Andrew Albicy

Andrew Albicy
Position Point Guard
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg)
League Pro A
Team BCM Gravelines
Born March 21, 1990 (1990-03-21) (age 21)
Sèvres, France
Nationality French
Pro career 2006–present
Career history Paris-Levallois Basket (2006-11)
BCM Gravelines (2011–present)
Awards 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship MVP
Olympic medal record
Competitor for  France
FIBA European Championship
Silver 2011 Lithuania Team

Andrew Albicy (born March 21, 1990 in Sèvres, France) is a French professional basketball player currently playing for BCM Gravelines in the French Pro A.

Club career

Albicy has played with the Paris-Levallois Basket's youth team as a junior. He made a few appearances for the club's senior team between 2006 and 2009, before playing his first full season for the team in the 2009–10 season.[1] Albicy averaged 4.5 points and 3.6 assists per game for the team while backing up starting guard Jimmal Ball.[2]

Albicy initially declared as an early-entry candidate for the 2010 NBA Draft before withdrawing his name from consideration.[3] He is now considered a prospect for the 2011 NBA Draft.

International career

Albicy played with the French national basketball team at each level of junior basketball. He appeared for the team at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, U18 European Championship Men 2008 Division A, FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009, and 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[2] He was named tournament MVP for the gold-medal winning French team at the 2010 Under-20 tournament.

He was called to the senior French team for the first time at the 2010 FIBA World Championship to replace fellow point guard Rodrigue Beaubois. At only twenty years of age, he was the youngest member of the French team at the tournament.

References

  1. ^ Andrew Albicy Profile at draftexpress.com
  2. ^ a b Profile at FIBA.com
  3. ^ Andrew Albicy at nbadraft.net
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Kostas Papanikolaou
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship MVP
2010
Succeeded by
incumbent