Thomas Heurtel
| No. 31 – Anadolu Efes Istanbul | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League |
Turkish Basketball League Euroleague |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 10, 1989 Béziers, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2010 / Undrafted |
| Pro career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2009 | EB Pau-Orthez |
| 2009–2010 | Strasbourg IG |
| 2010–2011 | Lucentum Alicante |
| 2011–2015 | Laboral Kutxa |
| 2015–present | Anadolu Efes |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Thomas Heurtel (born 10 April 1989) is a French professional basketball player who currently plays for Anadolu Efes Istanbul of the Turkish Basketball League. He is 6 ft 2.5 in tall and he plays as a point guard.
Professional career
Heurtel rose through the ranks at Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez, and played in the first team of the club for two seasons. In the 2008–09 season, he won the French League Rising Star Award.
One year later, after the relegation of Pau-Orthez, he signed with ASVEL Basket,[1] but played on loan with Strasbourg IG. In the summer of 2010, he left France to join the Spanish League club Meridiano Alicante.[2]
In 2011, Heurtel signed with Caja Laboral, and debuted in the Euroleague.[3]
On 27 December 2014, just before starting the Top 16 of the 2014–15 Euroleague, Heurtel signed with Turkish club Anadolu Efes.[4][5]
With Efes, Heurtel needed just two months to win his first club title, helping his team to win the Turkish Cup been named the competition MVP.
French national team
Heurtel played with the French Under-20 national team at two FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships. In 2009, he won the silver medal. He played with the senior men's French national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2013.
Euroleague career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Baskonia | 10 | 4 | 11.4 | .389 | .235 | .500 | .8 | 1.0 | .1 | .0 | 3.3 | 1.7 |
| 2012–13 | Baskonia | 28 | 20 | 20.4 | .484 | .437 | .690 | 2.1 | 4.5 | .7 | .0 | 7.2 | 9.1 |
| 2013–14 | Baskonia | 21 | 19 | 25.8 | .429 | .235 | .786 | 2.1 | 5.3 | .7 | .0 | 8.0 | 9.8 |
| 2014–15 | Baskonia | 10 | 6 | 28.3 | .532 | .563 | .786 | 2.8 | 6.7 | .9 | .0 | 12.2 | 16.2 |
| 2014–15 | Anadolu Efes | 18 | 9 | 24.0 | .418 | .393 | .826 | 2.4 | 6.2 | .6 | .1 | 9.4 | 10.8 |
| Career | 69 | 58 | 22.3 | .452 | .384 | .764 | 2.1 | 4.9 | .6 | .0 | 8.0 | 9.6 |
Awards and accomplishments
Anadolu Efes
Turkish Basketball Cup: 2015
French national team
- FIBA Eurobasket 2013:
- 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship:
Individual awards
- French League Rising Star Award: (2009)
- Turkish Cup MVP: (2015)
References
- ↑ Heurtel et Kangur à l'ASVEL L'Équipe. 22 July 2009
- ↑ Thomas Heurtel, savia nueva para el Meridiano. ACB.com 22 July 2010
- ↑ Thomas Heurtel, talento rumbo a Vitoria. Solobasket. June 2011
- ↑ Thomas Heurtel se desvincula de Laboral Kutxa Baskonia; Baskonia, December 27, 2014
- ↑ Anadolu Efes Istanbul signs Thomas Heurtel; Sportando, December 27, 2014
External links
- Thomas Heurtel at acb.com (Spanish)
- Thomas Heurtel at eurobasket.com
- Thomas Heurtel at euroleague.net
- Thomas Heurtel on Twitter
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