Paris Basketball
Paris Basketball is a French professional basketball club based in Paris. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro B, the second division of basketball in France.
| Paris Basketball | |
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| Leagues | Pro B |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Arena | Halle Georges Carpentier |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Location | Paris, France |
| President | David Kahn |
| Head coach | Jean-Christophe Prat |
| Website | parisbasketball |
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.
Season by season
| Champions | Runners-up | Playoff berth |
| Season | Tier | League | Finish | Wins | Losses | Win% | Playoffs | French Cup | Other cups | Head coach | |
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| 2018–19 | 2 | Pro B | 11th | 16 | 18 | .471 | – | Round of 64 | Leaders Cup quarter-finals | Jean-Christophe Prat | |
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Notable players
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
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Kris Joseph- Jevohn Shepherd
Evans Ganapamo
References
- "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.