Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket, most commonly known as SIG Basket or SIG Strasbourg, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Strasbourg. The club, founded in 1929, competes domestically in the French Pro A League. The club's home games are played at Rhénus Sport. The players wear white and red uniforms.
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| Leagues | Pro A | |||
| Founded | 1929 | |||
| Arena | Rhénus Sport | |||
| Capacity | 6,200 | |||
| Location | Strasbourg, France | |||
| Team colors | Red and White | |||
| President | Olivier Klotz | |||
| Board governor | Robert Fedida | |||
| Head coach | Laurent Vila | |||
| Championships | 1 French Championship 2 French Cup 2 Leaders Cup 1 Match des Champions 1 French Second Division | |||
| Website | sigstrasbourg.fr | |||
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History
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The club was founded in 1929, and reached the top-tier of French basketball for the first time in 1938.
Starting from the 2004–05 season, new head coach Éric Girard took over the team. In the regular season, SIG finished 3rd and Giard was named Coach of the Year. Strasbourg won the top-tier French League for the first time in the 2004–05 season. SIG beat its rival SLUC Nancy 72–68.
In the 2005–06 season, Strasbourg played in the EuroLeague. The team had some outstanding results, as they beat top-tier team Saski Baskonia. In the Pro A, the team was defeated by Nancy 1–2 in the Semi-finals.
In the 2006–07 season, the team wouldn't reach further than the Quarter-finals. After some down years, the team started to revive when Vincent Collet took over as head coach in 2012. The team reached the Pro A Finals for three straight years in 2013, 2014, 2015. Along with that, the team won the 2015 Leaders Cup and 2014–15 French Basketball Cup. Important players for the team were Antoine Diot and Louis Campbell, who won MVP Awards in the won competitions.
In 2020, Vincent Collet left the team after he had served as head coach for almost a decade. For the 2020–21 Pro A season, the team started a recommencement as new head coach Lassi Tuovi recruited almost entirely new players. Strasbourg aims to regain success in both the national league as well as in the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League.[1]
Arenas
editThe 6,200 seat Rhénus Sport has been used as the home arena of SIG for many years. In January 2017, the club announced their building plans for a new arena that is to be finished in 2020, that will accommodate 10,000 people.[2] Later, the date was corrected to the year 2024.
Rivalries
editThe Eastern Rivalry
editThe Eastern Derby is the name of the matches that are played between Strasbourg IG and SLUC Nancy. The rivalry has a strong emotional history.
Budgets
editAccording to Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) guidelines, SIG has to publish its budget for each season.
| Season | Budget |
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| 2012–13 | €5,700,000 |
| 2013–14 | €6,500,000 
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| 2014–15 | €5,900,000 
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| 2015–16 | €6,200,000
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| 2016–17 | €6,700,000
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| 2017–18 | €7,700,000
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| 2018–19 | €7,700,000 
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| 2019–20 | €7,600,000
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| 2020–21 | €6,300,000
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| 2021–22 | €7,000,000
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| 2022–23 | €7,000,000
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| 2023–24 | €7,000,000
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| 2024–25 | €7,100,000
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Players
editCurrent roster
editNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Depth chart
edit| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Vitalis Chikoko | Brice Dessert | |
| PF | Hugo Invernizzi | Jeff Roberson | |
| SF | Filip Krušlin | Malik Fitts | |
| SG | Dominic Artis | Illan Pietrus | Maxence Lemoine |
| PG | Edon Maxhuni | Jean-Baptiste Maille |
Season by season
edit- ^ The 2019–20 season was canceleld prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honours
edit- Winners (1): 2004–05
- Winners (1): 2015
- Winners (1): 1998–99
- Brussels, Belgium Invitational Game
- Winners (1): 2015
- Luxeuil-les-Bains, France Invitational Game
- Winners (1): 2015
- Besançon, France Invitational Game
- Winners (1): 2015
Notable players
editNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Alexis Ajinça- Rodrigue Beaubois
- Boris Dallo
- Antoine Diot
- Youssoupha Fall
- Mickaël Gelabale
- Damien Inglis
- Mouhammadou Jaiteh
- Louis Labeyrie
- Paul Lacombe
- Jérémy Leloup
- Abdoulaye M'Baye
- Amine Noua
- Frank Ntilikina
- Crawford Palmer
- Florent Piétrus
- Axel Toupane
- Ali Traoré
David Andersen
Artsiom Parakhouski
Quentin Serron
Zack Wright
Dee Bost
Thomas Scrubb
Jérémy Nzeulie
Miro Bilan
Jeff Greer- Ricardo Greer
Erik Murphy- Luukas Vaara
Michael Dixon
Kornél Dávid
Afik Nissim
Jarod Stevenson
Mindaugas Timinskas
Romeo Travis
David Logan- A. J. Slaughter
Tadija Dragićević- Vladimir Golubović
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Ish Wainright- Tim Abromaitis
- Michael Brooks
- Louis Campbell
- Mardy Collins
- Bonzie Colson
- Jarell Eddie
- Chuck Eidson
- Mike Green
- Matt Howard
- Rick Hughes
- Keith Jennings
- J. R. Reid
- Scottie Reynolds
- Anthony Roberson
- Brion Rush
- John Shurna
- Terence Stansbury
- Bootsy Thornton
- Erving Walker
- Kyle Weems
- Gabe York
Head coaches
edit| Nat. | Coach | Tenure |
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Vincent Collet | 2011–2016 |
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Henrik Dettmann | 2016 |
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Vincent Collet | 2016–2020 |
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Lassi Tuovi | 2020–2022 |
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Luca Banchi | 2022–2023 |
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Massimo Cancellieri | 2023–2024 |
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Laurent Vila | 2024–present |
References
edit- ^ Luc Dreosto (25 September 2020). "Basket : Strasbourg lance son opération reconquête". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "La future Arena SIG Strasbourg dévoilée". Sigstrasbourg.fr. 30 January 2017.
External links
edit- Official website
- Strasbourg IG at Eurobasket.com