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Basketball At The 2020 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan was held from 24 July to 8 August 2021. The basketball competitions were held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama (city), Saitama, while the debuting 3x3 basketball, 3x3 competitions were held at the temporary Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo. Medal summary Medal table Events Qualification summary 5-on-5 basketball Qualification The National Olympic Committees may enter only one 12-player men's team and only one 12-player women's team. The men's qualification was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic whereas the women's qualification ended on time and unaffected. Men's qualification Women's qualification Twelve teams qualified for the women's tournament. The host nation and the 2018 World Cup winners qualified. Those two teams, however, had to play in the pre-qualifying and qualifying tournaments and each took up one of the qualifying spots from those tournaments. Thus, while two of the World Qualifying Tournaments pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach LaVine
Zachary Thomas LaVine ( ; born March 10, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves. A two-time Slam Dunk Contest champion, he was named an NBA All-Star with the Chicago Bulls in 2021 and 2022. He also won a gold medal on the 2020 U.S. Olympic team in Tokyo. LaVine grew up in the Seattle area, where he was honored as the state's top high school player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. After one season at UCLA, he entered the NBA after being named one of the top freshmen in the Pac-12 Conference. As a rookie with Minnesota, LaVine won the league's Slam Dunk Contest, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. In 2016, he became the fourth NBA player to ever win consecutive dunk contests. He was traded to the Chicago Bulls in 2017, where he played for eight seasons b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot (; born 9 May 1995) is a French professional basketball player for Saski Baskonia of the ACB league and the EuroLeague. He was selected 24th overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2016 NBA draft. Professional career Olympique Antibes (2012–2015) Between 2012 and 2014, Luwawu-Cabarrot played a total of five games for the Antibes Sharks. In January 2014 he signed his first pro deal with Antibes, and in 2014–15, he became a full squad member for the first time. In 42 games for Antibes in 2014–15, he averaged 7.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.1 steals per game. He also helped the team win the LNB Pro B Leaders Cup. He originally planned to enter the 2015 NBA draft, but ultimately did not. Mega Leks (2015–2016) On 5 July 2015, Luwawu-Cabarrot signed with Mega Leks of Serbia for the 2015–16 season. He helped the club win the Serbian Cup, and at the season's end, he earned All-ABA League Team honours. In 28 ABA League games for Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Heurtel
Thomas David Heurtel (; born 10 April 1989) is a French professional basketball player for Básquet Coruña, Leyma Coruña of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. Professional career France (2007–2010) Heurtel rose through the ranks at the French club Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez, and he played in the senior men's first team of the club for two seasons. In the 2008-09 LNB season, 2008–09 season, he won the LNB Pro A, French League's LNB Pro A Awards, Rising Star Award. One year later, after the promotion and relegation, relegation of Pau-Orthez, he signed with the French club ASVEL Basket, but he played on loan (sports), loan with French club SIG Basket, Strasbourg IG. Spain (2010–2014) In the summer of 2010, Heurtel left France, to join the Liga ACB, Spanish League club CB Lucentum Alicante, Meridiano Alicante. In 2011, Heurtel signed with Spanish club Saski Baskonia, Baskonia, and with them he debuted in the European professional club b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Gobert
Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel ( , ; born June 26, 1992) is a French professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played for the Utah Jazz who acquired him during the 2013 NBA draft. Gobert also represents the France men's national basketball team, French national team in its international competitions. Standing at tall with a wingspan of long, he plays the Center (basketball), center position. He is regarded as one of the best defensive players of all time. Gobert has won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, NBA Defensive Player of the Year award four times, tied for the most in NBA history with Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace (basketball), Ben Wallace. He is a four-time All-NBA Team member, seven-time NBA All-Defensive Team, All-Defensive First Team member, and three-time NBA All-Star. Gobert was also the List of National Basketball Association annual blocks leaders, NBA blocks leader in the 2016–17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Fournier
Evan Mehdi Fournier (; born 29 October 1992) is a French–Algerian professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He played junior basketball at the French INSEP academy from 2007 to 2009. Early life Fournier was born on 29 October 1992, in Saint-Maurice, a small suburb outside of Paris, to a French father and a mother of Algerian descent. He became interested in basketball in 2002, thanks to the 2001–02 Sacramento Kings team. Fournier wore the number 10 on his jersey in honor of then-Sacramento King, Mike Bibby. Professional career JSF Nanterre (2009–2010) In September 2009, Fournier signed a one-year deal with JSF Nanterre of the LNB Pro B. Poitiers Basket 86 (2010–2012) In June 2010, Fournier signed a two-year deal Poitiers Basket 86 of the LNB Pro A. Denver Nuggets (2012–2014) On 28 June 2012, Fournier was selected with the 20th overall pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 2012 NBA draft. On 11 July 2012, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moustapha Fall
