Marcelo Huertas

Not to be confused with Marcelino Huerta.
Marcelo Huertas

Huertas playing for Barcelona in 2013.
No. 9 – Los Angeles Lakers
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1983-05-25) 25 May 1983
São Paulo, Brazil
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
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men’s basketball
Competitor for Brazil Brazil
FIBA Americas Championship
2005 Dominican Republic
2009 Puerto Rico
2011 Mar del Plata
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro
South American Championship
2006 Caracas

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.

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]

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

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.

Led the league

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
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

References

  1. ↑ MARCELINHO HUERTAS profile Eurobasket.com
  2. ↑ "FC Barcelona Official Site". 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Lakers Sign Marcelo Huertas". NBA.com. September 9, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Wolves edge Lakers 112-111 in first game since Flip's death". NBA.com. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  5. ↑ (Spanish) ACB.com: Official Voting Results.
  6. ↑ ACB.com Marcelinho Huertas, mejor base ACB 2010–2011. (Spanish)

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