Yannis Morin

Yannis Morin
Morin in 2023
No. 12 – South East Melbourne Phoenix
PositionPower forward / center
LeagueNBL
Personal information
Born (1993-08-31) August 31, 1993 (age 33)
Fort-de-France, France
Listed height
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight
210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
2015: undrafted
Playing career
2012–present
Career history
2012–2015Cholet
2015–2016Denain-Voltaire
2016–2017Le Havre
2017–2018Oklahoma City Blue
2018Le Mans Sarthe
2018Nanterre 92
2018–2020Champagne Châlons-Reims
2020–2022SIG Strasbourg
2022–2024Chorale Roanne Basket
2024UCAM Murcia
2024–2025Akita Northern Happinets
2025La Laguna Tenerife
2025–2026Toyama Grouses
2026Joventut Badalona
2026–presentSouth East Melbourne Phoenix
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Yannis Mario Morin (born August 31, 1993) is a French professional basketball player for the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL).

Early life and career

Born in Fort-de-France, capital of the French overseas department of Martinique, Morin went through the youth ranks of Golden Lion Basketball in Saint-Joseph, Martinique, before joining the Pôle Espoirs de Martinique. He enrolled at INSEP in 2008.

Morin played for Centre Federal du Basket-Ball in the NM1 between 2009 and 2012.

Professional career

Between 2012 and 2015, Morin played for Cholet Basket in the LNB Pro A.

For the 2025–16 season, Morin joined Denain-Voltaire of the LNB Pro B. He averaged 7.5 points per game.

Morin joined STB Le Havre for the 2016–17 Pro B season. In 37 games, he averaged 6.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.8 blocks per game.

In July 2017, Morin joined the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 2017 NBA Summer League. On October 11, he signed with the Thunder. He was waived on October 14 as one of the team's final preseason roster cuts and then joined the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League. In 34 games during the 2017–18 NBA G League season, he averaged 5.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. On April 14, 2018, he signed with Le Mans Sarthe for the rest of the LNB Pro A season. He saw action in 12 games of the Pro A playoffs, averaging 2.7 points and 1.8 boards a contest, en route to winning the French championship.

Morin joined Nanterre 92 for the 2018–19 season. After nine games to start the season, he joined Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket in October 2018.

In July 2019, Morin joined the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 2019 NBA Summer League. He later re-joined Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket for the 2019–20 season.

In May 2020, Morin signed with SIG Strasbourg. He played for Strasbourg in 2020–21 and 2021–22.

In May 2022, Morin signed with Chorale Roanne Basket. He played for Chorale Roanne in 2022–23 and 2023–24.

In May 2024, Morin joined UCAM Murcia CB of the Spanish Liga ACB for the rest of the 2023–24 season. In 10 games, he averaged 7.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.

In July 2024, Morin signed with the Akita Northern Happinets of the Japanese B.League. In June 2025, he joined La Laguna Tenerife for the 2025 ACB Playoffs.

Morin joined the Toyama Grouses for the 2025–26 B.League season. In May 2026, he joined Joventut Badalona for the rest of the Liga ACB season.

On August 13, 2026, Morin signed with the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL) for the 2026–27 season.

National team career

Morin represented the French national team at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

References

  1. 1 2 "Yannis Morin". Liga ACB (in Spanish). Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Interview Yannis Morin : " Rien ne me fera douter " - Basket-BallWorld". Basket-BallWorld (in French). May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Yannis MORIN". Cholet Basket. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Yannis Morin, Basketball Player, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Yannis Morin signe au STB Le Havre". BeBasket (in French). Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ Kent, Austin (July 21, 2017). "Thunder Agree To Deal With Yannis Morin". hoopsrumors.com. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Thunder Signs Morin and Wright". NBA.com. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Thunder Waives Four". NBA.com. October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Oklahoma City Blue Announces Training Camp Roster - Oklahoma City Blue". Oklahoma City Blue. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Yannis Morin signs at Le Mans". Eurobasket.com. April 14, 2018. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Morin Yannis | LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr (in French). Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  12. ↑ "35 jours de contrat au CCRB pour Yannis Morin". BeBasket (in French). Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  13. ↑ Carchia, Emiliano (May 4, 2020). "SIG Strasbourg signs Yannis Morin". Sportando. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Yannis Morin et Kadri Moendadze s'engagent à la Chorale". Chorale Basket Roanne (in French). Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  15. ↑ "El UCAM Murcia CB incorpora a Yannis Morin". UCAM Murcia CB. May 12, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  16. ↑ "【新入団】ヤニス・モラン選手契約合意のお知らせ". 秋田ノーザンハピネッツ. July 8, 2024. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Après sa parenthèse enchantée en Espagne, Yannis Morin choisit le Japon". BasketEurope.com (in French). July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  18. ↑ "La Laguna Tenerife ficha al pívot Yannis Morin". acb.com (in Spanish). June 1, 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Yannis Morin: refuerzo para el Asisa Joventut". acb.com (in Spanish). May 19, 2026. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  20. ↑ "French connection: Phoenix lock in third import". nbl.com.au. August 13, 2026. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  21. ↑ "Yannis Morin | U16 European Championship Men (2009) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved July 21, 2017.