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Luc Loubaki

Luc Loubaki

French basketball player

Luc Arnaud Loubaki (born January 20, 1997, in Pontoise) is a French professional basketball player for Lille Métropole of the LNB Pro B.

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Professional career

Having come through the youth ranks of Entente Cergy-Osny-Pontoise,[1] Loubaki joined the Paris-Levallois youth set-up in 2010. He won the 2012 French national junior championship with the club[2] and subsequently enrolled at INSEP, the French National Institute of Sport, expertise, and performance. Loubaki played in the 2013 Jordan Brand Classic International Game,[3] scoring 10 points.[4] In 2014, he garnered MVP honors at the Basketball Without Borders Europe Camp in Rome.[5] As a member of the INSEP squad, Loubaki competed in the third-tier league NM1 and graduated in 2015. In his final season at INSEP, he averaged 9.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.8 steals a contest in NM1 play.[6]

In July 2015, Loubaki signed his first professional contract, a five-year deal with Orléans Loiret Basket of the French top-flight LNB Pro A.[7] He was an early entry candidate for the 2016 NBA draft, but removed his name from the list.[8]

He inked with AS Monaco Basket prior to the 2017-18 season.[9]

On April 18, 2019, he has signed contract with Lille Métropole of the French LNB Pro B.[10]

On July 15, 2021, he has signed with Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro B.[11]

National team

He was part of the French junior national teams on several occasions, including the 2013 U16[12] and 2015 U18[13] European Championship as well as the 2014 U17 World Championships.[14]

References

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    "Ils ont débuté au club". www.cergypontoisebb.fr (in French). Retrieved 2016-11-19.
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    "Pro A : Premier contrat pro à Orléans pour Luc Loubaki - Basket-BallWorld". Basket-BallWorld (in French). 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
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    "2013 Jordan Brand Classic International Game | Jordan Brand Classic". Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
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    "Jamal Murray and Lorvo Mazalin MVPs of the JBC International Game | Jordan Brand Classic". jordanbrandclassic.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
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    "FIBA/NBA - Basketball without Borders enjoys Italian job". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
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    "Stats joueur | FFBB". www.ffbb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
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    France, Centre. "Loubaki, ou la volonté exprimée de " construire dans la durée "". www.larep.fr. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
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    Release, Official. "Thirty-three international early-entry candidates withdraw from Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
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    "Luc Loubaki quitte Orléans pour Monaco". Basket Europe (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-07.
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    "Lille signs Luc Loubaki". Sportando. April 18, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  11. [11]
    "Le Bbd Recrute 2 Nouveaux Joueurs". boulazac-basket-dordogne.com (in French). July 15, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
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    "Luc Loubaki | U16 European Championship Men (2013) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  13. [13]
    "Luc Loubaki | U18 Europe Championship Men - Division A". u18men.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  14. [14]
    "Luc LOUBAKI at the Players of the FIBA U17 World Championship 2014 - FIBA.com". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
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