Yannis Morin

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Yannis Morin
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Morin in January 2023
No. 12–UCAM Murcia
Position Power forward / center
League Liga ACB
Personal information
Born (1993-08-31) August 31, 1993 (age 30)
Fort-de-France, France
NationalityFrench
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2015: undrafted
Playing career2012–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   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Yannis Morin (born August 31, 1993) is a French professional basketball player for UCAM Murcia CB of the Liga ACB.

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Professional career

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]

International career

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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References

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  2. ↑ "Yannis MORIN". Cholet Basket. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  3. ↑ "Yannis Morin signe au STB Le Havre". BeBasket (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  4. ↑ "Oklahoma City vs. Indiana - Box Score - July 6, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  5. ↑ "Thunder Signs Morin and Wright". NBA.com. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Thunder Waives Four". NBA.com. October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Oklahoma City Blue Announces Training Camp Roster - Oklahoma City Blue". Oklahoma City Blue. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  8. 1 2 "Yannis Morin signs at Le Mans". Eurobasket.com. 2017-04-14. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  9. ↑ "Morin Yannis | LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  10. ↑ "35 jours de contrat au CCRB pour Yannis Morin". BeBasket (in French). Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  11. ↑ Carchia, Emiliano (May 4, 2020). "SIG Strasbourg signs Yannis Morin". Sportando. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  12. ↑ Léopold Cavalière rejoint la SIG pour trois ans Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, 8 May 2020. Accessed 22 October 2021.(in French)
  13. ↑ "Yannis Morin et Kadri Moendadze s'engagent à la Chorale". Chorale Basket Roanne (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  14. ↑ "El UCAM Murcia CB incorpora a Yannis Morin". UCAM Murcia CB. 2024-05-12. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  15. ↑ "Yannis Morin | U16 European Championship Men (2009) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
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