Moustapha Fall (born 23 February 1992) is a French professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He is also a member of the senior men's French national team. Standing at , Fall plays at the center position. He is an excellent defender, finishing effectively in almost all pass under the basket, while often serving as a racket playmaker as he is pretty good passer. Professional career Fall played in the French league from 2011 to 2017. In the 2015–16 season, he played for Olympique Antibes where he led the French league in blocked shots. He signed with Élan Chalon for the 2016–17 season. This season, Chalon won the Pro A which was Fall's first national title. In addition, Fall played in the FIBA Europe Cup Final with Chalon, where his team lost to Nanterre 92. He was named Top Performer of the Final by the FIBA Europe Cup. Prior to the start of the French season, Fall participated in the 2016 NBA Summer League in Las Veg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nando De Colo
Nando Bruno Alfred Andre de Colo (born 23 June 1987) is a French professional basketball player and the team captain for LDLC ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. Standing at a height of , he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions. A six-time All-EuroLeague selection, de Colo won the EuroLeague title in 2016 and 2019 with CSKA Moscow, earning both the EuroLeague MVP and Final Four MVP awards in the process. De Colo is the all-time top scorer in European continental basketball competitions, having surpassed Nikos Galis in 2022. Early life De Colo was born in Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, France to parents who were both born and raised in Portugal. He attended Lycée Fernand Renaudeau in Cholet, and made his first appearance on the Cholet Under-20 team in 2004–05. Professional career Early career De Colo made his professional debut during the 2006–07 season with Cholet Basket of the LNB Pro A. Under supervision of head coach Erman Kunter, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Cornelie
Petr William Cornelie (born July 26, 1995) is a French professional basketball player for AS Monaco of the French LNB Élite and the EuroLeague. He stands 210 cm (6'11'’) tall and plays at both the power forward and center positions. Cornelie was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 53rd pick of the 2016 NBA draft. Early life and career Growing up in Alsace, Cornelie played in the youth ranks of Saint-Joseph Strasbourg, Basket Club Souffelweyersheim and Association sportive d'Electricité de Strasbourg. Professional career Le Mans Sarthe (2013–2019) At the age of 15, Cornelie joined the youth academy of Le Mans Sarthe Basket. He made his debut on Le Mans' men's team during the 2013–14 season and became a regular on the team the following season. In the 2014–15 season he won the Pro A Rising Star award. On June 13, 2016, Cornelie was one of 13 different international underclassmen (including one of four other Frenchmen) to enter their names for the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Batum
Nicolas Madelin Victor Andre Batum ( ; born 14 December 1988) is a French professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a member of the France men's national basketball team, French national team and earned a silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Early life Batum was born in Lisieux, in the Calvados (department), Calvados department, to a French mother and a father of Cameroonian origin. His father, Richard, was a professional basketball player in France. Richard died during a game in 1991 after suffering an aneurysm. Nicolas, at only years old, and his mother were in the crowd to witness Rich ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Albicy
Andrew Albicy (born 21 March 1990) is a French professional basketball player for CB Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB. He also represents the France national basketball team, French national team in international competition. Club career Albicy has played with the Paris-Levallois Basket's youth team as a junior. He made a few appearances for the club's senior team between 2006 and 2009, before playing his first full season for the team in the 2009–10 season. Albicy averaged 4.5 points and 3.6 assists per game for the team while backing up starting guard Jimmal Ball.Profile at FIBA.com Albicy initially declared as an early-entry candidate for the 2010 NBA draft before withdrawing his name from consideration. On 31 July 2014 he signed a two-year dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayson Tatum
Jayson Christopher Tatum Sr. ( ; born March 3, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a McDonald's All-American in high school in Missouri and played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Tatum was selected by the Boston Celtics with the third overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft and was voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in the 2018 season. Tatum won the inaugural NBA Eastern Conference finals MVP in 2022, and won his first title in the 2024 NBA Finals. Tatum is a six-time NBA All-Star and five-time All-NBA selection (including four first-team selections). In 2024, he led the team to a league-best 64 wins and a championship in the NBA Finals. Tatum also won a gold medal with the 2020 and 2024 U.S. Olympic teams. He holds the records for most points scored in an NBA All-Star Game (55), most points scored in a Game 7 of any NBA playoffs series (51), and most points scored in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
