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Paris Basketball

{{short description|French professional basketball club}}

{{use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{distinguish|Basketball in Paris}}

{{Infobox basketball club

| name = Paris Basketball

| logo = Logo_Paris_Basketball.svg

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| nickname =Club de la capitale (Club of the capital)

| leagues = LNB Élite
EuroLeague

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| founded = {{Start date and age|df=y|2018|7|12}}

| dissolved =

| history = Paris Basketball
2018–present

| arena = Adidas Arena

| capacity = 8,000

| location = Paris, France

| colors =

| current = 2024–25 Paris Basketball season

| sponsor = {{ill|Snipes (company)|lt=Snipes|de|Snipes (Unternehmen)}}

| media =

| president = David Kahn

| vice-presidents =

| manager =

| coach = Tiago Splitter

| captain =

| ownership = Paris Basketball Investments

| championships = 1 EuroCup
1 French Cup
1 French League Cup

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| website = {{url|https://parisbasketball.com/en/|parisbasketball.com}}

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Paris Basketball is a French professional basketball club based in Paris. The club currently plays in the LNB Élite, 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 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.{{cite news |title=Basket - Pro B : Le projet du Paris Basketball dévoilé |url=https://www.sport365.fr/basket-pro-b-projet-paris-basketball-devoile-7592503.html |access-date=22 December 2021 |work=Sport 365 |date=12 July 2018 |language=fr-FR}} 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.{{cite web | title=C'est officiel, le HTV sans basket professionnel, Philippe Legname obligé de quitter la fédération | website=Star Var News | date=6 July 2018 | url=https://www.starvar.news/06/07/2018/cest-officiel-le-htv-sans-basket-professionnel-philippe-legname-oblige-de-quitter-la-federation/ | language=fr | access-date=25 September 2018}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Basketball |first=Paris |date=2024-02-05 |title=Paris Basketball pays tribute to Prat |url=https://parisbasketball.com/en/2024/02/paris-basketball-pays-tribute-to-prat/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Paris Basketball |language=en-GB}}

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.{{cite news |title=Basket : le Paris Basketball officiellement promu en Jeep Elite |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/sports/basket/basket-le-paris-basketball-officiellement-promu-en-jeep-elite-20210613 |access-date=24 June 2021 |work=LEFIGARO |language=fr}} 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.{{Cite web |title='No skipping steps': Will Weaver's approach to Paris Basketball |url=https://basketnews.com/news-175507-no-skipping-steps-will-weavers-approach-to-paris-basketball.html |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=basketnews.com |language=en}} Paris Basketball was selected to play in the 2022–23 season of the EuroCup, its debut in European competition.{{Cite web |title=2022-23 EuroLeague and EuroCup participating teams confirmed {{!}} Euroleague Basketball |url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/news/2022-23-euroleague-and-eurocup-participating-teams-confirmed/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Euroleague Basketball |language=en-GB}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-29 |title=Paris Basketball names Tuomas Iisalo as new head coach |url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/news/paris-basketball-names-tuomas-iisalo-as-new-head-coach/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Euroleague Basketball |language=en-GB}} The team also acquired a number of Bonn's key players, including T. J. Shorts, Tyson Ward and Collin Malcolm.{{Cite web|title=2023-24 Roster Rundown: Paris Basketball|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/2023-24-roster-rundown-paris-basketball/ |date=8 September 2023|access-date=7 December 2024|website=Euroleague Basketball}} On 18 February 2024, Paris won their first trophy in team history, as they won the 2024 Leaders Cup title, by defeating Nanterre 90–85 in the final, with a 26-point performance of the MVP T. J. Shorts.[https://www.eurohoops.net/en/proa/1631815/led-by-t-j-shorts-paris-captures-maiden-french-leaders-cup-over-nanterre/ Led by T.J. Shorts, Paris captures maiden French Leaders Cup over Nanterre], eurohoops.net, 18 February 2024

