Marine Johannès

Marine Johannès (born 21 January 1995), nicknamed Wizard for her ballhandling skills, is a French basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Lyon Asvel Feminin in the French League. A native of Lisieux in Cavaldos, she also plays for the French national team, where she participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

Marine Johannès
No. 23 – New York Liberty
PositionShooting guard
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1995-01-21) 21 January 1995
Lisieux, France
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight134 lb (61 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2017: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2016USO Mondeville
2016–2019Bourges
2019–presentASVEL
2019–presentNew York Liberty
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place2017 Czech Republic
Silver medal – second place2019 Serbia/Latvia
Silver medal – second place2021 Spain/France

A creative player who is very instinctive with the ball in her hands, she is well-known for having excellent passing and shooting skills.[2]

Europe

Early career

Marine Johannès started basketball when she was 8 at the club of Pont-l'Évêque, the same one as Nicolas Batum. She was noticed by Samuel Vallée, who made her join at 12 the basketball club USO Mondeville.[3] With that team, she won the U17 French League two times, in 2011 and 2012, and the U17 French Cup in 2012. Her team also won the Youth French League in 2013.[4]

Pro

It's in Mondeville, a team evolving in LFB, the first division in France, that she had her first professional experience during the 2011-12 season at 17 years old. She had her breakthrough year during the 2015-16 season, averaging 14.2 points and 4.4 assists in 34 minutes.[5] After that season, she joined Bourges, having her first experience in EuroLeague. She had good individual and team achievements with Bourges, winning the French Cup in 2017,[6] 2018[7] and 2019[8] and the French League in 2018.[9] She was two times in the All-LFB First Team, during the 2017-18[10] and 2018-19[11] seasons. On a European level, Bourges lost in the quarter-finals of EuroLeague each of her three years with the team. During her 2018–19 season, she averaged 15.1 points and 4.7 assists in Euroleague. That season, she was named Best Guard and Most Entertaining Player of the EuroLeague regular season.[12]

In 2019, she signed a 3 years contract with the winner of the French League Lyon ASVEL, a club owned by Tony Parker. Her first season was interrupted by COVID while her team was first in the standings. She was also named in the All-Euroleague 2nd team this shorten season.[13] During the 2020-21 season, she had a career high 38 points against USK Praha[14] and was in the All-Euroleague 2nd team again.[15] In the French League, she was named in the First Team for the third time of her career[16] but her team lost in the semi-finals, resulting in them playing the EuroCup and not the EuroLeague the next season, the first time in that competition for Johannès in her career. The 2021-22 season wasn't a big team success for Lyon ASVEL, losing in the quarterfinals of EuroCup against Çukurova Basketbol,[17] ending 3rd of the LFB regular season and losing in the finals against Johannès' previous team Bourges,[18] making them play in Eurocup again the next season. Neither was it a good individual season for Johannès who was for the first time not nominated in the All-LFB First Team since the creation of the award and having her stats going slightly down, including her shooting percentage in LFB going from 49.2% the previous season to 41.8%.[5]

WNBA

Johannes went undrafted in the 2017 WNBA draft. She was signed in 2019 by the New York Liberty.[19] She averaged 7.2 points in 19 minutes that season.[5] She had a few high scoring games, including back-to-back career high with a 21 points game against Connecticut followed by a 22 one against Washington. In February 2020, it was announced that she signed a multi-year deal with the Liberty.[20] However, because of the COVID pandemic, she opted not to play during the 2020 season[21] and the Liberty suspended her contract for the year.[22] She didn't play the 2021 season either because of overseas commitment, having both the EuroBasket and the Olympic Games to play that summer. On June 8th, the Liberty announced that she would join the team for the 2022 season.[23] She improved her career high in points by scoring 23 points in a loss against the Seattle Storm on June 20th 2022.[24]

WNBA career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019 New York 19018.2.436.379.7891.82.40.40.21.27.2
2022 New York 241025.5.464.437.8701.73.40.60.11.810.0
Career 2 years, 1 team 431022.3.453.417.8331.73.00.50.11.58.8

Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022 New York 3123.0.429.4001.0002.34.31.70.02.05.7
Career 1 year, 1 team 3123.0.429.4001.0002.34.31.70.02.05.7

