2023–24 London Lions season

2023–24 London Lions season
2023–24 London Lions season
Head coach	Petar Božić
Captain	Sam Dekker
Arena	Copper Box Arena
BBL results
Record	22–3 (.880)
Ladder	1st
BBL Trophy	Semifinalist
Playoff finish	TBD
EuroCup	Regular season
	Stats at BBL.org.uk
	All statistics correct as of 12 January 2024.

The 2023–24 London Lions season is the 47th season of the franchise in the British Basketball League (BBL), and their 12th under the banner of London Lions.

This season will be their first under the leadership of their new head coach Petar Božić,^[1]^[2] and their second season in the EuroCup Basketball competition.^[3]^[4]

Roster

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

London Lions roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
C	0	Olaseni, Gabriel	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	104 kg (229 lb)
G	1	Taylor, Jordan (I)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
G/F	2	Nwaba, David (I)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	99 kg (218 lb)
G/F	6	Soluade, Morayo	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	89 kg (196 lb)
F	7	Dekker, Sam (C & I)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	99 kg (218 lb)
F/C	9	Morgan, Conor (I)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
G	10	Nelson, Luke	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
G	11	Queeley, Kareem	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
C	14	Djanogly, Joshua	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)
C	20	Sharma, Josh	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	104 kg (229 lb)
G	22	Phillip, Tarik	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)
F	23	Sandy, Ciaran	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
G	30	Morgan, Matt (I)	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	84 kg (185 lb)
G	31	Kaboza, Bradley	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	79 kg (174 lb)
F	32	Grantham, Donte (I)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
G	33	Udeh, Remy	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (176 lb)

Head coach

Petar Božić

Assistant coach(es)

Polat Kaya
Robert Youngblood

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(IN) Inactive
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 7 January 2024

Standings

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	London Lions	25	22	3	2324	2049	+275	44	Playoffs
2	Caledonia Gladiators	21	13	8	1777	1748	+29	26
3	Cheshire Phoenix	20	12	8	1815	1730	+85	24
4	Newcastle Eagles	20	11	9	1771	1740	+31	22
5	Sheffield Sharks	21	11	10	1655	1638	+17	22
6	Bristol Flyers	22	11	11	1764	1760	+4	22
7	Leicester Riders	21	10	11	1866	1846	+20	20
8	Surrey Scorchers	21	7	14	1692	1774	−82	14

9	Manchester Giants	23	7	16	1884	2091	−207	14
10	Plymouth City Patriots	20	3	17	1549	1721	−172	6

Updated to match(es) played on 1 January 2024. Source: BBC Sport

The BBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the BBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Last place

2023–24 BBL Championship
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Team ╲ Round
Bristol Flyers	4	4	8	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	6	6	4	5	6	6
Caledonia Gladiators	3	6	6	6	6	4	3	4	4	5	5	3	3	2	2	2
Cheshire Phoenix	1	3	5	3	5	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Leicester Riders	10	7	3	2	2	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
London Lions	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Manchester Giants	8	10	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Newcastle Eagles	5	2	2	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	5	6	4	5	4
Plymouth City Patriots	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sheffield Sharks	6	5	4	5	4	6	6	6	5	3	3	4	5	6	4	5
Surrey Scorchers	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 1 January 2024. Source: BBL.org.uk

Group B standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	LON	LEI	NEW	BRI	MAN
1	London Lions (Q)	3	3	0	288	242	+46	6	Semifinals	—	89–74	99–77	—	—
2	Leicester Riders	3	2	1	273	251	+22	4	Semifinals	—	—	—	95–74	104–88

3	Newcastle Eagles	3	2	1	253	259	−6	4		—	19 Jan	—	—	92–78
4	Bristol Flyers	2	0	2	156	179	−23	0		19 Jan	—	82–84	—	—
5	Manchester Giants (E)	3	0	3	257	296	−39	0		91–100	—	—	14 Jan	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2024. Source: BBL
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Game log