In the Pro A, Paris set a French basketball record with 25 consecutive wins,{{Cite web |last=Basketball |first=Paris |date=2024-06-17 |title=Paris Basketball to join the EuroLeague |url=https://parisbasketball.com/en/2024/06/paris-basketball-to-join-the-euroleague/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Paris Basketball |language=en-GB}} and finished second after losing to Monaco in the league finals.{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Elsa |date=2024-06-13 |title=AS Monaco Basket become Champions of France for second year in a row |url=https://monacolife.net/as-monaco-basket-become-champions-of-france-for-second-year-in-a-row/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Monaco Life |language=en-GB}} The team had more success on the international stage – Paris won the 2023–24 EuroCup, following a 2–0 finals win over fellow French team JL Bourg.[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/t-j-shorts-paris-we-feel-like-nobody-can-stop-us/ T.J. Shorts, Paris: 'We feel like nobody can stop us'], euroleaguebasketball.net, 25 December 2023 Following their championship, Paris Basketball earned their promotion to the 2024–25 season of the EuroLeague. The club also announced that it will also launch its women's team.{{Cite web |title=WOMEN'S SECTION |url=https://parisbasketball.com/en/paris-basketball-woman-committee/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Paris Basketball |language=en-GB}}

File:Paris Basketball SQBB match.jpg home game in the Adidas Arena in February 2024]]

After their EuroCup-winning season, coach Iisalo left the team to be an assistant coach (and later interim turned official head coach) for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA).{{Cite web |title=Tuomas Iisalo set to leave Paris for Memphis |url=https://basketnews.com/news-207682-tuomas-iisalo-set-to-leave-paris-for-memphis.html |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=basketnews.com |language=en}} In June 2024, Tiago Splitter was signed as his replacement, which was Splitter's first head coaching job.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-15 |title=Paris appointed Tiago Splitter as head coach {{!}} EuroLeague |url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/paris-appointed-tiago-splitter-as-head-coach/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Euroleague Basketball |language=en-GB}}

In the 2024–25 season, Paris made its debut in the EuroLeague, the highest level of European basketball. The team managed to qualify for the playoffs through the play-ins,{{Cite web |date=2025-04-16 |title=Historic Qualification for Paris - ParisBasketball |url=https://parisbasketball.com/en/2025/04/historic-qualification-for-paris/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=parisbasketball.com |language=en-US}} and was eventually defeated by Fenerbahçe in the quarterfinals.

Honours

=Domestic competitions=

:Runners-up (1): 2023–24

:Winners (1): 2024–25

:Winners (1): 2024

:Runners-up (1): 2020–21

=European competitions=

:Champions (1): 2023–24

Season by season

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"

!Season

!Tier

!League

!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after playoffs}}

!{{Tooltip|W–L|Wins–Losses}}

!French Cup

!Leaders Cup

!colspan=2|European competitions

style="background:#efefef;"|2018–19

| align=center|2

| align="center"| Pro B

| align="center"| 11th

| align=center|16–18

| Round of 64

| Quarterfinalist

| colspan=2 |

style="background:#efefef;"|2019–20

| align=center|2

| align="center"| Pro B

| align="center"| 10th{{ref|1|1}}

| align=center|11–12

| Round of 32

| Quarterfinalist

| colspan=2 |

style="background:#efefef;"|2020–21

| align=center|2

| align="center"| Pro B

| bgcolor=silver align="center"| 2nd

| align=center|23–11

| Round of 64

| Semifinalist

| colspan=2 |

style="background:#efefef;"|2021–22

| align=center|1

| align="center"| Pro A

| align="center"| 15th

| align=center|13–21

| Quarterfinalist

|

| colspan=2 |

style="background:#efefef;"|2022–23

| align=center|1

| align="center"| Pro A

| align="center"| 9th

| align=center|16–18

| Round of 32

|

| 2 EuroCup

align=center|{{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinals}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2023–24

| align=center|1

| align="center"| Pro A

| bgcolor=silver align="center"| 2nd

| align="center"| 27–7

| Round of 64

| style="background:gold"|Champion

| 2 EuroCup

style="background:gold" align=center|{{Tooltip|C|Champins}}
style="background:#efefef;"|2024–25

| align=center|1

| align="center"| Pro A

| align="center"|

| align="center"| 23–7

| style="background:gold"|Champion

| Quarterfinalist

| 1 EuroLeague

align=center|{{Tooltip|PO|Playoffs}}

{{refbegin}}

:{{note|1|1}} Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

{{refend}}

Players

= Current roster =

{{Basketball roster nationality note}}

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{{player3 | num = 0 | nat = USA | first = T. J. | last = Shorts | pos = PG | m=1.75 | kgs= 73|year=1997 |month=10 |date=15|nat2 = MKD}}

{{player3 | num = 1 | nat = USA | first = Collin | last = Malcolm | pos = GF | m=2.01 | kgs= 98|year=1997 |month=07 |date=02}}

{{player3 | num = 2 | nat = FRA | first = Nadir | last = Hifi | pos = G | m=1.84 | kgs= 82|year=2002 |month=07 |date=16|nat2 = ALG}}

