Who are Nicolas Batum Parents?

Nicolas Batum is a French basketball player. He has played for the Portland Trail Blazers and Charlotte Hornets in the NBA in the past. He now plays in the Guard-Forward position for the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA.

Nicolas Batum was born on December 14, 1988 in Lisieux, France. He has played basketball in France for teams like Le Mans Sarthe Basket and Stade Lorraine Universite Club Nancy Basket before joining the NBA. He eventually made his NBA debut for the Portland Trail Blazers during the NBA 2008-2009 season. He has gained various achievements for his basketball skills. This includes being FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship MVP in 2006, a 2-times LNB Pro A Best Young Player in 2007 and 2008, Albert Schweitzer Tournament MVP in 2006 and French Basketball Player of the Year in 2021. Besides NBA, Nicolas Batum has also represented France at the 2006 U-18 European Championship in Greece, 2011 EuroBasket in Lithuania, 2013 EuroBasket in Slovenia and 2015 EuroBasket in France. He has also played for France at the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain and the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China. Finally, he represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, France.

Batum has achieved a PPG of 6.1 with a RPG of 3.8, APG of 1.6 and a PIE of 7.2 in his NBA career so far. He will play for the France National Basketball Team in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Nicolas Batum Parents

Nicolas Batum was born to the late Richard Batum and Sylvie Batum.

Nicolas Batum’s Mother

Nicolas Batum’s mother is Sylvie Batum. She was the one who saw her husband collapse due to an aneurysm and later die in the middle of a game in 1991. Her son Nicolas was 2 years old and his sister Pauline was 2 months old back then. Since then , she raised her children as a single parent.

There is a very close bond between Nicolas Batum and his mother Sylvie Batum. She has visited the United States to see her son play for the NBA despite her son not having a great performance in the game. She supports her son in his basketball dreams. She also advised him to play for the French National Basketball Team.

Nicolas Batum’s Father

Nicolas Batum’s father was the late Richard Batum. He was a Cameroonian basketball player who played for 10 years in France. Unfortunately, Niclas Batum was only 2 years old and was on the stands with his mother when his father died in 1991.

Nicolas Batum saw his father being fouled and going to the free throw line to shoot. However, he saw his father collapse on the free-throw line. He later came to know that his father had died of an aneurysm. He still remembers all the craziness about the situation.

What Nationality are Nicolas Batum’s Parents?

Nicolas Batum’s mother Sylvie Batum is from France. She is French by nationality and is a white French by ethnicity.

On the other hand, his father the late Richard Batum was actually from Cameroon, a country in Central Africa. Therefore, despite having French nationality, he is Cameroonian by ethnicity. Nicolas Batum himself belongs to mixed-ethnicities.