Leon Kratzer

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Leon Kratzer

Kratzer playing for Germany in 2023
No. 8 – Paris Basketball
Position	Center
League	LNB Pro A
Personal information
Born	(1997-02-04) 4 February 1997 (age 27) Bayreuth, Germany
Nationality	German
Listed height	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight	243 lb (110 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2013–present
Career history
2013–2015	Baunach Young Pikes
2015–2018	Brose Bamberg
2015–2017	→Baunach Young Pikes
2017–2018	→s.Oliver Würzburg
2018–2020	Skyliners Frankfurt
2020–2023	Telekom Baskets Bonn
2023–present	Paris Basketball
Career highlights and awards
EuroCup champion (2024) Champions League champion (2023) German Cup champion (2017) ProA Player of the Year (2017) ProA rebounding leader (2017)

Leon Kratzer (born 4 February 1997) is a German professional basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A.^[1][2]

Professional career[edit]

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]

International career[edit]

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.

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