Leon Kratzer

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Leon Kratzer
s.Oliver Würzburg
2018–2020Skyliners Frankfurt
2020–2023Telekom Baskets Bonn
2023–presentParis Basketball
Career highlights and awards

Leon Kratzer (born 4 February 1997) is a German professional

LNB Pro A.[1][2]

Professional career

The son of former professional basketball player Marc Suhr, a 7-foot center who won four caps for the German men's national team during his career, Kratzer started out with

Brose Bamberg youth program in 2012. Representing Bamberg's development squad Baunach Young Pikes, he made his debut in Germany's third-tier ProB during the 2013-14 season, helping the team win promotion to ProA that year. Kratzer made his first appearances in Germany's top-flight Basketball Bundesliga for Bamberg in the 2016-17 campaign, while still being a regular in the reserve team. Averaging 14.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks a game for Baunach in 2016-17,[4] he garnered ProA Player of the Year honors.[5]

Looking to take the next step in his career and to gain more playing time in the Bundesliga, he signed on loan for

s.Oliver Würzburg in June 2017.[6]

On 20 November 2018 he signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga.[7]

On 31 July 2020 he signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[8] In 2023 Kratzer won the Basketball Champions League with Bonn, remaining scoreless in the final against Hapoel Jerusalem, but contributing a team-high six rebounds.

On 8 July 2023 he signed with

LNB Pro A (BBL).[9]

International career

Kratzer represented the German junior national teams at the

2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships
.

References

  1. ^ "Leon Kratzer nouveau rempart du Paris Basketball".
  2. ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com.
  3. ^ "#25 Leon Kratzer - Brose Bamberg". www.brosebamberg.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  4. ^ "2. Basketball-Bundesliga | Spieler". www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  5. ^ "Leon Kratzer wechselt nach Würzburg". inFranken.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  6. ^ "Brose Bamberg verleiht Leon Kratzer nach Würzburg - Brose Bamberg". www.brosebamberg.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  7. ^ "Basketball-Talent Leon Kratzer wechselt von Bamberg nach Frankfurt" (in German). FNP.de. November 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  8. ^ "Von Frankfurt nach Bonn: Leon Kratzer kommt zu den Baskets". Sportando. July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  9. ^ "Leon Kratzer, nouveau rempart du Paris Basketball". parisbasketball.paris (in French). July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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