Isaïa Cordinier

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Isaïa Cordinier
Isaia Cordinier Nanterre.jpg
Cordinier with Nanterre 92, in 2019.
Free Agent
PositionShooting guard
Personal information
Born (1996-11-28) 28 November 1996 (age 24)
Creteil, France
NationalityFrench
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight84 kg (185 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2014Antibes Sharks
2014–2015ALM Évreux
2015–2016Denain-Voltaire
2016–2019Antibes Sharks
2019–2021Nanterre 92
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Isaïa Cordinier (born 28 November 1996) is a French professional basketball player who last played for Nanterre 92 of the LNB Pro A league. He is a 196 cm (6’5") tall shooting guard.

Early life and career[]

Cordinier started playing basketball at age seven, in Vence. He lived in Martinique, from 2006 to 2009, and later joined the youth academy of Sharks d’Antibes.

Professional career[]

Cordinier made his debut on Antibes’ senior men’s team, in the French second division, in November 2012, when he was 15 years and 11 months old.[1]

During the 2013-14 campaign, he made his debut in the French top-tier level Pro A, before transferring to second-division side ALM Evreux Basket, for the following season. In 23 games, he averaged 4.9 points and 2.1 rebounds for Evreux.[2] Prior to the 2015-16 season, Cordinier penned a deal with another second-division team, Denain ASC Voltaire.[3]

He was selected to play in the Nike Hoop Summit, in April 2016, where he tallied eight points, five rebounds and one assist, in 21 minutes off the bench.[4] Later that month, he declared for the NBA Draft.[5] On June 13, 2016, Cordinier was one of 13 different international underclassmen (including one of four different Frenchmen) to enter the 2016 NBA Draft.

He joined Olympique Antibes of the French top-flight LNB Pro A, for the 2016–17 season.[6] He made 30 Pro A appearances for Antibes in 2016–17, averaging 6.5 points and 2.8 rebounds a contest.[7]

NBA draft rights[]

Cordinier was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks, in the 2016 NBA draft (2nd round, 44th overall, fourth of five Frenchmen taken),[8][9] and played for the Hawks in the 2016 NBA Summer League.[10]

On July 13, 2018 his draft rights were traded to the Brooklyn Nets, along with a future 2nd-round pick, for Jeremy Lin and picks.[11]

National team career[]

Cordinier was named to the French Under-18 junior national team that competed at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, in Turkey. He saw the court in nine games during the tournament, tallying 9.7 points, 5.6 boards, 2.6 assists and 1.0 steal per contest.[12]

Personal life[]

His father Stéphane is a former professional handball player,[13] who represented France in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta[14] and won bronze at the 1997 World Handball Championship. Isaia also played handball before turning to basketball.

References[]

  1. ^ "Basket-ball - Pro B : l'arrière de l'ALM Evreux, Isaïa Cordinier franchit les étapes à toute vitesse". www.paris-normandie.fr. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Isaia Cordinier - Denain – Joueurs - Pro A – LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Isaïa Cordinier quitte Evreux pour Denain". BeBasket. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Official Scorer's Report". usab.com. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  5. ^ "NBA : Guerschon Yabusele et Isaïa Cordinier s'inscrivent à la draft - Basket-BallWorld". Basket-BallWorld (in French). Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Isaia Cordinier revient à Antibes". BeBasket. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Isaia Cordinier - Antibes – Joueurs - Pro A – LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  8. ^ "2016 NBA Draft Board". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Hawks Select Bembry, Cordinier In 2016 Draft". NBA.com. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Hawks Announce Summer League Roster & Schedule | Atlanta Hawks". Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  11. ^ "BROOKLYN NETS COMPLETE TRADE WITH ATLANTA HAWKS". NBA.com. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Isaia Cordinier | U18 European Championship Men (2014) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  13. ^ Nord, La Voix du. "Basket - Pro B : Isaia Cordinier veut tenter la passerelle Denain - NBA". La Voix du Nord. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Cordinier veut participer au Hoop Summit". BeBasket. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

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