JL Bourg Basket

JL Bourg
JL Bourg logo
Nickname	La Jeu La JL
Leagues	Pro A EuroCup
Founded	1910 (1910)
Arena	Ekinox
Arena Capacity	3,548
Location	Bourg-en-Bresse, France
President	Julien Desbottes
Head coach	Frederic Fauthoux
2020–21 position	5th
Website	jlbourg-basket.com
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Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse, commonly known as JL Bourg or simply Bourg, is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the Pro A. Their home arena is Ekinox, which has a capacity of 3,548 people.

History

In 2014, JL Bourg adopted its new home arena Ekinox which replaced the Salle des Sports. This year the team also promoted to the Pro A after it won the Pro B Playoffs. They relegated back after the 2014–15 season.

In the 2019–20 season, Bourg was in the 5th place until the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2020–21 season, Bourg will make its European debut when it will play in the EuroCup.

Honours

• Pro B

Champions: 2016–17

• Leaders Cup

Runners-up: 2006, 2019, 2023

• Pro B Leaders Cup

Champions: 2016

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Record	French Cup	Other competitions		European competitions
2011–12	2	Pro B	9th
2012–13	2	Pro B	8th
2013–14	2	Pro B	2nd
2014–15	1	Pro A	18th
2015–16	2	Pro B	5th			Pro B Leaders Cup	C
2016–17	2	Pro B	1st			Pro B Leaders Cup	SF
2017–18	1	Pro A	9th	17–17	Eightfinalist
2018–19	1	Pro A	9th	19–15	Round of 32
2019–20	1	Pro A	5th	16–9	Eightfinalist
2020–21	1	Pro A	5th	22–12				2 EuroCup	R16

Players

Main category: JL Bourg-en-Bresse players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

JL Bourg roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 5 Benitez, Hugo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) – (2001-01-20)20 January 2001 SF 7 Courby, Maxime 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) – (1990-11-23)23 November 1990 G/F 9 Galin, Maxime 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 89 kg (196 lb) – (2002-06-09)9 June 2002 PG 10 Massenat, Frantz 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) – (1992-01-17)17 January 1992 G 11 Floyd, Jordan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 77 kg (170 lb) – (1997-05-22)22 May 1997 SG 12 Palmer, James 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) – (1996-07-31)31 July 1996 F/C 13 Pelos, Pierre 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) – (1992-08-16)16 August 1992 PF 22 Chassang, Alexandre 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 101 kg (223 lb) – (1994-11-22)22 November 1994 F 24 Mike, Isiaha 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) – (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 F/C 34 Kokila, Kevin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) – (2001-09-03)3 September 2001 C 35 Brimah, Amida 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) – (1994-02-11)11 February 1994 PG 83 Julien, Axel 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) – (1992-07-27)27 July 1992	Head coach Laurent Legname Assistant coach(es) Gérald Simon Frédéric Wiscart-Goetz Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 7, 2022

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Amida Brimah	Pierre Pelos	Kevin Kokila
PF	Isiaha Mike	Alexandre Chassang
SF	James Palmer Jr.	Maxime Courby
SG	Axel Julien	Jordan Floyd
PG	Frantz Massenat	Hugo Benitez

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least one season for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

• Antoine Gomis
• Marc-Antoine Pellin
• Jérôme Sanchez
• Arthur Rozenfeld
• Branko Sinđelić
• Tomáš Kyzlink
• Mathieu Wojciechowski
• Youssou Ndoye
• Kadeem Allen
• Devin Booker
• Rob Gray
• Chris Johnson
• Jalen Jones
• Trey Lewis
• Garrett Sim
• Chase Simon
• Steven Smith
• Jordan Theodore
• LaMonte Ulmer

Individual awards

• Pro A Most Valuable Player
  • Zachery Peacock – 2018

External links

• Official website