Locally Trained Players still without contract for 2025-2026
As of September 21st, over 50 locally trained players (LTP) are still without a contract for the 2025-2026 season. Here is the complete list.

Photo Credit : Julie Dumélié
While the 2025-2026 season starts next weekend, 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. About 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
- Mehdy Ngouama (Tenerife, Spain)
- Matthieu Gauzin (Tofas Bursa, Turkey)
- Lucas Demahis Ballou (Boulazac, ELITE 2)
- Charly Pontens (Champagne Basket, ELITE 2)
- Louis Weber (Berck, NM1)
- Ibrahim Saounera (Besançon, NM1)
- Louis Rucklin (Orchies, NM1)
- Souleyman Diabaté (Petro de Luanda, BAL)
- Carl Ona Embo (Boulogne-sur-Mer, NM1)
- Sidy N’Dir (Tarbes, NM1)
- Kameronn Selebangue (Rennes, NM1)
- Adel Alain (SCABB Lab, NM1)
- Thomas Duchene (Berck, NM1)
Shooting Guards
- Fabien Causeur (Milan, Italy)
- Abdoulaye Ndoye (Le Mans, Betclic ELITE)
- Matthieu Missonnier (Élan béarnais, ELITE 2)
- Luka Asceric (Novi Sad, Serbia)
- 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)
Small Forwards
- William Howard (Nanterre, Betclic ELITE)
- Charles Kahudi (ASVEL, Betclic ELITE)
- Boris Dallo (Seville, Spain)
- Anthony Racine (SCABB, ELITE 2)
- Damien Bouquet (Fos Provence, ELITE 2)
- Youri Golitin (Rouen, ELITE 2)
- Max Kouguère (Chartres, ELITE 2)
- Yoan Granvorka (Feyenoord Rotterdam, BNXT League)
- Kemy Lagab (Cologne, Germany)
- Nobel Boungou-colo (Lions de l’APR, BAL)
- Sya Plaucoste (Berck, NM1)
- Brahim Dohou (Lorient, NM1)
- Benali Hanifi (SCABB LAB, 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)
- 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)
- Jonathan Mkamba (Charleville-Mézières, NM1)
- Simon Correa (Poissy, NM1)
- Jean-Michel Mipoka (Les Sables Vendée, NM1)
- Henry Preira (Monopoly, Italy)
Centers
- Joffrey Lauvergne (ASVEL, Betclic ELITE)
- Alpha Kaba (Hebei Xianglan, China)
- Daniel Batcho (Louisiana Tech, NCAA)
- Alexandre Gavrilovic (Bursaspor, Turkey)
- Bruno Cingala Mata (Roanne, ELITE 2)
- Abdel Sylla (Tours, NM1)
- Vincent Pourchot (Metz, NM1)
- Patrick Clerence (Levallois, NM1)
- Rodney Rolle (Poissy, NM1)
- Junior Mbida (no club)
- Soriah Bangura (no club)
- Kevin Dinal (no club)
- Karl-David Nkounkou (no club)
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Gabriel Pantel-Jouve est le fondateur et rédacteur en chef de BeBasket, qu’il anime depuis 2010 (sous le nom de Catch & Shoot). Passé par l’Ecole Publique de Journaliste de Tours, puis deux universités en Amérique du Nord, il a pu développer son expertise sur le basket français, de la Ligue Nationale aux divisions amateurs, durant ces 20 dernières années. En parallèle, il est aussi engagé dans le développement de clubs du côté de Montpellier.
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