BBL Championships

2023–24 game log
Total: 22–3 (Home: 12–2; Road: 10–1)

September: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	16 September	@ Surrey	W 61–83	Olaseni, Phillip (13)	Gabriel Olaseni (10)	C.Morgan, Kaboza (4)	Surrey Sports Park 850	1–0
2	21 September	Caledonia	W 93–65	Gabriel Olaseni (14)	Gabriel Olaseni (10)	Grantham, Soluade (4)	Copper Box Arena 1,431	2–0
3	23 September	@ Manchester	W 76–115	M.Morgan, Nelson (18)	Josh Sharma (6)	Tarik Phillip (8)	National Basketball Performance Centre 800	3–0
4	28 September	Bristol	W 98–84	Matt Morgan (25)	Grantham, Olaseni (7)	three players (5)	Copper Box Arena 1,494	4–0

October: 7–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	1 October	@ Cheshire	W 82–91	Matt Morgan (33)	Matt Morgan (8)	M.Morgan, Olaseni (3)	Cheshire Oaks Arena 200	5–0
6	8 October	Manchester	W 94–89	Matt Morgan (30)	Tarik Phillip (8)	Jordan Taylor (7)	Copper Box Arena 2,545	6–0
7	13 October	Cheshire	W 99–80	Conor Morgan (17)	Conor Morgan (8)	Luke Nelson (10)	Copper Box Arena 1,778	7–0
8	16 October	Newcastle	W 109–104 (OT)	Matt Morgan (30)	Gabriel Olaseni (9)	Luke Nelson (6)	Copper Box Arena 822	8–0
9	20 October	@ Sheffield	W 76–92	Conor Morgan (19)	Ciaran Sandy (9)	M.Morgan, Nelson (5)	Canon Medical Arena n/a	9–0
10	22 October	Surrey	W 82–70	Conor Morgan (17)	Conor Morgan (8)	Grantham, Phillip (6)	Copper Box Arena 3,258	10–0
11	27 October	@ Newcastle	W 86–99	Conor Morgan (17)	Gabriel Olaseni (10)	Gabriel Olaseni (9)	Vertu Motors Arena n/a	11–0

November: 3–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
12	3 November	Bristol	W 95–67	Matt Morgan (19)	Gabriel Olaseni (7)	Morayo Soluade (6)	Copper Box Arena 2,300	12–0
13	5 November	@ Plymouth	L 94–70	Bradley Kaboza (21)	Donte Grantham (7)	Morayo Soluade (4)	Plymouth Pavilions n/a	12–1
14	10 November	@ Leicester	W 95–102	Donte Grantham (22)	Donte Grantham (11)	Jordan Taylor (5)	Leicester Arena n/a	13–1
15	19 November	@ Manchester	W 84–92	Matt Morgan (32)	Josh Sharma (9)	Matt Morgan (6)	National Basketball Performance Centre n/a	14–1
16	23 November	Newcastle	L 80–102	Kareem Queeley (13)	Conor Morgan (6)	Jordan Taylor (7)	Copper Box Arena 1,236	14–2

December: 7–1 (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
17	1 December	@ Leicester	W 79–89	Conor Morgan (19)	C.Morgan, Sharma (7)	Jordan Taylor (8)	Leicester Arena n/a	15–2
18	3 December	Caledonia	L 94–100 (OT)	Gabriel Olaseni (26)	Conor Morgan (6)	Jordan Taylor (8)	Copper Box Arena n/a	15–3
19	8 December	Plymouth	W 91–84	Matt Morgan (27)	Ciaran Sandy (8)	Jordan Taylor (5)	Copper Box Arena 1,304	16–3
20	10 December	Leicester	W 100–62	Conor Morgan (21)	C.Morgan, Sharma (7)	Tarik Phillip (5)	Copper Box Arena 1,447	17–3
21	15 December	Cheshire	W 102–95	Matt Morgan (28)	Jordan Taylor (5)	Jordan Taylor (9)	Copper Box Arena 1,279	18–3
22	17 December	Manchester	W 99–91 (OT)	Matt Morgan (31)	Matt Morgan (11)	Jordan Taylor (7)	Copper Box Arena 1,731	19–3
23	24 December	Sheffield	W 83–64	Conor Morgan (15)	Conor Morgan (10)	Jordan Taylor (5)	Copper Box Arena 2,223	20–3
24	29 December	@ Caledonia	W 79–87	Gabriel Olaseni (18)	Conor Morgan (11)	Jordan Taylor (8)	Playsport Arena 1,600	21–3

