Leon Kratzer
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_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93045.jpg) Kratzer playing for Paris in 2024 | |
| No. 8 – Paris Basketball | |
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| Position | Center |
| League | LNB Pro A |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 4 February 1997 Bayreuth, Germany |
| Listed height | 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Listed weight | 243 lb (110 kg) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2015 | Baunach Young Pikes |
| 2015–2018 | Brose Bamberg |
| 2015–2017 | →Baunach Young Pikes |
| 2017–2018 | →s.Oliver Würzburg |
| 2018–2020 | Skyliners Frankfurt |
| 2020–2023 | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
| 2023–present | Paris Basketball |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Leon Kratzer (born 4 February 1997) is a German professional basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A.[1][2]
Professional career
[edit]The son of former professional basketball player Marc Suhr, a 7-foot center who won four caps for the German men's national team during his career, Kratzer started out with BBC Bayreuth’s youth team at age 12,[3] moving on to the Brose Bamberg youth program in 2012. Representing Bamberg's development squad Baunach Young Pikes, he made his debut in Germany's third-tier ProB during the 2013-14 season, helping the team win promotion to ProA that year. Kratzer made his first appearances in Germany's top-flight Basketball Bundesliga for Bamberg in the 2016-17 campaign, while still being a regular in the reserve team. Averaging 14.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks a game for Baunach in 2016-17,[4] he garnered ProA Player of the Year honors.[5]
Looking to take the next step in his career and to gain more playing time in the Bundesliga, he signed on loan for s.Oliver Würzburg in June 2017.[6]
On 20 November 2018 he signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga.[7]
On 31 July 2020 he signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[8] In 2023 Kratzer won the Basketball Champions League with Bonn, remaining scoreless in the final against Hapoel Jerusalem, but contributing a team-high six rebounds.
On 8 July 2023 he signed with Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A (BBL).[9]
International career
[edit]Kratzer represented the German junior national teams at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championships, the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championships, 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships and 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships.
References
[edit]- ^ "Leon Kratzer nouveau rempart du Paris Basketball".
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com.
- ^ "#25 Leon Kratzer - Brose Bamberg". www.brosebamberg.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ^ "2. Basketball-Bundesliga | Spieler". www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ^ "Leon Kratzer wechselt nach Würzburg". inFranken.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ^ "Brose Bamberg verleiht Leon Kratzer nach Würzburg - Brose Bamberg". www.brosebamberg.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ^ "Basketball-Talent Leon Kratzer wechselt von Bamberg nach Frankfurt" (in German). FNP.de. November 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ "Von Frankfurt nach Bonn: Leon Kratzer kommt zu den Baskets". Sportando. July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ "Leon Kratzer, nouveau rempart du Paris Basketball". parisbasketball.paris (in French). July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.