Bathiste Tchouaffé

Bathiste Tchouaffé
Tchouaffé with Nanterre in 2017
No. 19 – JL Bourg
Position Shooting guard
League LNB Pro A
Personal information
Born (1998-05-19) May 19, 1998
Poitiers, France
Nationality French
Listed height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Career information
Playing career 2016–present
Career history
2016–2018 Nanterre 92
2018–present JL Bourg
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing France France
FIBA Europe U16 Championship
2014 Latvia
FIBA Europe U18 Championship
2016 Turkey
FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championship
2015 Hungary

Bathiste Tchouaffé (born May 19, 1998 in Poitiers) is a French professional basketball player. He is currently playing for JL Bourg of the French elite league LNB Pro A.

Early career

The product of a basketball family, both his mother and father played the game.[1] Tchouaffé played in the youth sides of ASPTT Poitiers, PVBC Pouzioux Vouneuil Basket Club, CEP Poitiers and Poitiers Basket 86.[2] From 2012 to 2016, he attended INSEP, the French National Institute of Sport, expertise, and performance, averaging 12.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists a game in his final season (2015–16) in the NM1, the third tier of French basketball.[3]

Professional career

In May 2016, he signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal with Nanterre 92 of the French elite league LNB Pro A.[4] Tchouaffé attended the 2018 Nike Hoop Summit, recording two points in 9:11 minutes of play.[5]

On 3 August 2018, Tchouaffé signed a three-year contract with JL Bourg.[6]

National team career

He was a key part of the French under-16 national team that won gold at the 2014 European Championships, tallying 14.7 points, 4.4 boards, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals per outing during the tournament. For his efforts, he was named to the Eurobasket.com All-European Championships U16 1st Team, alongside players like his teammate Kilian Tillie, Latvia's Rodions Kurucs and Turkey's Ömer Yurtseven.[7]

In 2015, Tchouaffé was a member of the French squad that went third at the FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships in Hungary, and he also won the shoot out contest.[8] He won gold at the 2016 U18 European Championships with France,[9] averaging 10.0 points as well as 4.7 boards a game in the tournament.[10]

He competed for France in the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, averaging 10.9 points a contest.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "ITW Bathiste Tchouaffé : "Tout faire pour que le basket français se souvienne de la génération 98" - Basket-BallWorld". Basket-BallWorld (in French). 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  2. ↑ "Les jeunes au pouvoir avec Bathiste Tchouaffé – 5by5.fr – Actu basket 86 !". www.5by5.fr. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  3. ↑ "Stats joueur | FFBB". www.ffbb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  4. ↑ "Bathiste Tchouaffé signe à Nanterre". Basket Europe. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  5. ↑ "Nike Hoop Summit FIBA Boxscore" (PDF). basketball.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  6. ↑ Carchia, E. (3 August 2018). "JL Bourg signs Bathiste Tchouaffe to a multi-year deal". Sportando. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "European Championships U16 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  8. ↑ "Shoot-Out Contest - FIBA.com". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  9. ↑ "France crowned champions at FIBA U18 European Championship". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  10. ↑ "France at the FIBA U18 European Championship Division A 2016 - FIBA.com". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  11. ↑ "France at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017 - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-09.
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