Paris Basketball

Paris Basketball
Paris Basketball
2024–25 Paris Basketball season
Nickname	Club de la capitale (Club of the capital)
Leagues	LNB Pro A; EuroLeague
Founded	12 July 2018; 6 years ago
History	Paris Basketball; 2018–present
Arena	Adidas Arena
Capacity	8,000
Location	Paris, France
Main sponsor	Snipes [de]
President	David Kahn
Head coach	Tiago Splitter
Ownership	Paris Basketball Investments
Championships	1 EuroCup; 1 French League Cup
Website	parisbasketball.paris

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 EuroLeague since 2024–25.

Founded in 2018, Paris plays its home games at the Adidas Arena. Three years after its establishment, Paris promoted to the first-level LNB Pro A for the first time, in 2021. In 2024, the team won the LNB Pro A Leaders Cup and the 2023–24 EuroCup titles.

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 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.

The team began in the Pro B under head coach Jean-Cristophe "JC" Prat, who developed an effective style of play, which showcased young players such as Ismaël Kamagate, Juhann Begarin and Dustin Sleva.^[3]

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.^[4] During that season, rapper Sheck Wes also played for the team for three games while coming off the bench for Paris.

European success (2022–present)

In July 2022, Paris signed Will Weaver as the team's new head coach.^[5] Paris Basketball was selected to play in the 2022–23 season of the EuroCup, its debut in European competition.^[6]

In June 2023, Paris signed Finnish head coach Tuomas Iisalo, who had led Bonn to a maiden Basketball Champions League title in the previous year.^[7] The team also acquired a number of Bonn's key players, including T. J. Shorts, Tyson Ward and Collin Malcolm.^[8] On 18 February 2024, Paris won their first trophy in team history, as they 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.^[9] In the Pro A, they set a French basketball record with 25 consecutive wins,^[10] and finished second after losing to Monaco in the league finals. Paris won the 2023–24 EuroCup, after 2–0 in finals against JL Bourg, another French team.^[11] Following their championship, Paris Basketball earned their promotion to the 2024–25 season of the EuroLeague.^[10] Starting from that season, Paris Basketball will also launch its women's team.^[12]

After their most EuroCup-winning season, coach Iisalo left the team to sign for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[13] In June 2024, Tiago Splitter was signed as his replacement, which was Splitter's first head coaching job.^[14]

Honours

Domestic competitions

French League

Runners-up (1): 2023–24

LNB Pro A Leaders Cup

Winners (1): 2023–24

LNB Pro B

Runners-up (1): 2020–21

European competitions

EuroCup

Champions (1): 2023–24

Season by season

Champions	Runners-up	Playoff berth
DNQ	Did not qualify

Season	Tier	League	Finish	Pld	W	L	Win%	Playoffs	French Cup	Other Cups	European Competitions	Head coach
Paris Basketball
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	2nd	34	27	7	.794	Runners-up	Round of 64	Leaders Cup champions	EuroCup champions	Tuomas Iisalo

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Paris Basketball roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.		Age
PG	0	Shorts, T. J.	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	27 – (1997-10-15)15 October 1997
G/F	1	Malcolm, Collin	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	27 – (1997-07-02)2 July 1997
G	2	Hifi, Nadir	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	22 – (2002-07-16)16 July 2002
SF	3	Ward, Tyson	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	27 – (1997-07-26)26 July 1997
PF	4	Cavalière, Léopold	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	28 – (1996-04-27)27 April 1996
F/C	5	Sy, Bandja	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	34 – (1990-07-30)30 July 1990
SG	7	Herrera, Sebastian	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	27 – (1997-11-01)1 November 1997
C	8	Kratzer, Leon	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	27 – (1997-02-04)4 February 1997
G/F	9	Denis, Gauthier	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)		27 – (1997-04-01)1 April 1997
G	12	Lô, Maodo	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	31 – (1992-12-31)31 December 1992
C	13	Hayes, Kevarrius	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	27 – (1997-03-05)5 March 1997
F/C	18	Shahrvin, Enzo	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)		21 – (2003-02-13)13 February 2003
PF	20	Jantunen, Mikael	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	24 – (2000-04-20)20 April 2000
G/F	24	Ouattara, Yakuba	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	32 – (1992-01-24)24 January 1992
PF	34	Hommes, Daulton	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	28 – (1996-07-04)4 July 1996

Head coach

Tiago Splitter

Assistant coach(es)

Adrián Kovács
Bienvenue Kindoki
Emmanuel Mavomo

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: June 24, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Kevarrius Hayes	Leon Kratzer
PF	Mikael Jantunen	Bandja Sy	Daulton Hommes	Enzo Shahrvin
SF	Tyson Ward	Collin Malcolm	Léopold Cavalière	Gauthier Denis
SG	Nadir Hifi	Yakuba Ouattara		Sebastian Herrera
PG	T. J. Shorts	Maodo Lô

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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.