January: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
25	1 January	@ Surrey	W 80–85	Gabriel Olaseni (25)	C.Morgan, Olaseni (8)	Luke Nelson (9)	Surrey Sports Park n/a	22–3

February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
26	2 February	@ Newcastle	Vertu Motors Arena
27	4 February	Plymouth	Copper Box Arena
28	8 February	Sheffield	Copper Box Arena
29	17 February	@ Bristol	SGS College Arena

March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
30	3 March	Leicester					Copper Box Arena
31	8 March	@ Caledonia					Playsport Arena

April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
32	5 April	@ Sheffield	Canon Medical Arena
33	7 April	@ Bristol	SGS College Arena
34	12 April	@ Plymouth	Plymouth Pavilions
35	18 April	Surrey	Copper Box Arena
36	21 April	@ Cheshire	Cheshire Oaks Arena

2023–24 season schedule

EuroCup

2023–24 game log
Total: 10–4 (Home: 3–3; Road: 7–1)

October: 3–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	5 October	Venezia	W 76–69	Donte Grantham (23)	Grantham, Olaseni (7)	Jordan Taylor (7)	Copper Box Arena 1,287	1–0
2	11 October	@ Humburg	W 94–100	Matt Morgan (21)	Conor Morgan (9)	Matt Morgan (6)	Edel-optics.de Arena 1,279	2–0
3	19 October	@ Prometey	W 89–99	Matt Morgan (21)	Donte Grantham (11)	Tarik Phillip (8)	Arena Riga 1,357	3–0
4	25 October	Paris	L 102–106 (2OT)	Matt Morgan (26)	Gabriel Olaseni (11)	Tarik Phillip (9)	Copper Box Arena 6,152	3–1

November: 4–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 3–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	2 November	Hapoel Tel Aviv	L 90–98	Matt Morgan (22)	Donte Grantham (12)	Jordan Taylor (8)	Copper Box Arena 85	3–2
6	9 November	@ Joventut Badalona	W 76–87	Gabriel Olaseni (21)	Gabriel Olaseni (9)	Olaseni, Phillip (5)	Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona 2,979	4–2
7	16 November	@ Beşiktaş	W 80–83	Gabriel Olaseni (24)	Matt Morgan (8)	Matt Morgan (7)	Akatlar Arena 2,882	5–2
8	22 November	Cedevita Olimpija	W 101–95	Matt Morgan (24)	Gabriel Olaseni (12)	Jordan Taylor (8)	Copper Box Arena 3,298	6–2
9	29 November	@ Wolves	W 87–101	Conor Morgan (22)	Donte Grantham (8)	Jordan Taylor (5)	Avia Solutions Group Arena 3,724	7–2

December: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
10	6 December	@ Venezia	W 91–95	Gabriel Olaseni (23)	Gabriel Olaseni (12)	C.Morgan, Taylor (4)	Palasport Taliercio 2,636	8–2
11	14 December	Humburg	L 81–83	Gabriel Olaseni (24)	Gabriel Olaseni (9)	Luke Nelson (5)	Copper Box Arena 1,630	8–3
12	21 December	Prometey	W 89–88	Gabriel Olaseni (19)	Gabriel Olaseni (10)	Matt Morgan (7)	Copper Box Arena 3,326	9–3
13	27 December	@ Paris	L 94–77	Matt Morgan (18)	Gabriel Olaseni (7)	Jordan Taylor (4)	Halle Georges Carpentier 2,728	9–4

