Jim Bilba

{{short description|French basketball player and coach}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jim Bilba | image = | height_cm = 198 | weight_kg = 105 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|04|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Pointe-à-Pitre, France | draft_year = | career_start = 1988 | career_end = 2007 | career_position = Power forward / center | career_number = 10 | coach_start = 2008 | coach_end = | years1 = 1988–1992 | team1 = Cholet | years2 = 1992–1996 | team2 = Limoges | years3 = 1996–2001 | team3 = ASVEL | years4 = 2001–2002 | team4 = AEK | years5 = 2002 | team5 = TAU Cerámica | years6 = 2002–2007 | team6 = Cholet | cyears1 = 2008–2014 | cteam1 = Cholet (assistant) | cyears2 = 2014–2017 | cteam2 = Limoges CSP (assistant) | highlights = '''As player:''' *EuroLeague champion (1993) *FIBA EuroStar (1999) *Greek League champion (2002) *2× French League champion (1993, 1994) *4× French Federation Cup winner (1994, 1995, 1997, 2001) *3× French League French Players' MVP (1997, 1998, 2001) *4× French League Best Defender (1997, 1999–2001) *French League Rising Star (1989) *12× French All-Star Game (1990–2001) *2× French All-Star Game MVP (1993, 2000) *French Basketball Hall of Fame (2014) *No. 10 retired by Cholet | medal_templates= {{MedalCountry | {{bk|FRA}} }} {{MedalSport | Men's Basketball}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| 2000 Sydney |}} }} '''Jim Ruddy Anicet Bilba''' (born 17 April 1968 in Pointe-à-Pitre) is a former professional basketball player and coach, from France.

==Professional career== Bilba won the EuroLeague championship with Limoges CSP in 1993.

==National team career== Bilba won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, while playing with the senior French national basketball team.

==Coaching career== After he retired from playing professional basketball, Bilba became an assistant coach of the French basketball club, Limoges CSP.

==External links== *[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=BHV#!careerstats Euroleague.net profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180407182733/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/jim%20bilba/pid//_//players.html FIBA profile] *[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1993.roundID_2264.playerID_8214.teamID_282.html FIBA Europe profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180407182614/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=B28 Spanish League profile] {{in lang|es}}

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