Paris Basketball has added free agent point guard Tyson Etienne, the EuroLeague club announced.
Etienne, 26, spent the entire last season on a two-way contract with the Nets. In 24 NBA games in 2025/26, he averaged 7.9 points and 1.7 assists in 15.8 minutes per game while shooting .400/.398/.833.
The 6-foot guard’s path to this point started after he went undrafted out of Wichita State in 2022. He spent his first two pro seasons in the G League with the College Park Skyhawks, Atlanta’s affiliate, before taking a big step forward in ’24/25 with the Long Island Nets. In that breakout season, he put up 17.1 points, 3.5 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game in 48 contests, logging 34.5 minutes a night and shooting .464/.418/.794.
That strong run with Brooklyn’s affiliate earned Etienne a promotion to a two-way deal in March 2025. He played in seven NBA games to finish out ’24/25 and then re-signed with the Nets on another two-way contract last summer.
Along with his 24 NBA appearances last season, Etienne also saw heavy G League action, appearing in 32 NBAGL games for Long Island. He averaged 16.3 points, 3.8 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.0 steal in 31.5 minutes per game while knocking down 39.4% of his three-pointers on 9.8 attempts a night.
Paris Basketball plays in France’s top domestic league, the LNB Élite, and in the EuroLeague. For Etienne, this will be his first time playing overseas.
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