Leon Kratzer | |
Number: | 8 |
Position: | Center |
Height M: | 2.12 |
Weight Lb: | 243 |
League: | LNB Pro A |
Team: | Paris Basketball |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1997 |
Birth Place: | Bayreuth, Germany |
Nationality: | German |
Career Start: | 2013 |
Years1: | 2013–2015 |
Team1: | Baunach Young Pikes |
Years2: | 2015–2018 |
Team2: | Brose Bamberg |
Years3: | 2015–2017 |
Team3: | →Baunach Young Pikes |
Years4: | 2017–2018 |
Team4: | →s.Oliver Würzburg |
Years5: | 2018–2020 |
Team5: | Skyliners Frankfurt |
Years6: | 2020–2023 |
Team6: | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
Years7: | 2023–present |
Team7: | Paris Basketball |
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Leon Kratzer (born 4 February 1997) is a German professional basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A.[1] [2]
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 BBC Bayreuth’s youth team at age 12,[3] moving on to the 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 Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A (BBL).[9]
Kratzer represented the German junior national teams at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championships, the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championships, 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships and 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships.