Morin in January 2023 | |
No. 12–UCAM Murcia | |
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Position | Power forward / center |
League | Liga ACB |
Personal information | |
Born | Fort-de-France, France | August 31, 1993
Nationality | French |
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012–2015 | Cholet |
2015–2016 | Denain-Voltaire |
2016–2017 | Le Havre |
2017–2018 | Oklahoma City Blue |
2018 | Le Mans Sarthe |
2018 | Nanterre 92 |
2018–2020 | Champagne Châlons-Reims |
2020–2022 | SIG Strasbourg |
2022–2024 | Chorale Roanne Basket |
2024–present | UCAM Murcia |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Yannis Morin (born August 31, 1993) is a French professional basketball player for UCAM Murcia CB of the Liga ACB.
Born in Fort-de-France, capital of the French overseas department of Martinique, Morin went through the youth ranks of Golden Lion Basketball in Saint-Joseph, Martinique, before joining the Pôle Espoirs de Martinique. [1] He enrolled at INSEP, National Institute of Sport, expertise, and performance, in 2008. [2] In 2012, he joined LNB Pro A side Cholet Basket. His best season statistically at Cholet was 2014–15, when he averaged 3.6 points and 1.9 rebounds in 31 games played.
In 2015–16, Morin scored 7.5 points a game for French second-division team Denain, [3] before heading to fellow ProB side STB Le Havre for the 2016–17 season. Making 34 appearances for Le Havre that year, he averaged 6.8 points as well as 7.4 rebounds per outing. In 2017, he participated in the NBA Summer League with the Oklahoma City Thunder. [4]
On October 11, 2017, Morin signed a training camp contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder. [5] He was waived on October 14 as one of the team's final preseason roster cuts [6] and then joined the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League [7] averaging 5.6 points and 4.2 rebounds in 34 games. [8] On April 14, 2018, after the conclusion of the G League season, he signed with Le Mans Sarthe of the French LNB Pro A. [8] He saw action in 12 games of the ProA playoffs, averaging 2.7 points and 1.8 boards a contest, en route to winning the French championship. [9]
After a short stint with Nanterre 92, he signed a short-term deal with fellow Pro A team Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket in October 2018, [10] In May 2020, he signed with SIG Strasbourg, [11] alongside Léopold Cavalière. [12]
In May 2022, Morin signed a deal with Chorale Roanne Basket. [13] He moved to UCAM Murcia CB of the Spanish Liga ACB in May 2024. [14]
Morin represented the French national team at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. [15]
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