Biography And NBA Career Of Joffrey Lauvergne

Since his NBA debut of 2013, the professional basketball player Joffrey Lauvergne has exhibited admirable prowess till date. Before joining the NBA, the French National played for a handful of French basketball teams where he recorded admirable statistics. Presently, the talented basketball player has left NBA to join Turkish basketball Super League known as Fenerbahçe The accomplished basketball center and power forward has recorded a good number of awards and medals in the duration of his career. He was part of the French National Team that won gold at the 2013 EuroBasket. The versatile basketball player bagged the bronze medal at the 2014 World Cup the next summer. Other awards he has to his credit include; 2012 French League champion, two-times Basketball League of Serbia champion which he accomplished in 2013 and 2014 respectively, two-time French Cup winner which he recorded in both 2011 and 2012, 2014 Adriatic League Ideal starting five, 2012 French Leaders Cup winner and 2013 Adriatic League champion.

There is not much background information on the celeb basketball player, His birth details says that he was born in Mulhouse France on the 30th day of September 1991. His place of birth indicated that he is of French Nationality, but his ethnicity is not known. There is no information on the identity of his mother, but his father is listed as Stephan Lauvergne who was celebrated as a basketball player during his active years in the game. The young basketball player acquired his educational qualification from his home country France, he attended INSEP in Paris France where he accomplished his high school grades. There is no record of the University he attended but it is on record that he started playing professional basketball for some French Basketball teams before he got drafted in the second round of the NBA draft of 2013 as the 55th overall by the Memphis Grizzles.

The only information we have on the family background of the professional basketball player is that his father Stephane Lauvergne played professional basketball during his active years. His das Stephane was best known as a player for the French national team. Information regarding his mum and his siblings if any is currently not accessible.

The center and power forward of the NBA stands at a towering height od 6 feet 11 inches or 2.109m and weighs a commensurate 118kg or 260 lb to go with his great height. Although his other body stats is not known, it is public knowledge that the dude is one tough hombre, apart from his shattering kickboxing abilities, the famed basketballer has been known to long period under the jab of the hypodermic needle in a bid to get some epic tattoos emblazoned on his person. His latest tattoo features a gladiator fending off the attack of a charging lion in front of a cheering crowd in addition to his former inscription which is the logo of his past European team known as the Partizan Belgrade which is easily seen rippling out of his skin.

NBA career

Before joining the National Basketball association, the famed basketballer played with four non-NBA teams namely Elan Chalon which he joined in 2009 and stayed till 2012, he was with Valentia in 2012 and the same year, he moved over to Partizan where he was till 2014. 2014 to 2015 saw him in the team of the Khimki. Even though his NBA draft was accomplished in 2013, he stayed some time with Partizan and Khimki before making his official debut with the Denver Nuggets of the NBA. The young basketballers career in the National Basketball Association took off after his NBA draft of 2013 where he was selected as the 55th overall in the second round by the Memphis Grizzles. His right was then traded to the Denver Nuggets where he signed a two-years contract with the Nuggets on the 19th day of February 2015 and made his NBA debut three days later. His debut in the NBA ended in a 119-94 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder and he had a record of 8 points with 3 rebounds. He scored a career high of 22 points on the 19th of February 2916 in a match against the Sacramento Kings that ended in 116-110 inn favor of the Nuggets.

Joffrey went over to the team of the Oklahoma City Thunder in a trade that sent two protected 2017 second round draft picks over to the team of the Denver Nuggets. The NBA center and power forward recorded a season high of 16 points on the 3rd of February 2017 in a 114-102 victory over the Memphis Grizzles, The talented basketballers next trade which was accomplished on the 23rd of February 2017 took him over to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association, Joffrey was traded alongside professional NBA players like Anthony Morrow and Cameron Payne to the Bulls and in exchange, the Oklahoma City Thunder received the likes of Doug McDermott, Taj Gibson and one second round draft pick of the 2010 NBA draft.

By the 18th of July 2017, Joffrey signed another contract with the San Antonio Spurs, He recorded a career high of 26 points on the 13th of February 2018 to accompany a season high of 11 rebound he recorded in a 117-109 loss to the Nuggets. After his stint with the Spurs, the professional basketball player joined a Turkish Basketball club Known as Fenerbahçe and signed a two-year contract with the club on the 4th of July 2018 `