Paris Basketball has signed French guard Frank Ntilikina, adding a veteran EuroLeague defender and former NBA lottery pick to its roster for the 2026-27 season. The club did not disclose the length of Ntilikina’s contract, making him the sixth addition of the summer.
Ntilikina, 28, returns to France after spending the past nine seasons playing in the NBA and EuroLeague. He arrives in Paris after helping Olympiacos win the 2025-26 EuroLeague title and the Greek League championship.
With Olympiacos, Ntilikina appeared in 23 EuroLeague regular-season games, averaging 4.7 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 16.5 minutes per game. He shot 39.4% from the field and 38.8% from three-point range, while Olympiacos finished first in the regular-season standings at 26-12 before completing its European campaign with a 92-85 victory over Real Madrid in the final.
Ntilikina played 24 EuroLeague games in total for Olympiacos, including one postseason appearance. His European experience also includes the 2024-25 season with Partizan, where he averaged 7.0 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 21 games while shooting 37.7% from three-point range.
He helped Partizan win the ABA League title before moving to Olympiacos, giving him consecutive domestic championships in Serbia and Greece. His return to Paris now brings him back to France for the first time since leaving Strasbourg in 2017.
Ntilikina began his professional career with Strasbourg, making his first-team debut in 2014. He played four EuroLeague games during the 2015-16 season and averaged 5.2 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists over 32 French league appearances in 2016-17.
The guard was selected No. 8 overall by the New York Knicks in the 2017 NBA Draft. He spent four seasons in New York before playing for the Dallas Mavericks from 2021 to 2023 and the Charlotte Hornets in 2023-24, finishing his NBA career with 321 regular-season appearances and averages of 4.8 points, 2.3 assists and 1.8 rebounds.
Ntilikina also brings extensive international experience. He won silver medals with France at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics and helped the national team claim bronze at the 2019 FIBA World Cup.
Paris finished 16th in the 2025-26 EuroLeague with a 15-23 record, including an 8-11 home mark and a 7-12 road record. The club has since made significant changes, with Ntilikina joining Terry Tarpey, Maozinha Pereira, TJ Warren, Tyson Etienne and Alize Johnson among the summer additions, while Maxime Lefevre takes over as head coach.
