Paris Basketball

Not to be confused with Basketball in Paris.

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.

Paris Basketball
Nickname	Club de la capitale (Club of the capital)
Leagues	LNB Élite EuroLeague
Founded	12 July 2018; 7 years ago (2018-07-12)
History	Paris Basketball 2018–present
Arena	Adidas Arena
Capacity	8,000
Location	Paris, France
Main sponsor	Snipes [de]
President	David Kahn
Head coach	Francesco Tabellini
Ownership	Paris Basketball Investments
Championships	1 EuroCup 1 French Championship 1 French Cup 1 French League Cup
Website	parisbasketball.com
Home Away Third

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, and one year later they won the club's first French championship title and the French Cup.

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 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, Paris set a French basketball record with 25 consecutive wins,^[10] and finished second after losing to Monaco in the league finals.^[11] 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.^[12] Following their championship, Paris Basketball earned their promotion to the 2024–25 season of the EuroLeague.^[10] The club also announced that it will also launch its women's team.^[13]

A LNB Pro A 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).^[14] In June 2024, Tiago Splitter was signed as his replacement, which was Splitter's first head coaching job.^[15]

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,^[16] and was eventually defeated by Fenerbahçe in the quarterfinals.

Honours

Domestic competitions

• French League

Winners (1): 2024–25

Runners-up (1): 2023–24

• French Cup

Winners (1): 2024–25

• Leaders Cup

Winners (1): 2024

• LNB Pro B

Runners-up (1): 2020–21

European competitions

• EuroCup

Champions (1): 2023–24

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	W–L	French Cup	Leaders Cup	European competitions
2018–19	2	Pro B	11th	16–18	Round of 64	Quarterfinalist
2019–20	2	Pro B	10th1	11–12	Round of 32	Quarterfinalist
2020–21	2	Pro B	2nd	23–11	Round of 64	Semifinalist
2021–22	1	Pro A	15th	13–21	Quarterfinalist
2022–23	1	Pro A	9th	16–18	Round of 32		2 EuroCup	QF
2023–24	1	Élite	2nd	27–7	Round of 64	Champion	2 EuroCup	C
2024–25	1	Élite	1st	31–10	Champion	Quarterfinalist	1 EuroLeague	PO

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

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. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 2 Hifi, Nadir 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 23 – (2002-07-16)16 July 2002 PF 4 Cavalière, Léopold 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1996-04-27)27 April 1996 SG 7 Herrera, Sebastián 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – (1997-11-01)1 November 1997 G/F 24 Ouattara, Yakuba 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 33 – (1992-01-24)24 January 1992 PF 34 Hommes, Daulton 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 29 – (1996-07-04)4 July 1996 F Dokossi, Allan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 25 – (1999-10-14)14 October 1999 PF M'Baye, Amath 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 35 – (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 G/F Morgan, Jeremy 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 30 – (1995-05-08)8 May 1995 PF Willis, Derek 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 30 – (1995-06-21)21 June 1995 SG Ayayi, Joël 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 25 – (2000-03-05)5 March 2000 C Bako, Ismaël 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 29 – (1995-10-10)10 October 1995 SG Moungalla, Ilian 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 17 – (2007-11-13)13 November 2007 F Stevens, Lamar 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 28 – (1997-07-09)9 July 1997 PG Robinson, Justin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1997-10-12)12 October 1997 C Faye, Momo 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 20 – (2005-02-05)5 February 2005	Head coach Francesco Tabellini Assistant coach(es) Carles Marco Julius Thomas Bienvenu Kindoki Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: July 24, 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Ismaël Bako	Momo Faye	Léopold Cavalière
PF	Derek Willis	Amath M'Baye	Daulton Hommes
SF	Lamar Stevens	Jeremy Morgan	Allan Dokossi
SG	Nadir Hifi	Joël Ayayi	Sebastian Herrera
PG	Justin Robinson		Ilian Moungalla

Notable players

See also: Category:Paris Basketball 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.

• Ryan Boatright
• Chris Goulding
• Daniel Dillon
• Amar Gegić
• Kris Joseph
• Jevohn Shepherd
• Evans Ganapamo
• Sebastián Herrera
• Mikael Jantunen
• Juhann Bégarin
• Nobel Boungou Colo
• Pacôme Dadiet
• Sylvain Francisco
• Ismaël Kamagate
• Victor Samnick
• Amara Sy
• Axel Toupane
• Karim Ezzedine
• Ben Uzoh
• Alfonso Plummer
• Michael Roll
• Kyle Allman
• Jeremy Evans
• Marquez Haynes
• Kyle O'Quinn
• T. J. Shorts
• Aamir Simms
• Dustin Sleva
• Tyrone Wallace
• Tyson Ward
• Sheck Wes

Head coaches

No.	Name	From	To	Ref.
1	Jean-Christophe Prat	2018	2022	[3]
2	Will Weaver	2022	2023	[5]
3	Tuomas Iisalo	2023	2024	[7][14]
4	Tiago Splitter	2024	2025	[15][17]
5	Francesco Tabellini	2025	present	[18]