Leon Kratzer
Kratzer playing for Germany in 2023
No. 8 – Paris Basketball
PositionCenter
LeagueLNB Pro A
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1997-02-04) 4 February 1997
Bayreuth, Germany
NationalityGerman
Listed height2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight243 lb (110 kg)
Career information
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2015Baunach Young Pikes
2015–2018Brose Bamberg
2015–2017→Baunach Young Pikes
2017–2018→s.Oliver Würzburg
2018–2020Skyliners Frankfurt
2020–2023Telekom Baskets Bonn
2023–presentParis Basketball
Career highlights and awards

Leon Kratzer (born 4 February 1997) is a German professional basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A and the EuroCup.[1][2]

Professional career

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]

On 8 July 2023 he signed with Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A (BBL).[9]

International career

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

  1. ↑ "Leon Kratzer nouveau rempart du Paris Basketball".
  2. ↑ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com.
  3. ↑ "#25 Leon Kratzer - Brose Bamberg". www.brosebamberg.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  4. ↑ "2. Basketball-Bundesliga | Spieler". www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  5. ↑ "Leon Kratzer wechselt nach Würzburg". inFranken.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  6. ↑ "Brose Bamberg verleiht Leon Kratzer nach Würzburg - Brose Bamberg". www.brosebamberg.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  7. ↑ "Basketball-Talent Leon Kratzer wechselt von Bamberg nach Frankfurt" (in German). FNP.de. November 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Von Frankfurt nach Bonn: Leon Kratzer kommt zu den Baskets". Sportando. July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Leon Kratzer, nouveau rempart du Paris Basketball". parisbasketball.paris (in French). July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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