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
Founded12 July 2018 (2018-07-12)
HistoryParis Basketball
2018–present
ArenaHalle Georges Carpentier
Capacity5,000
LocationParis, France
Main sponsorSnipes
PresidentDavid Kahn
Head coachJean-Christophe Prat
OwnershipParis Basketball Investments
Websiteparisbasketball.paris

The club was founded in 2018 by David Kahn and Eric Schwartz. The team plays its home games at the Halle Georges Carpentier. Three years after its establishment, Paris promoted to the first-level Pro A for the first time.

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 Porte 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]

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 Jr., 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) 29 – (1992-12-27)27 December 1992
PF 7 Funderburk, D. J. 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 25 – (1997-04-12)12 April 1997
C 8 Kamagate, Ismael 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 21 – (2001-01-17)17 January 2001
SF 9 Denis, Gauthier 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (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 Begarin, Juhann 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 19 – (2002-08-07)7 August 2002
SF 33 Toupane, Axel 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 29 – (1992-07-23)23 July 1992
Head coach
  • Jean-Christophe Prat
Assistant coach(es)
  • Bienvenue Kindoki
  • Emmanuel Cœuret
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: March 16, 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. "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.


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