Metropolitans 92

History

Named after the French Revolution, the club was founded in its current form in 2007, with the merger of Paris Basket Racing, from the city of Paris, and Levallois Sporting Club Basket, from the nearby commune of Levallois-Perret, and started to play with the name of Paris-Levallois Basket. The club retains all of the history and titles of Paris Basket Racing and Levallois Sporting Club Basket.

Despite beginning in the top-tier level of French basketball, the LNB Pro A, Paris-Levallois was relegated to the French second-tier level LNB Pro B, after finishing second from the bottom in the 2007–08 season. The club returned to the Pro A at the first opportunity, by claiming the league promotion from the Pro B in the 2008–09 season. Since then, the club has played in the top tier of French basketball.

On 5 July 2017, the club's board of directors agreed to change the name of the club to Levallois Metropolitans. On 4 July 2019, former NBA player Boris Diaw was announced as the club's new president, succeeding Jean-Pierre Aubry.

In the 2022–23 season, French young star Victor Wembanyama joined the team from ASVEL. Wenbanyama was widely projected to be the number one pick in the 2023 NBA draft. In October 2022, the Metropolitans 92 played two exhibition games against the NBA G League Ignite in the United States, giving the club greater international exposure. In the 2023 NBA draft, two of the team's players were selected in the top 10 of the draft, with Victor Wembanyama being selected #1 by the San Antonio Spurs and Bilal Coulibaly being selected seventh overall by the Indiana Pacers and then traded to the Washington Wizards.

The following season after Wembanyama's departure, Metropolitans struggled in the 2023–24 LNB Élite season. The team finished last in the league standing and was relegated to the LNB Pro B. The team's mother organization was previously funded by the Boulogne-Billancourt municipality, however, the municipality decided to cut the basketball club from its costs and searched for investors that were interested in purchasing the team. In May 2024, it was announced that the team had gone bankrupt. However, in order to mitigate the problem, the club decided to drop out of playing in the LNB Pro B that season and instead demote themselves further downward into the Nationale Masculine 1.

Arenas

Metropolitans 92 play their home games at the 4,000 seat Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan. Over the years, the club has also used the 4,200 seat Stade Pierre de Coubertin, as its home venue.

Honours and titles

Domestic competitions

• French Federation Cup
  • Winners (1): 2012–13
• Match des Champions (French Supercup)
  • Winners (1): 2013
• Tournoi de Toulouse
  • Winners (1): 2014

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Notable players

France:

• FRA Cyril Akpomedah
• FRA Andrew Albicy
• FRA Nobel Boungou Colo
• FRA Bilal Coulibaly
• FRA Boris Diaw
• FRA Antoine Diot
• FRA Vasco Evtimov
• FRA Louis Labeyrie
• FRA Nicolas Lang
• FRA Michel Morandais
• FRA Florent Piétrus
• FRA Vincent Poirier
• FRA Landing Sané
• FRA Steed Tchicamboud
• FRA Angelo Tsagarakis
• FRA Victor Wembanyama

Europe:

• ISR Tomer Ginat
• SLO Jurica Golemac
• SRB Branko Milisavljević
• SLO Jordan Morgan
• SLO Klemen Prepelič
• CZE Blake Schilb
• CRO Roko Ukić

US:

• USA Jamel Artis
• USA Anthony Brown
• USA Louis Campbell
• USA Eric Chatfield
• USA Daniel Ewing
• USA Sharrod Ford
• USA Taj Gray
• USA Mike Green
• USA Lamont Hamilton
• USA Jaron Johnson
• USA Sean May
• USA Jordan McRae
• USA Trenton Meacham
• USA David Noel
• USA Jason Rich
• USA Gavin Ware
• USA Brianté Weber
• USA Jawad Williams
• USA Julian Wright

Rest of Americas:

• VEN John Cox
• CAN Prosper Karangwa
• VEN Donta Smith
• PUR Ángel Daniel Vassallo

Africa:

• NGA Aloysius Anagonye
• SEN Maleye N'Doye
• CGO Giovan Oniangue
• NGA Rasheed Sulaimon
• BEN Mouphtaou Yarou

Oceania:

• AUS Nathan Jawai

Head coaches

• Greece Ilias Zouros: (2007–2008)
• France Jean-Marc Dupraz: (2008, 2008–2011)
• USA Ron Stewart: (2008)
• France Christophe Denis: (2011–2013)
• France Gregor Beugnot: (2013–2015)
• France Antoine Rigaudeau: (2015)
• France Frédéric Fauthoux: (2015–2020)
• Slovenia Jure Zdovc: (2020–2021)
• France Vincent Collet: (2021–2024)

References

References

1. [https://levalloismetropolitans.com/histoire/ History of Paris Levallois {{in lang. fr.]{{Dead link. (April 2020)
2. (5 July 2017). "Le Paris Levallois devient les Levallois Metropolitans". Paris-Levallois Basket.
3. "Jeep Élite : Boris Diaw officiellement président des Metropolitans 92 - Basket - Jeep Elite". L'Équipe.
4. à 12h05, Par Julien Lesage Le 16 avril 2024. (2024-04-16). "Les Metropolitans 92 relégués en Pro B : le récit d’une saison « lunaire » qui a tourné à la « mascarade »".
5. à 14h10, Par Julien Lesage Le 14 mai 2024. (2024-05-14). "Basket : fin de l’histoire pour les Metropolitans 92, qui vont disparaître".
6. "Victor Wembanyama's former team Metropolitans 92 goes bankrupt".
7. [http://www.billetreduc.com/lieu/levallois-perret/palais-des-sports-marcel-cerdan/ Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan {{in lang. fr.]
8. [http://www.ville-levallois.fr/sports-loisirs/equipements-sportifs/#cerdan Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan {{in lang. fr.]