Skal Labissière (French: [labisjɛʁ];[1] born March 18, 1996) is a Haitian professional basketball player for the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League.
He graduated from Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tennessee,[2] before playing one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
A few months following the earthquake, Labissière moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to live with Gerald Hamilton, who ran the Reach Your Dream Foundation that brings international athletes to the United States as young prospects.
[3][4][5] Labissière attended Evangelical Christian School in Memphis and started to play varsity basketball as an eighth-grader.
Instead, Labissière played for Hamilton's Reach Your Dream Prep Academy team, where he averaged 26 points, 12 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game.
[14][15][16] UK's coach, John Calipari, offered Labissière a scholarship before any other 2015 prospect, comparing him to Anthony Davis.
[21] Labissière made his NBA debut on November 5, 2016, recording eight points and three rebounds in 15 minutes off the bench in a 117–91 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
[33] On April 10, Labissière started the season finale for Portland as the team was resting its rotation players for the playoffs.
On February 6, 2020, Labissière and cash considerations were traded to the Atlanta Hawks for a future protected second-round draft pick.
[41] On April 26, 2023, Labissière signed with Grises de Humacao of the Puerto Rican league,[42] but didn't play for them.