Jean-Baptiste Maille is a French professional

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player for

SIG Strasbourg Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket, most commonly known as SIG Basket or SIG Strasbourg, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Strasbourg. The club, founded in 1929, competes domestically in the French Pro A League, and i ...

of the French

LNB Pro A The LNB Pro A, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite, is the top-tier men's professional basketball league in France. The competition has existed since 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket has governed the league. ...

Professional career

During the

2017–18 Pro A season The 2017–18 Pro A season is the 96th season of the Pro A, the top basketball league in France organised by the Ligue nationale de basket (LNB). On 2 March 2018, Jeep became the new main sponsor of the league and the league was re-named the Je ...

, Jean-Baptiste Maille played for the league competitor

Limoges CSP Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre, commonly referred to as Limoges CSP or CSP, is a French professional basketball club based in the city of Limoges. History The club was founded in 1929, but its peak was during the 1980s and 1990s, when they became t ...

. He was part of the

team that finished fourth at the

2020–21 Basketball Champions League The 2020–21 Basketball Champions League was the 5th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs launched and managed by FIBA. The season began on 15 September 2020 and ...

.Jean-Baptiste Maille (SIG), dans la cour des grands
Amaury PRIEUR (

Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace ''Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace'', commonly known as ''DNA'', is a regional daily French newspaper covering the Alsace region. History and profile ''DNA'' was created in November 1877 as ''Neueste Nachrichten'' by German Heinrich Ludwig Kays ...

), 2 May 2021. Accessed 20 May 2021.

Personal

As a child, Maille admired

Shawnta Rogers Shawnta Darnell Rogers (born January 5, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player and former star at The George Washington University of the Atlantic 10 Conference. He attended Lake Clifton High School in Baltimore, Maryland, whe ...

and Sandro Nicevic.

References

External links

Basketball Champions League profileProfile
at Eurobasket.com
ScoutBasketball profile
1993 births Living people French men's basketball players Guards (basketball) SIG Strasbourg players Sportspeople from Le Mans {{France-basketball-bio-stub