Jim Bilba

Jim Bilba tells “to trampoline” (born the April 17th 1968 with Point-with-Clown) player of Basket-ball French and former captain of the team of France.

Biography

Located by the Cholet Tennis shoe whereas it evolves/moves in its native island with the club of Round of applause E Batch, it joined the club of Mauges in 1986, of which it follows the formation. It is with him that it takes its first steps on the European scene. Among those, it takes part in 1988-89 out of cut of Europe of the clubs. At the time of this one the team of Mauges sees itself opposing to the Real of Madrid of some Drazen Petrovic, and Cholet succeeds in the exploit to beat this team in Meillerie on the score from 95 to 85. This year, Real finally gained the European title carried by Petrovic author of 62 points.

In 1992, it joined CSP Limoges. With this club, composed of individuality such as Michael Young, Richard Dacoury, Jurij Zdovc, and under the direction of a trainer Bozidar Maljkovic who privileges a play based on an intensive defense and a patient attack, going at the end of the 30 second old clock, it builds a prize list: it gains its first championship of France but especially, it takes part in the victorious European countryside. This one passes by a victory at the time of the decisive match to the sport hall of Beaublanc over the score from 60 to 58 vis-a-vis the Olympiakos. This victory gives access to the Final Furnace, where Limoges is seen opposing the Real of Madrid where Arvydas Sabonis evolves/moves. Then, this obstacle passed on the score from 62 to 52, it is the Benetton Trévise carried out by Tony Kukoc and Terry Teagle: The CSP crosses this new obstacle and gains the Coupe of the Clubs Champions.

After a new championship of France in 1994 and one new participation in the Final Furnace, in Saragossa, it joined the club of ASVEL Villeurbanne as from the season 1996-97. For this first season with its new club, it is qualified again for the Final Furnace. Unfortunately for him, this qualification is obtained at the time of the decisive match on the parquet floor of the Turkish club of Efes Pilsen Istanbul. Villeurbanne gains the part over the score from 62 to 57. The French players must return then while running in the cloakrooms, fleeing the jets all the accessories passing between the hands of the supporters Turkish. Bilba, while trying to push a glazed door, passes through this one with for like results the rupture of the ligaments of its inch.

It is thus bench which he sees his team taking part in the Final Furnace, for a defeat vis-a-vis FC Barcelona. In spite of the reserved forecast of the doctors, some predicting even an end of a career, it returns after seven on the parquet floors: in spite of the loss of sensitivity of touched its hand, he manages by his work to find an effective shooting.

During its years with Villeurbanne, it evolves/moves within an imposing team which reaches with four recoveries the finale of the championship of France: but the title always refuses with the fellow-members of Delaney Rudd and the trainer Gregor Beugnot.

After a last final in 2001, it joined the Championnat of Greece to evolve/move with the club of AEK Athens. It there gains the championship but returns in its old formative club of Cholet as of the following year, the Greek basketball then living a crisis period with wages paid late.

After a one month old measuring rod with the Spanish club of Tau Vitoria, it returns to the Cholet Basket to bring its experiment. It finished its long career in there 2007.

Captain of the team of France since 1996, it gains the Olympic money medal with Sydney with the team of France (130 selections).

This under-dimensioned interior of 1m98 has to face all its career with larger players, heavier, more powerful and often more talented than him. In team of France, it had to fill the incapacity of France to produce interior players of big talented size, and generally played pivot, it defended on the best centers of the continent like Arvidas Sabonis, Vlade Divac or Panayótis Fasoúlas. Equipped with formidable athletic qualities, he was a spectacular dunkor and a dreaded contror, he had moreover one direction of the placement innate what made of him an effective defender, he was regarded as the best defender at his station in Europe. More discrete attacks some, it priviligiait the address and balked to take difficult shootings, extremely collective, it was integrated in all the systems of play and was often the relay of the coach on the ground. Bilba was a player considered for his defense.

Successive clubs

Prize list

Club

  • European
    • Victorious of the Euroligue 1993 with Athens
    • Final Furnace Euroligue 1995 with Saragossa
    • Final Furnace Euroligue 1997 with Rome

  • national

    • Champion of Greece 2002
    • Champion of France 1993,1994,
    • Victorious of the Coupe de France 1994,1995,2001
    • Finalist of the Championship of France 1997,1999,2000,2001
    • Champion of France Hopes 1989

Team of France

Personal distinction

  • MVP of All Star Range 2000/2001 has Antibes
  • MVP French 1997/1998, 2000/2001 (Referendum Maxi Tennis shoe)
  • MVP French 1997 (Referendum the Équipe)
  • Participation in All Star Range 1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,
  • Participation in Eurostar of 1999/2000 with Moscow (Team of the West)
  • 3rd better rebondor of the history of the Pro has (2649 rebounds), 11th better marker (4388 points) and 19th better frontier runner (1060 master keys).
  • the most skilful Player of ProA in 1995 with 66,8%

External bond

  • Card of the player

References

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