January: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
14	10 January	@ Hapoel Tel Aviv	W 96–100	David Nwaba (17)	Gabriel Olaseni (10)	Tarik Phillip (7)	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall closed event	10–4
15	18 January	Joventut Badalona	boxscore				Copper Box Arena
16	25 January	Beşiktaş	boxscore				Copper Box Arena

February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
17	1 February	@ Cedevita Olimpija	boxscore				Arena Stožice
18	8 February	Wolves	boxscore				Copper Box Arena

2023–24 eurocup schedule

BBL Trophy

2024 BBL Trophy game log
Total: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)

January: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	4 January	Newcastle	W 99–77	C.Morgan, Nelson (20)	C.Morgan, Sandy (9)	Gabriel Olaseni (9)	Copper Box Arena n/a	1–0
2	7 January	Leicester	W 89–74	Donte Grantham (16)	Ciaran Sandy (11)	Tarik Phillip (9)	Copper Box Arena 2,960	2–0
3	12 January	@ Manchester	W 91–100	Matt Morgan (22)	Tarik Phillip (7)	Tarik Phillip (7)	National Basketball Performance Centre n/a	3–0
4	19 January	@ Bristol					SGS College Arena

2023–24 trophy schedule

Transactions

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Sam Dekker
Josh Sharma
Luke Nelson
Morayo Soluade
Jordan Taylor
Tarik Phillip
Kareem Queeley
Bradley Kaboza

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Gabriel Olaseni		Darüşşafaka
Conor Morgan		Bahçeşehir Koleji
Matt Morgan		Le Mans
Donte Grantham		SLUC Nancy Basket
Ciaran Sandy		Mercyhurst Lakers
Rokas Gustys		Fundación CB Granada
Joshua Djanogly		Wolfenbüttel
David Nwaba	4 January 2023	Motor City Cruise^[5]

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Free agent	Newcastle Eagles
Vojtěch Hruban	Free agent	Cholet Basket
Tomislav Zubčić	Free agent	Napoli Basket
Aaron Best	Free agent	Trefl Sopot
Miye Oni	Free agent	Osceola Magic
Rokas Gustys	Released (NRP)	TBC

References

↑ "London Lions Confirm Petar Božić As New Head Coach". BritishBasketballLeague.com. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
↑ "London signs head coach Bozic". euroleaguebasketball.net. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
↑ "2023-24 BKT EuroCup: Group A at a glance". euroleaguebasketball.net. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
↑ "British Basketball League clubs prepare for historic 2023/24 European campaign". BritishBasketballLeague.com. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
↑ Maggi, Alessandro (4 January 2024). "David Nwaba signs with London Lions". Sportando.basketball. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

External links

London Lions (official website)
British Basketball League

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[1] "London Lions Confirm Petar Božić As New Head Coach". BritishBasketballLeague.com. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[2] "London signs head coach Bozic". euroleaguebasketball.net. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[3] "2023-24 BKT EuroCup: Group A at a glance". euroleaguebasketball.net. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[4] "British Basketball League clubs prepare for historic 2023/24 European campaign". BritishBasketballLeague.com. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[5] Maggi, Alessandro (4 January 2024). "David Nwaba signs with London Lions". Sportando.basketball. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

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British Basketball League
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Competitions	BBL Championship (BBL Playoffs) BBL Cup BBL Trophy Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Women's British Basketball League
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2023–24 Eurocup
Regular season Playoffs Final
Participating in the regular season	Group A Group B Aris Beşiktaş Emlakjet Budućnost VOLI Cedevita Olimpija Dolomiti Energia Trento Gran Canaria Hapoel Tel Aviv Joventut Lietkabelis London Lions Mincidelice JL Bourg Paris Basketball Prometey ratiopharm Ulm Śląsk Wrocław Türk Telekom U-BT Cluj-Napoca Umana Reyer Venezia Veolia Towers Hamburg Wolves