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Elias Lasisi

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Elias Lasisi
Lasisi with Academics Heidelberg in October 2022
No. 9 – Windrose Giants Antwerp
PositionShooting guard
LeagueBNXT League
Personal information
Born (1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 (age 32)
Leuven, Belgium
Listed height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2015Leuven Bears
2015–2017Limburg United
2017Le Portel
2017–2019Oostende
2019–2020BG Göttingen
2020Brose Bamberg
2020–2022Crailsheim Merlins
2022–2024MLP Academics Heidelberg
2024–presentAntwerp Giants
Career highlights and awards

Elias Lasisi (born 9 January 1992) is a Belgian professional basketball player for Antwerp Giants of the BNXT League.[1] He has also been a member of the Belgium national basketball team.

Professional career

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Lasisi formerly played in Belgium for Leuven Bears and Limburg United. He parted company with Limburg in January 2017 because of a breach of disciplinary rules according to the club.[2] Lasisi then joined French ProA side ESSM Le Portel.[3] He returned to Belgium for the 2017-19 campaign, joining Oostende. With Oostende, Lasisi won two Pro Basketball League titles.[4]

On 22 August 2019, Lasisi signed with BG Göttingen in Germany.[5] In the autumn of 2020, he joined Brose Bamberg, staying on a short-term contract until 30 October 2020.[6] He appeared in one Champions League contest for Bamberg.[7] On 3 November 2020, Lasisi signed with the Crailsheim Merlins.[8]

On 19 August 2022 he signed with MLP Academics Heidelberg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[9]

On June 21, 2024, he signed with Antwerp Giants of the BNXT League.[10]

National team career

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Lasisi was selected for Belgium for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification games against Bosnia and Herzegovina and France.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Elias Lasisi Player Profile, Telenet BC Oostende, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. ^ Hamoir, Simon. "Elias Lasisi a réussi ses tests avec Le Portel (Pro A)". DHnet (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  3. ^ Kugener, Christophe. "La bonne histoire de ce basketteur belge: viré par Limburg United, il rebondit au Portel". DHnet (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  4. ^ "LASISI, Elias". Basketball Belgium (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  5. ^ "BG Göttingen signs Elias Lasisi". Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Belgian Lions: Elias Lasisi quitte Bröse Bamberg et est à présent sans club". Le Soir (in French). 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  7. ^ Eurobasket. "Brose Bamberg 2020-21". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  8. ^ "Crailsheim Merlins land Elias Lasisi and Bogdan Radosavljevic". Sportando. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Elias Lasisi kommt". mlp-academics-heidelberg.de (in German). August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  10. ^ "Elias Lasisi comes to Antwerp Giants". bnxtleague.com. June 21, 2024. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  11. ^ "Belgium - FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
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