Mathias Lessort

ABOUT MATHIAS LESSORT

International center that originally began his professional basketball career with Élan Sportif Chalonnais in 2014. Since then, he has played basketball professionally in countries such as France, Serbia, Spain, Israel, and Greece.

He initially began playing basketball as a young boy coming up. As a teenager, he played within the Élan Chalon youth ranks.

Although he never played in an NBA game, he was once drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2017. His draft rights were later traded to the Los Angeles Clippers , Minnesota Timberwolves , and the New York Knicks .

He grew up living with his family on the French Island of Martinique. He is one of two brothers.

He was taken during the 2017 NBA Draft just like Lonzo Ball .