League Liga ACBEurocup NBA draft 2011 / Undrafted Weight 86 kg Nationality French Name Antoine Diot Career start 2007 | Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Role Basketball player Pro career 2004 Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg) Height 1.93 m | |
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Current team Strasbourg IG (#8 / Point guard) Profiles | ||
Antoine diot winning shot at aris
Antoine Camille Diot (born January 17, 1989) is a French professional basketball player for Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in), he plays at the point guard position. He also represents the French national basketball team.
Contents
- Antoine diot winning shot at aris
- Antoine Diot hits a money time crazy 3 pointer at SDA 14 final against Vichy
- Professional career
- French national team
- References
Antoine Diot hits a money-time crazy 3-pointer at SDA 1/4 final against Vichy
Professional career
Diot began playing basketball with the youth teams of the French club JL Bourg en Bresse. He then played with Centre Fédéral, in the French 3rd-tier level league, the NM1, from 2004 to 2007. He began his professional career in 2007, with the French 1st-tier level Pro A League club, Le Mans. He moved to the French club Paris-Levallois Basket in 2012.
On July 1, 2013, Diot signed a two-year deal with the French Pro A team Strasbourg IG, with an opt-out clause after the first year. He was voted the French League French Player's MVP in 2014. In June 2014, he opted to remain with the team for one more season. He was voted the French Leaders Cup MVP in 2015.
On July 10, 2015, he signed a two-year contract with the Spanish ACB team Valencia Basket. With Valencia, he won the Spanish League 2016–17 season championship. On July 5, 2017, he signed a two-year contract extension with Valencia.
French national team
Diot was a member of the French junior national teams. With France's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a gold medal, the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a silver medal, and was named the tournament's MVP, the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a gold medal, the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, where he won a bronze medal, the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a gold medal, and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
Diot then became a member of the senior men's French national basketball team. With France's senior national team, he has played at the following major tournaments: the EuroBasket 2009, the EuroBasket 2013, where he won a gold medal, the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where he won a silver medal, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.