Paris Basket Racing
Paris Basket Racing, or PBR, is a now-defunct French professional basketball club from Paris. It was founded in 1922 as the basketball section of the sports club Racing Club de Paris. The team took the name "Paris Basket Racing" in 2000.
The team won three consecutive national championships in 1950-51, 1952–53 and 1953–54, plus a LNB Pro A title in 1996-97.
In 2007, it merged with another club from the Paris area, Levallois Sporting Club Basket, to form Paris-Levallois Basket.
Notable players
- Dragan Kićanović
- Yalçın Granit
- Tony Parker
- Žarko Paspalj
- Mirsad Türkcan
- J.R. Reid
- Nikola Lončar
- Stéphane Risacher
- Dejan Koturović
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