Isaia Cordinier

Isaïa Cordinier (born November 28, 1996 in Créteil) is a French professional basketball player. He is a 196 cm (6’5’’) guard, currently under contract with French Pro B outfit Denain ASC Voltaire.

Career

Cordinier started playing basketball at age seven in Vence. He lived in Martinique from 2006 to 2009 and later joined the youth academy of Sharks d’Antibes. He made his debut on Antibes’ men’s team in the French second division in November 2012, when he was 15 years and 11 months old.[1]

During the 2013-14 campaign, he made his debut in the French top-tier ProA, before transferring to second-division side ALM Evreux Basket for the following season. In 23 games, he averaged 4.9 points and 2.1 rebounds for Evreux.[2] Prior to the 2015-16 season, Cordinier penned a deal with another second-division team, Denain ASC Voltaire.[3]

He was selected to play in the Nike Hoop Summit in April 2016, tallying eight points, five rebounds and one assist in 21 minutes off the bench.[4] Later that month, he declared for the NBA Draft.[5]

International career

He was named to the French U18 national team that competed in the 2014 European Championships in Turkey. He saw the court in nine games during the tournament, tallying 9.7 points, 5.6 boards, 2.6 assists and 1.0 steal per contest.[6]

Personal info

His father Stéphane is a former professional handball player,[7] who represented France in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta[8] and won bronze at the 1997 World Championships. Isaia also played handball before turning to basketball.

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Basket-ball - Pro B : l’arrière de l’ALM Evreux, Isaïa Cordinier franchit les étapes à toute vitesse". www.paris-normandie.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  2. ↑ "Isaia Cordinier - Denain – Joueurs - Pro A – LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  3. ↑ "Isaïa Cordinier quitte Evreux pour Denain". BeBasket. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  4. ↑ "Official Scorer's Report". usab.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  5. ↑ "NBA : Guerschon Yabusele et Isaïa Cordinier s’inscrivent à la draft - Basket-BallWorld". Basket-BallWorld (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  6. ↑ "Isaia Cordinier | U18 European Championship Men (2014) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  7. ↑ Nord, La Voix du. "Basket - Pro B : Isaia Cordinier veut tenter la passerelle Denain - NBA". La Voix du Nord. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  8. ↑ "Cordinier veut participer au Hoop Summit". BeBasket. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
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