Yannis Mario Morin (born August 31, 1993) is a French professional

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player for the La Laguna Tenerife of the

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Professional career

Born in

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, capital of the French overseas department of

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, Morin went through the youth ranks of Golden Lion Basketball in

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, before joining the Pôle Espoirs de Martinique. He enrolled at INSEP, National Institute of Sport, expertise, and performance, in 2008. In 2012, he joined

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side

Cholet Basket Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the LNB Pro A. Their home arena is La Meilleraie. Established in 1975, Cholet won its first French championship in the 2009–10 season. In 1998 and ...

. His best season statistically at Cholet was 2014–15, when he averaged 3.6 points and 1.9 rebounds in 31 games played. In 2015–16, Morin scored 7.5 points a game for French second-division team

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, before heading to fellow ProB side

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for the 2016–17 season. Making 34 appearances for Le Havre that year, he averaged 6.8 points as well as 7.4 rebounds per outing. In 2017, he participated in the

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with the

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. On October 11, 2017, Morin signed a training camp contract with the

. He was waived on October 14 as one of the team's final preseason roster cuts and then joined the

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of the

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averaging 5.6 points and 4.2 rebounds in 34 games. On April 14, 2018, after the conclusion of the G League season, he signed with Le Mans Sarthe of the French

. He saw action in 12 games of the ProA playoffs, averaging 2.7 points and 1.8 boards a contest, en route to winning the French championship. After a short stint with

Nanterre 92 Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club has played in French basketball league system, the top-tier level basketball league in France, the LNB Pro A, Pro A, since 2011. ...

, he signed a short-term deal with fellow Pro A team

Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket Champagne Basket is a French professional basketball club that is based in both the cities of Reims and Châlons-en-Champagne. The club was established in 2010 as part of the union between the old clubs of and the . Since 2022, the team plays in t ...

in October 2018, In May 2020, he signed with SIG Strasbourg, alongside Léopold Cavalière. In May 2022, Morin signed a deal with

Chorale Roanne Basket Chorale Roanne Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Roanne, France. The club plays in the first division LNB Pro A. Their home arena is Halle André Vacheresse. The club was founded in 1937 and the team's colors are blue and w ...

. He moved to UCAM Murcia CB of the Spanish

in May 2024. In ten league games for Murcia, Morin averaged 7.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per outing. In July 2024, he signed with the

Akita Northern Happinets The Akita Northern Happinets are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Akita that competes in the Eastern Conference of the First Division of the B.League. The team was formed as an expansion team of the bj league in 2010 and found s ...

of the

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ese B.League. Morin signed with La Laguna Tenerife of the

in June 2025, just before the start of the 2025 ACB Playoffs.

International career

Morin represented the French national team at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

References

External links

Yannis Morin
at lnb.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Morin, Yannis 1993 births Living people 21st-century French sportsmen Akita Northern Happinets players CB Murcia players Centers (basketball) Champagne Basket players Cholet Basket players Chorale Roanne Basket players Denain Voltaire Basket players French expatriate basketball people in Japan French expatriate basketball people in Spain French expatriate basketball people in the United States French men's basketball players Le Mans Sarthe Basket players Martiniquais men's basketball players Nanterre 92 players Oklahoma City Blue players Power forwards SIG Strasbourg players Sportspeople from Fort-de-France STB Le Havre players