Marcelo Huertas
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Huertas playing for Barcelona in 2013.
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No. 9 – Los Angeles Lakers | |
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Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born | São Paulo, Brazil |
25 May 1983
Nationality | Brazilian / Italian |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Coppell (Coppell, Texas) |
NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2001–present |
Career history | |
2001–2002 | FMU São Paulo |
2002–2003 | E.C. Pinheiros |
2003–2004 | FMU São Paulo |
2004–2007 | Joventut Badalona |
2007–2008 | Bilbao Basket |
2008–2009 | Fortitudo Bologna |
2009–2011 | Saski Baskonia |
2011–2015 | FC Barcelona |
2015–present | Los Angeles Lakers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Medals
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Marcelo "Marcelinho" Tieppo Huertas (born 25 May 1983) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team, and holds Italian citizenship.
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Professional career
Early years in Brazil and Texas
Huertas began his career playing with the youth basketball teams of the multi-sports club E.C. Pinheiros in Brazil. After playing high school basketball at Coppell High School in Coppell, Texas, he made his senior men's team debut in the 2001–02 season, with the senior men's team of FMU São Paulo. He then moved to the senior men's basketball team of E.C. Pinheiros, for the 2002–03 season, where he played in the top Brazilian League. He then returned to FMU São Paulo for the 2003–04 season.
Europe
Huertas joined the Spanish League club DKV Joventut in 2004, and stayed there until 2007. Next, he moved to the Spanish club Bilbao Basket for the 2007–08 season. He then played with Fortitudo Bologna in the Italian League, during the 2008–09 season. In the August of 2009, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish League club Caja Laboral.[1] On 9 August 2011, he signed a four-year contract with the Spanish League club Regal FC Barcelona [2]
NBA
On September 9, 2015, Huertas signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.[3] He made his debut for the Lakers in the team's season opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 28, recording 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in a 112–111 loss.[4] On March 6, 2016, he recorded season-highs of 10 points and 9 assists in a 112–95 win over the Golden State Warriors.[5] Four days later, he had a season-best game with 13 points and 5 assists in a 120–108 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.[6]
Brazilian national team
Huertas has been a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team. With Brazil's senior national team, he won the gold medal at the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, the 2006 South American Championship, the 2007 Pan American Games, and the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship. He also won the silver medal at the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship.
He also played at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, and the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
Career statistics
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | ||
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
Bold | Career high |
Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
NBA
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2015–16 | L.A Lakers | 53 | 0 | 16.4 | .422 | .262 | .931 | 1.7 | 3.4 | .5 | .1 | 4.5 |
Career | 53 | 0 | 16.4 | .422 | .262 | .931 | 1.7 | 3.4 | .5 | .1 | 4.5 |
Euroleague
Led the league |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2006–07 | Joventut | 20 | 3 | 14.6 | .377 | .167 | .875 | 1.5 | 1.4 | .9 | .0 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
2009–10 | Caja Laboral | 16 | 1 | 20.9 | .526 | .308 | .852 | 1.8 | 3.9 | .6 | .0 | 8.3 | 9.4 |
2010–11 | Caja Laboral | 20 | 14 | 28.6 | .460 | .442 | .865 | 3.0 | 5.5 | .8 | .1 | 10.3 | 13.9 |
2011–12 | Barcelona | 21 | 21 | 23.7 | .504 | .439 | .867 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 1.0 | .0 | 8.5 | 10.7 |
2012–13 | Barcelona | 31 | 17 | 20.5 | .416 | .347 | .972 | 2.2 | 3.4 | .6 | .0 | 8.0 | 8.7 |
2013–14 | Barcelona | 29 | 29 | 21.5 | .492 | .338 | .811 | 2.0 | 3.8 | .4 | .0 | 8.2 | 9.5 |
2014–15 | Barcelona | 28 | 16 | 22.1 | .403 | .365 | .833 | 2.3 | 4.4 | .5 | .0 | 7.6 | 8.5 |
Career | 165 | 101 | 21.3 | .449 | .357 | .869 | 2.1 | 3.8 | .6 | .0 | 8.0 | 9.2 |
Honors
Joventut Badalona
Saski Baskonia
FC Barcelona Bàsquet
Individual awards
- Brazilian League Breakthrough Player: (2003)
- South American Championship MVP: (2006)
- 2x All-ACB Team: (2007–08,[7] 2010–11)[8]
References
- ↑ MARCELINHO HUERTAS profile Eurobasket.com
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- ↑ (Spanish) ACB.com: Official Voting Results.
- ↑ ACB.com Marcelinho Huertas, mejor base ACB 2010–2011. (Spanish)
External links
- Official website
- Marcelo Huertas at acb.com (Spanish)
- Marcelo Huertas at draftexpress.com
- Marcelo Huertas at eurobasket.com
- Marcelo Huertas at euroleague.net
- Marcelo Huertas at fiba.com
- Marcelo Huertas at fibaeurope.com
- Marcelo Huertas at legabasket.it (Italian)
- Marcelo Huertas on Instagram
- Marcelo Huertas on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- Articles with Italian-language external links
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Bilbao Basket players
- Brazilian basketball players
- Brazilian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Brazilian expatriates in Italy
- Brazilian expatriates in Spain
- Brazilian people of Italian descent
- Brazilian people of Spanish descent
- Club Athletico Paulistano basketball players
- Esporte Clube Pinheiros basketball players
- Expatriate basketball people in Italy
- FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
- Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna players
- Joventut Badalona players
- Liga ACB players
- Los Angeles Lakers players
- National Basketball Association players from Brazil
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Olympic basketball players of Brazil
- People with acquired Italian citizenship
- Point guards
- Saski Baskonia players
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from São Paulo (city)
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players