Paris Basketball

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.

Paris Basketball
LeaguesLNB Pro A
Founded2018 (2018)
ArenaHalle Georges Carpentier
Capacity5,000
LocationParis, France
PresidentDavid Kahn
Head coachJean-Christophe Prat
Websiteparisbasketball.paris

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). I Goal of the club was to eventually be a team in the EuroLeague, the highest-level European league. The basketball club was founded in 2018 and immediately entered the LNB Pro B, the national second tier league, as the club bought the licence of HTV Basket.[1] 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.[2]

Honours

LNB Pro B

  • Runners-up (1): 2020–21

Season by season
Champions Runners-up Playoff berth
Season Tier League Finish Wins Losses Win% Playoffs French Cup Other cups Head coach
Paris Basketball
2018–19 2 Pro B 11th 16 18 .471 – Round of 64 Leaders Cup quarter-finals Jean-Christophe Prat
2019–20 2 Pro B 10th 11 12 .478 – Round of 32 Leaders Cup quarter-finals
2020–21 2 Pro B 2nd 23 11 .676 – Round of 64 Leaders Cup group stage


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
SG 0 Allman, Kyle 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 24 – (1997-09-02)2 September 1997
PG 3 Gendrey, Lois 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 21 – (2000-05-26)26 May 2000
PF 5 Sy, Amara 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 40 – (1981-08-28)28 August 1981
PG 6 Boatright, Ryan 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 28 – (1992-12-27)27 December 1992
F/C 7 O’Quinn, Kyle 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 31 – (1990-03-26)26 March 1990
C 8 Kamagate, Ismael 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 20 – (2001-01-17)17 January 2001
SF 9 Denis, Gauthier 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (1997-04-01)1 April 1997
PG 10 Barbitch, Milan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2001-10-12)12 October 2001
PF 14 Sleva, Dustin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1995-09-23)23 September 1995
SG 23 Bégarin, Juhann 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 19 – (2002-08-07)7 August 2002
Head coach
  • Jean-Christophe Prat
Assistant coach(es)
  • Bienvenue Kindoki
  • Emmanuel Cœuret
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: September 2, 2021

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.

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Basket : le Paris Basketball officiellement promu en Jeep Elite". LEFIGARO (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2021.


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