Nolan Traore is an 18-year-old professional French basketball player who was born on May 28, 2006, in Creteil, Val de-Marne, France. As of December 2024, Traore plays as a point guard in the LNB Pro A and Champions League. He started his basketball journey at the age of four when he joined COC Chennevieres. Growing up, he played for VGA Saint-Maur Omnisports’ Under-9, Under-10, and Under-11 teams. He later joined Saint-Charles Charenton in 2017 and was also a member of Pole Espoirs IIe-de-France from 2019 to 2021.
According to the official website of the Olympics, Nolan Traore is the next international prospect from France in the 2025 NBA draft. Earlier in 2024, he also competed in the Nike Hoop Summit match by scoring 18 points, 2 rebounds, and 4 assists in 31 minutes.
What team is Nolan Traore on?
Nolan Traore's teams as of December 2024
Nolan Traore is playing as a point guard for the Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball, which competes in the LNB Pro A and FIBA Champions League as of December 2024. He signed with the Quentin Basket-Ball in late March 2024. Traore played his first match for Quentin against AS Monaco on March 30, 2024, where he scored 5 points, 1 rebound, and 4 assists in 15 minutes, according to the Proballers. According to the site, he scored 39 points, 5 rebounds, and 14 assists in two games for Quentin in the France Betlic Elite 2023-24 season. As of December 6, 2024, in the Betlic Elite 2024-25 season, Traore has scored 98 points, grabbed 19 rebounds, and made 50 assists in 10 games, according to the Proballers.
Nolan Traore Club Teams
Nolan Traore started playing professional basketball in 2021 when he joined the Pole-France Basketball of the Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1). According to the Proballer, as a rookie, he averaged 2.2 points and 2.3 assists per game over 11 games. In the 2022–23 season, Traore appeared in 32 games where he scored 358 points, grabbed 86 rebounds, and made 111 assists for the Pole-France. In his last season for the Pole-France before transferring to Saint-Quentin, he excelled by averaging 16.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 5.5 assists in 19.6 minutes per game over 27 games, as per the Proballers.
Nolan Traore National Team
Nolan Traore represented France for the first time in the 2022 FIBA Under-16 European Championship, averaging 13.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 5.7 assists per game over seven games, as per his FIBA profile. Traore was a member of the 2023 FIBA Under-18 European Championship, where he played 7 games, averaging 8.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game. In 2024, he participated in the FIBA Under-18 EuroBasket and helped France secure fifth position by averaging 14.0 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 9.3 assists per game, according to his FIBA profile. He also played with the senior national basketball team of France in the 2024 FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers as of December 2024, where he scored 18 points, 2 rebounds, and 9 assists in 2 games.
FAQs on Nolan Traore
A. Nolan Traore is French.
A. As of December 2024, Nolan Traore is 6 feet 4 inches (1.92 m) tall.
A. According to a reel posted by League Him, Nolan Traore has a wingspan of 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) as of December 2024.
A. Nolan Traore wears jersey number 2 in the Saint-Quentin as of December 2024.
