Isaia Cordinier

Isaïa Cordinier (born November 28, 1996 in Créteil) is a French professional basketball player for Olympique Antibes of the LNB Pro A. He is a 196 cm (6’5’’) Guard.

Cordinier started playing basketball at age seven in Vence. He lived in Martinique from 2006 to 2009 and later joined the youth academy of Sharks d’Antibes. He made his debut on Antibes’ men’s team in the French second division in November 2012, when he was 15 years and 11 months old.

During the 2013-14 campaign, he made his debut in the French top-tier ProA, before transferring to second-division side ALM Evreux Basket for the following season. In 23 games, he averaged 4.9 points and 2.1 rebounds for Evreux. Prior to the 2015-16 season, Cordinier penned a deal with another second-division team, Denain ASC Voltaire.

He was selected to play in the Nike Hoop Summit in April 2016, tallying eight points, five rebounds and one assist in 21 minutes off the bench. Later that month, he declared for the NBA Draft.

On June 13, 2016, Cordinier was one of 13 different international underclassmen (including one of four different Frenchmen) to enter the 2016 NBA Draft. He was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2016 NBA draft (2nd round, 44th overall, fourth of five Frenchmen taken) and played for the Hawks in the 2016 NBA Summer League. He then joined Olympique Antibes of the French top-flight LNB Pro A for the 2016-17 season.

He was named to the French U18 national team that competed in the 2014 European Championships in Turkey. He saw the court in nine games during the tournament, tallying 9.7 points, 5.6 boards, 2.6 assists and 1.0 steal per contest.

His father Stéphane is a former professional handball player, who represented France in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and won bronze at the 1997 World Championships. Isaia also played handball before turning to basketball.