Local-trained players still without contract for 2025-2026
As of October 6, over 50 locally trained players (LTP) are still without a contract for the 2025-2026 season. Here is the complete list.
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While the 2025-2026 season has started since late September, many locally trained players (LTP) remain without a contract. Despite the large migration of young French players to NCAA, the list of locally trained players (LTP) remains substantial. Around fifty players seen in the three professional men’s divisions or in recognized championships abroad are still without a club. Here’s the list:
Point Guards
- Matthieu Gauzin (Tofas Bursa, Turkey)
- Charly Pontens (Champagne Basket, ELITE 2)
- William Mensah (Le Havre, NM1)
- Louis Weber (Berck, NM1)
- Ibrahim Saounera (Besançon, NM1)
- Louis Rucklin (Orchies, NM1)
- Souleyman Diabaté (Petro de Luanda, BAL)
- Renathan Ona Embo (CD Povoa, Portugal)
- Carl Ona Embo (Boulogne-sur-Mer, NM1)
- Sidy N’Dir (Tarbes, NM1)
- Adel Alain (SCABB Lab, NM1)
- Thomas Duchene (Berck, NM1)
Shooting Guards
- Fabien Causeur (Milan, Italy)
- Matthieu Missonnier (Élan béarnais, ELITE 2)
- Benoit Mangin (Le Havre, NM1)
- Mike Benhamed (Orchies, NM1)
- Théo Benoit (Lorient, NM1)
- Diasse Mbaye (Mulhouse, NM1)
- Willan Hairabetian (Loon-Plage, NM1)
- Julian Ngufor (Rennes, NM1)
- Soprano Szelazek (Wroclaw, Poland)
- Samir Mekdad (Toulouse, NM1)
- Joris Ortega (BC Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Frédéric Bourdillon (Bnei Hasharon, Israel)
Small Forwards
- William Howard (Nanterre, Betclic ELITE)
- Anthony Racine (SCABB, ELITE 2)
- Damien Bouquet (Fos Provence, ELITE 2)
- Youri Golitin (Rouen, ELITE 2)
- Max Kouguère (Chartres, ELITE 2)
- Kemy Lagab (Cologne, Germany)
- Nobel Boungou-colo (Lions de l’APR, BAL)
- Brahim Dohou (Lorient, NM1)
- Kevin Mbaitoubam (Metz, NM1)
- Boukhary Cissoko (Avignon, NM1)
- Baptiste Tackamoud (Levallois, NM1)
- Thibault Alexis (Tarbes-Lourdes, NM1)
Power Forwards
- Amine Noua (Granada, Liga Endesa)
- Kenny Baptiste (Limoges, Betclic ELITE)
- Thomas Hieu-Courtois (Le Portel, Betclic ELITE)
- Adrien Moerman (Taipei Taishin Mars, Taiwan)
- Landing Sane (Fos Provence, ELITE 2)
- Loïc Menuge (Oviedo, Spain)
- Alexis Dargenton (Tours, NM1)
- Matthias Flosse (Loon-Plage, NM1)
- Simon Correa (Poissy, NM1)
- Jean-Michel Mipoka (Les Sables Vendée, NM1)
- Kevin Lavieille (no club)
Centers
- Joffrey Lauvergne (ASVEL, Betclic ELITE)
- Alexandre Chassang (Girona, Liga Endesa)
- Alpha Kaba (Hebei Xianglan, China)
- Alexandre Gavrilovic (Bursaspor, Turkey)
- Vincent Pourchot (Metz, NM1)
- Patrick Clerence (Levallois, NM1)
- Ousmane Camara (Loon Plage)
- Junior Mbida (Al-Fateh, Saudi Arabia)
- Soriah Bangura (no club)
- Kevin Dinal (no club)
- Karl-David Nkounkou (no club)
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Gabriel Pantel-Jouve is the founder and editor-in-chief of BeBasket, which he has been running since 2010 (formerly known as Catch & Shoot). Having studied at the École Publique de Journalisme de Tours and two universities in North America, he has developed his expertise in French basketball, from the National League to amateur divisions, over the past 20 years. Alongside this, he is also involved in the development of clubs in the Montpellier area.
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