EuroCup QF

Players

Current roster

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

Metropolitans 92 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PF 9 Flag of Lithuania.svg Sorokas, Paulius 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)32 – (1992-08-25)25 August 1992
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Brown, Tevin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)26 – (1998-09-23)23 September 1998
F 12 Flag of France.svg Dicko, Moussa 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)20 – (2004-06-16)16 June 2004
G 20 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Gegić, Amar 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)26 – (1998-02-14)14 February 1998
PF 21 Flag of France.svg Loum, Abdoulaye 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)33 – (1991-04-03)3 April 1991
C 24 Flag of Slovenia.svg Omić, Alen 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)32 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992
SG 33 Flag of France.svg Toupane, Axel 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)32 – (1992-07-23)23 July 1992
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: December 19, 2023

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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.
France:

Europe:

US:

Rest of Americas:

Africa:

Oceania:

Head coaches

See also

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References

  1. ↑ History of Paris Levallois (in French). [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Le Paris Levallois devient les Levallois Metropolitans" (in French). Paris-Levallois Basket. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Jeep Élite : Boris Diaw officiellement président des Metropolitans 92 - Basket - Jeep Elite". L'Équipe. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ↑ à 12h05, Par Julien Lesage Le 16 avril 2024 (16 April 2024). "Les Metropolitans 92 relégués en Pro B : le récit d'une saison « lunaire » qui a tourné à la « mascarade »". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ à 14h10, Par Julien Lesage Le 14 mai 2024 (14 May 2024). "Basket : fin de l'histoire pour les Metropolitans 92, qui vont disparaître". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Victor Wembanyama's former team Metropolitans 92 goes bankrupt". basketnews.com. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  7. ↑ Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan (in French).
  8. ↑ Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan (in French).
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