Paris Basketball

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Paris Basketball
Logo Paris Basketball.svg
Leagues LNB Pro A
EuroCup
Founded12 July 2018;5 years ago (2018-07-12)
HistoryParis Basketball
2018–present
Arena Porte de La Chapelle Arena
Capacity8,000
Location Paris, France
Main sponsor Snipes  [ de ]
President David Kahn
Head coach Tuomas Iisalo
OwnershipParis Basketball Investments
Championships1 EuroCup
1 French League Cup
Website parisbasketball.paris

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.

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Founded in 2018 by David Kahn and Eric Schwartz, Paris Basketball plays its home games at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena. Three years after its establishment, Paris promoted to the first-level Pro A for the first time in 2021. In 2024, Paris Basketball won the LNB Pro A Leaders Cup and the 2023–24 EuroCup titles.

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.

Recent years

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

On 18 February 2024, Paris won the 2024 LNB Pro A Leaders Cup title, by defeating Nanterre 90–85 in the final, with a 26-point performance of the MVP T. J. Shorts. [5]

Paris won the 2023–24 EuroCup, after 2-0 in finals against Bourg. [6]

Honours

Domestic competitions

Winners (1): 2023–24
Runners-up (1): 2020–21

European competitions

Champions (1): 2023–24

Season by season

ChampionsRunners-upPlayoff berth
DNQDid not qualify
Paris Basketball
SeasonTierLeagueFinishPldWL Win% Playoffs French Cup Other CupsEuropean CompetitionsHead coach
2018–192 Pro B 11th341618.471DNQRound of 64 Leaders Cup quarter-finalsDNQJean-Christophe Prat
2019–202 Pro B 10th231112.478DNQRound of 32 Leaders Cup quarter-finals
2020–212 Pro B 2nd Increase2.svg342311.676N/ARound of 64 Leaders Cup semi-finals
2021–22 1 Pro A 15th341321.382DNQRound of 8N/A
2022–23 1 Pro A 9th341618.471DNQRound of 32 Leaders Cup

DNQ

 EuroCup

quarter-finals

 Will Weaver
2023-24 1 Pro A Round of 64 Leaders Cup champions EuroCup champions 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 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Shorts, T. J. 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)73 kg (161 lb)26 – (1997-10-15)15 October 1997
SF 1 Flag of the United States.svg Malcolm, Collin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)91 kg (201 lb)26 – (1997-07-02)2 July 1997
G 2 Flag of France.svg Hifi, Nadir 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)21 – (2002-07-16)16 July 2002
SF 3 Flag of the United States.svg Ward, Tyson 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)86 kg (190 lb)26 – (1997-07-26)26 July 1997
F/C 5 Flag of France.svg Sy, Bandja 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)33 – (1990-07-30)30 July 1990
F/C 6 Flag of Germany.svg Kessens, Michael 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)103 kg (227 lb)33 – (1991-02-16)16 February 1991
SG 7 Flag of Chile.svg Herrera, Sebastian 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)86 kg (190 lb)26 – (1997-11-01)1 November 1997
C 8 Flag of Germany.svg Kratzer, Leon 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)110 kg (243 lb)27 – (1997-02-04)4 February 1997
G/F 9 Flag of France.svg Denis, Gauthier 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)27 – (1997-04-01)1 April 1997
PG 10 Flag of France.svg Ngouama, Mehdy 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)79 kg (174 lb)28 – (1995-07-06)6 July 1995
F/C 18 Flag of France.svg Shahrvin, Enzo 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)21 – (2003-02-13)13 February 2003
PF 20 Flag of Finland.svg Jantunen, Mikael 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)100 kg (220 lb)23 – (2000-04-20)20 April 2000
F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Simon, Justin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)98 kg (216 lb)27 – (1996-05-06)6 May 1996
F 77 Flag of France.svg Logue, Maxim 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)18 – (2005-07-18)18 July 2005
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Hungary.svg Adrián Kovács
  • Flag of France.svg Bienvenue Kindoki
  • Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Mavomo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: August 10, 2023

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2Bench 3
C Leon Kratzer Bandja Sy Michael Kessens
PF Mikael Jantunen Justin Simon Enzo Shahrvin
SF Tyson Ward Collin Malcolm Gauthier Denis Maxim Logue
SG Nadir Hifi Sebastian Herrera
PG T. J. Shorts Mehdy Ngouama

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.NameFromTo
1 Flag of France.svg Jean-Christophe Prat20182022
2 Flag of the United States.svg Will Weaver 20222023
3 Flag of Finland.svg Tuomas Iisalo 2023present

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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.
  5. ↑ Led by T.J. Shorts, Paris captures maiden French Leaders Cup over Nanterre, eurohoops.net, 18 February 2024
  6. ↑ T.J. Shorts, Paris: 'We feel like nobody can stop us', euroleaguebasketball.net, 25 December 2023


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