Yannis Morin
![]() Morin in 2023 | |
| South East Melbourne Phoenix | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / center |
| League | NBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 31, 1993 Fort-de-France, France |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2015 | Cholet |
| 2015–2016 | Denain-Voltaire |
| 2016–2017 | Le Havre |
| 2017–2018 | Oklahoma City Blue |
| 2018 | Le Mans Sarthe |
| 2018 | Nanterre 92 |
| 2018–2020 | Champagne Châlons-Reims |
| 2020–2022 | SIG Strasbourg |
| 2022–2024 | Chorale Roanne Basket |
| 2024 | UCAM Murcia |
| 2024–2025 | Akita Northern Happinets |
| 2025 | La Laguna Tenerife |
| 2025–2026 | Toyama Grouses |
| 2026 | Joventut Badalona |
| 2026–present | South East Melbourne Phoenix |
| Career highlights | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Yannis Mario Morin[1] (born August 31, 1993) is a French professional basketball player for the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL).
Early life and career
Born in Fort-de-France, capital of the French overseas department of Martinique, Morin went through the youth ranks of Golden Lion Basketball in Saint-Joseph, Martinique, before joining the Pôle Espoirs de Martinique.[2] He enrolled at INSEP in 2008.[3]
Morin played for Centre Federal du Basket-Ball in the NM1 between 2009 and 2012.[4]
Professional career
Between 2012 and 2015, Morin played for Cholet Basket in the LNB Pro A.[4]
For the 2025–16 season, Morin joined Denain-Voltaire of the LNB Pro B.[4] He averaged 7.5 points per game.[5]
Morin joined STB Le Havre for the 2016–17 Pro B season. In 37 games, he averaged 6.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.8 blocks per game.[4]
In July 2017, Morin joined the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 2017 NBA Summer League.[6] On October 11, he signed with the Thunder.[7] He was waived on October 14 as one of the team's final preseason roster cuts[8] and then joined the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League.[9] In 34 games during the 2017–18 NBA G League season, he averaged 5.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.[10] On April 14, 2018, he signed with Le Mans Sarthe for the rest of the LNB Pro A season.[10] He saw action in 12 games of the Pro A playoffs, averaging 2.7 points and 1.8 boards a contest, en route to winning the French championship.[11]
Morin joined Nanterre 92 for the 2018–19 season. After nine games to start the season,[4] he joined Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket in October 2018.[12]
In July 2019, Morin joined the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 2019 NBA Summer League.[4] He later re-joined Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket for the 2019–20 season.[4]
In May 2020, Morin signed with SIG Strasbourg.[13] He played for Strasbourg in 2020–21 and 2021–22.[4]
In May 2022, Morin signed with Chorale Roanne Basket.[14] He played for Chorale Roanne in 2022–23 and 2023–24.[4]
In May 2024, Morin joined UCAM Murcia CB of the Spanish Liga ACB for the rest of the 2023–24 season.[15] In 10 games, he averaged 7.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.[1]
In July 2024, Morin signed with the Akita Northern Happinets of the Japanese B.League.[16][17] In June 2025, he joined La Laguna Tenerife for the 2025 ACB Playoffs.[18]
Morin joined the Toyama Grouses for the 2025–26 B.League season. In May 2026, he joined Joventut Badalona for the rest of the Liga ACB season.[19]
On August 13, 2026, Morin signed with the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL) for the 2026–27 season.[20]
National team career
Morin represented the French national team at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.[21]
References
- 1 2 "Yannis Morin". Liga ACB (in Spanish). Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ↑ "Interview Yannis Morin : " Rien ne me fera douter " - Basket-BallWorld". Basket-BallWorld (in French). May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Yannis MORIN". Cholet Basket. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Yannis Morin, Basketball Player, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "Yannis Morin signe au STB Le Havre". BeBasket (in French). Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ↑ Kent, Austin (July 21, 2017). "Thunder Agree To Deal With Yannis Morin". hoopsrumors.com. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "Thunder Signs Morin and Wright". NBA.com. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Thunder Waives Four". NBA.com. October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ↑ "Oklahoma City Blue Announces Training Camp Roster - Oklahoma City Blue". Oklahoma City Blue. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- 1 2 "Yannis Morin signs at Le Mans". Eurobasket.com. April 14, 2018. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- ↑ "Morin Yannis | LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr (in French). Retrieved October 23, 2018.
- ↑ "35 jours de contrat au CCRB pour Yannis Morin". BeBasket (in French). Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
- ↑ Carchia, Emiliano (May 4, 2020). "SIG Strasbourg signs Yannis Morin". Sportando. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- ↑ "Yannis Morin et Kadri Moendadze s'engagent à la Chorale". Chorale Basket Roanne (in French). Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ↑ "El UCAM Murcia CB incorpora a Yannis Morin". UCAM Murcia CB. May 12, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ↑ "【新入団】ヤニス・モラン選手契約合意のお知らせ". 秋田ノーザンハピネッツ. July 8, 2024. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Après sa parenthèse enchantée en Espagne, Yannis Morin choisit le Japon". BasketEurope.com (in French). July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ↑ "La Laguna Tenerife ficha al pívot Yannis Morin". acb.com (in Spanish). June 1, 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
- ↑ "Yannis Morin: refuerzo para el Asisa Joventut". acb.com (in Spanish). May 19, 2026. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
- ↑ "French connection: Phoenix lock in third import". nbl.com.au. August 13, 2026. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Yannis Morin | U16 European Championship Men (2009) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
External links
- Yannis Morin at lnb.fr
- 1993 births
- Living people
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Akita Northern Happinets players
- CB Murcia players
- Centers (basketball)
- Champagne Basket players
- Cholet Basket players
- Chorale Roanne Basket players
- Denain Voltaire Basket players
- French expatriate basketball people in Japan
- French expatriate basketball people in Spain
- French expatriate basketball people in the United States
- French men's basketball players
- Le Mans Sarthe Basket players
- Liga ACB players
- Martiniquais men's basketball players
- Nanterre 92 players
- Oklahoma City Blue players
- Power forwards
- SIG Strasbourg players
- Sportspeople from Fort-de-France
- STB Le Havre players