French National Team

Marine Johannes played her first game with her senior national team on November 25th 2015 against the Netherlands where she scored 15 points.[25] She was part of the team selected for the 2016 Summer Olympics and, at 21 years old, the youngest player on the roster. Her most noticeable game of the tournament was against the United States in the semi-finals with 13 points, including a crossover followed by a three pointer on basketball legend Maya Moore.[26][27] France lost to Serbia in the bronze medal game, with 3 points on 1/9 shooting from Johannes.[28][29]

She was of the 2017, 2019 and 2021 Eurobasket rosters for France that all end up with a silver medal for France. She took part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where France won the bronze medal.[30]

Career highlights and awards

As a player

National Team

Club

References
  1. "FIBA profile". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. Pickman, Ben. "How France's best player is making a name for herself in the WNBA". The Athletic. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. Assia Hamdi (6 July 2017). Les Sportives (ed.). "L'ÉCLOSION DE MARINE JOHANNÈS, TALENT DU BASKET TRICOLORE" (in French).
  4. LFB (ed.). "Marine Johannes-Parcours et Palmarès" (in French).
  5. LFB (ed.). "Marine Johannes" (in French).
  6. Gaëtan Delafolie (22 April 2017). bebasket.fr (ed.). "BOURGES RENOUE AVEC LA COUPE" (in French).
  7. Gaëtan Delafolie (21 April 2018). bebasket.fr (ed.). "À L'EXPÉRIENCE, BOURGES S'OFFRE LA COUPE UNE 10E FOIS" (in French).
  8. Arnaud Dunikowski (11 May 2019). ffbb.com (ed.). "Jamais deux sans trois pour Bourges" (in French).
  9. Gabriel Pantel-Jouve (26 May 2019). bebasket.fr (ed.). "BOURGES RETROUVE LE TITRE DE CHAMPION DE FRANCE !" (in French).
  10. Le Mans Sarthe Basket, ed. (5 May 2018). "Trophées du Basket 2018 : Les nommés sont..." (in French).
  11. Parlons Sport Loire, ed. (20 May 2019). "TROPHÉE LFB 2019 : JULIE ALLEMAND DANS LE 5 MAJEUR, CIAK MVP" (in French).
  12. FIBA, ed. (18 March 2019). "Incredible engagement by fans as they determine Regular Season award winners".
  13. "All-EuroLeague Women Second Team revealed". FIBA. 27 April 2020.
  14. "Stunning 38-point career high catapults Johannes to Top Performer honor". FIBA. 4 December 2020.
  15. "Winners of EuroLeague Women Awards announced". FIBA. 13 April 2020.
  16. Basket Europe, ed. (16 April 2021). "Ligue Féminine: Le 5 Majeur de la saison dévoilé" (in French).
  17. "Tango Bourges and CBK Mersin jump to Final Four". FIBA. 17 March 2022.
  18. Mathieu WARNIER (4 June 2022). 5aial.com (ed.). "15th title for Bourges, winner of ASVEL".
  19. FIBA, ed. (21 March 2019). "New York Liberty Sign Marine Johannès".
  20. Geoff Magliocchetti (2 February 2020). Elite Sport NY (ed.). "New York Liberty sign Marine Johannes to multi-year deal".
  21. Jackie Powell (27 May 2020). Nets Daily (ed.). "Two international stars won't play for Liberty this year".
  22. Jackie Powell (28 May 2020). High Post Hoops (ed.). "Liberty Waive Reshanda Gray, suspend fan favorites Johannès and Han".
  23. Jack Maloney (8 June 2022). cbssports (ed.). "Liberty re-sign French star Marine Johannes after trading AD Durr to Dream to open up roster spot".
  24. Liberty-WNBA, ed. (20 June 2022). "Johannès Tallies Career-High 23 Points in New York's Loss to Seattle, 81-72".
  25. FFBB (ed.). "FRANCE - PAYS-BAS 76-52" (in French).
  26. "Johannes looking for France to sign off with bronze medal". FIBA. 20 August 2016.
  27. The daily dunk (ed.). "THE DAILY VIDEOL'univers découvre Marine Johannes : elle crosse salement la légende Maya Moore et lui casse le dos lors des jeux olympiques 2016" (in French).
  28. "Serbia wins 2016 Olympic women's basketball bronze medal". SBNATION. 20 August 2016.
  29. "Boxscore France Serbia". FIBA. 20 August 2016.
  30. "France beats Serbia 91-76 for bronze medal in women's hoops". abcNews. 7 August 2021.


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