{{player3 | num = 3 | nat = USA | first = Tyson | last = Ward | pos = SF | m=1.98 | kgs= 86|year=1997 |month=07 |date=26}}

{{player3 | num = 4 | nat = FRA | first = Léopold | last = Cavalière | pos = PF | m=2.03 | kgs= 95|year=1996 |month=04 |date=27}}

{{player3 | num = 5 | nat = FRA | first = Bandja | last = Sy | pos = FC | m=2.05 | kgs= 100|year=1990 |month=07 |date=30|nat2 = MLI}}

{{player3 | num = 7 | nat = CHI | first = Sebastián | last = Herrera |dab=basketball | pos = SG | m=1.93 | kgs= 86|year=1997 |month=11 |date=01|nat2 = GER}}

{{player3 | num = 8 | nat = GER | first = Leon | last = Kratzer | pos = C | m=2.11 | kgs= 110|year=1997 |month=02 |date=04}}

{{player3 | num = 12 | nat = SEN | first = Maodo | last = Lô | pos = G | m=1.91 | kgs= 82|year=1992 |month=12 |date = 31|nat2 = GER}}

{{player3 | num = 13 | nat = USA | first = Kevarrius | last = Hayes | pos = C | m=2.06 | kgs= 103|year=1997 |month=03 |date=05|nat2 = CAR}}

{{player3 | num = 20 | nat = FIN | first = Mikael | last = Jantunen | pos = PF | m=2.03 | kgs= 100|year=2000 |month=04 |date=20}}

{{player3 | num = 21 | nat = FRA | first = Mathis | last = Dossou-Yovo | pos = FC | m=2.05 | kgs= 95|year=2000 |month=1 |date=6}}

{{player3 | num = 24 | nat = GHA | first = Yakuba | last = Ouattara | pos = GF | m=1.92 | kgs= 84|year=1992 |month=01 |date=24|nat2 = FRA}}

{{player3 | num = 34 | nat = USA | first = Daulton | last = Hommes | pos = PF | m=2.03 | kgs= 98|year=1996 |month=07 |date=04|inj = yes}}

{{Basketball roster footer

| head_coach =

  • {{flagicon|BRA|size=22px}} {{flagicon|ESP|size=23px}} Tiago Splitter

| asst_coach = * {{player||HUN|Adrián Kovács}}

  • {{player||FRA|Bienvenue Kindoki}}
  • {{player||FRA|Emmanuel Mavomo}}

| ath_train =

| roster_url = https://parisbasketball.com/en/team-parisbasketball/

| accessdate = 26 May 2025

}}

=Depth chart=

{{Basketball depth chart | team_name=Paris Basketball | switch_colors = yes

| starter_c = Kevarrius Hayes

| starter_pf = Mikael Jantunen

| starter_sf = Tyson Ward

| starter_sg = Nadir Hifi

| starter_pg = T. J. Shorts

| bench 1_c = Leon Kratzer

| bench 1_pf = Bandja Sy

| bench 1_sf = Collin Malcolm

| bench 1_sg = Yakuba Ouattara

| bench 1_pg = Maodo Lô

| bench 2_c =

| bench 2_pf = Léopold Cavalière

| bench 2_sf =

| bench 2_sg = Sebastian Herrera

| bench 2_pg =

| bench 3_c = Mathis Dossou-Yovo

| bench 3_pf =

| bench 3_sf =

| bench 3_sg =

| bench 3_pg =

| bench 4_c =

| bench 4_pf = Daulton Hommes File:Cruz Roja.svg

| bench 4_sf =

| bench 4_sg =

| bench 4_pg =

}}

=Notable players=

{{see also|:Category:Paris Basketball players}}

{{Basketball notable players criteria}}

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Head coaches

class="wikitable"

|+

!No.

!Name

!From

!To

!Ref.

1

|{{Flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Christophe Prat

|2018

|2022

|

2

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Will Weaver

|2022

|2023

|

3

|{{Flagicon|FIN}} Tuomas Iisalo

|2023

|2024

|

4

|{{Flagicon|BRA}} Tiago Splitter

|2024

|present

|

References

External links

  • {{Official website|https://parisbasketball.com/en/}} {{in lang|en|fr}}

{{Paris Basketball 2023–24 Eurocup champions}}

{{Paris Basketball current roster}}

{{LNB Pro A}}

Category:Basketball teams established in 2018

Category:Basketball teams in France

Category:Basketball teams in Paris

Category:2018 establishments in France