Paris Basketball | ||||
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Leagues |
LNB Pro A EuroCup | |||
Founded | 12 July 2018 | |||
History | Paris Basketball 2018–present | |||
Arena | Porte de La Chapelle Arena | |||
Capacity | 8,000 | |||
Location | Paris, France | |||
Main sponsor | Snipes | |||
President | David Kahn | |||
Head coach | Tuomas Iisalo | |||
Ownership | Paris Basketball Investments | |||
Championships | 1
EuroCup 1 French League Cup | |||
Website | parisbasketball.paris | |||
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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.
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.
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.
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]
Champions | Runners-up | Playoff berth |
DNQ | Did not qualify |
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Season | Tier | League | Finish | Pld | W | L | Win% | Playoffs | French Cup | Other Cups | European Competitions | Head coach | |
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2018–19 | 2 | Pro B | 11th | 34 | 16 | 18 | .471 | DNQ | Round of 64 | Leaders Cup quarter-finals | DNQ | Jean-Christophe Prat | |
2019–20 | 2 | Pro B | 10th | 23 | 11 | 12 | .478 | DNQ | Round of 32 | Leaders Cup quarter-finals | |||
2020–21 | 2 | Pro B | 2nd | 34 | 23 | 11 | .676 | N/A | Round of 64 | Leaders Cup semi-finals | |||
2021–22 | 1 | Pro A | 15th | 34 | 13 | 21 | .382 | DNQ | Round of 8 | N/A | |||
2022–23 | 1 | Pro A | 9th | 34 | 16 | 18 | .471 | DNQ | Round 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 |
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Updated: August 10, 2023 |
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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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 |
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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No. | Name | From | To |
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1 | Jean-Christophe Prat | 2018 | 2022 |
2 | Will Weaver | 2022 | 2023 |
3 | Tuomas Iisalo | 2023 | present |
Paris Basketball | ||||
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Leagues |
LNB Pro A EuroCup | |||
Founded | 12 July 2018 | |||
History | Paris Basketball 2018–present | |||
Arena | Porte de La Chapelle Arena | |||
Capacity | 8,000 | |||
Location | Paris, France | |||
Main sponsor | Snipes | |||
President | David Kahn | |||
Head coach | Tuomas Iisalo | |||
Ownership | Paris Basketball Investments | |||
Championships | 1
EuroCup 1 French League Cup | |||
Website | parisbasketball.paris | |||
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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.
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.
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.
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]
Champions | Runners-up | Playoff berth |
DNQ | Did not qualify |
Paris Basketball | |||||||||||||
Season | Tier | League | Finish | Pld | W | L | Win% | Playoffs | French Cup | Other Cups | European Competitions | Head coach | |
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2018–19 | 2 | Pro B | 11th | 34 | 16 | 18 | .471 | DNQ | Round of 64 | Leaders Cup quarter-finals | DNQ | Jean-Christophe Prat | |
2019–20 | 2 | Pro B | 10th | 23 | 11 | 12 | .478 | DNQ | Round of 32 | Leaders Cup quarter-finals | |||
2020–21 | 2 | Pro B | 2nd | 34 | 23 | 11 | .676 | N/A | Round of 64 | Leaders Cup semi-finals | |||
2021–22 | 1 | Pro A | 15th | 34 | 13 | 21 | .382 | DNQ | Round of 8 | N/A | |||
2022–23 | 1 | Pro A | 9th | 34 | 16 | 18 | .471 | DNQ | Round 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 |
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Updated: August 10, 2023 |
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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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 |
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
|
No. | Name | From | To |
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1 | Jean-Christophe Prat | 2018 | 2022 |
2 | Will Weaver | 2022 | 2023 |
3 | Tuomas Iisalo | 2023 | present |