17 Facts About Yves Pons

Yves Pons was born on 7 May 1999 and is a Haitian-born French professional basketball player for Basquet Girona of the Liga ACB.

Yves Pons was born in Port-au-Prince, which is the capital, but his hometown was Cite Soleil.

Yves Pons attended French sports institute INSEP, in Paris, and played for its affiliated club Centre Federal de Basket-ball in the Nationale Masculine 1, the amateur third-tier division of French basketball.

Yves Pons decided to play college basketball in the United States for Tennessee under head coach Rick Barnes, after being recruited by assistant coach Michael Schwartz.

Yves Pons chose the Volunteers over offers from Florida and Texas Tech.

Yves Pons became the first four-star recruit to play for Barnes at Tennessee and the first French men's basketball player in school history.

Yves Pons suffered an ankle injury in his Tennessee debut, a win over Presbyterian, and was limited to four minutes.

In February 2019, Yves Pons suffered a facial fracture in a collision in practice and underwent a corrective procedure.

Yves Pons averaged 2.2 points per game as a sophomore, but put in a lot of work on his game after the season.

Yves Pons saw considerable improvement as a junior, scoring a career-high 15 points in his season debut versus UNC Asheville and eclipsing that mark in his next game after scoring 19 versus Murray State.

Yves Pons was transferred to the Hustle on January 30,2022.

Yves Pons joined the Brooklyn Nets for the 2022 NBA Summer League.

On July 26,2022, Pons signed a two-year contract with ASVEL Basket of the French LNB Pro A On July 25,2023, Pons was released from the French club.

On 25 July 2023, Yves Pons signed with Basquet Girona of the Spanish Liga ACB.

Yves Pons won a gold medal with France at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Latvia, after averaging 3.8 points per game.

Yves Pons averaged 10.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks per game at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Zaragoza, Spain, as his team finished in sixth place.

In 2019, Yves Pons joined France at the FIBA U20 European Championship in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he averaged 2.6 points per game for the fourth-place team.