Marcus Vinicius de Souza

Marquinhos

Marquinhos at the 2016 Olympics
No. 11 – Flamengo
Position Small forward / Power forward
League Novo Basquete Brasil
Personal information
Born (1984-05-31) May 31, 1984
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2006 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43rd overall
Selected by the New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets
Playing career 2000–present
Career history
2000–2001 Corinthians
2002 Bauru Basketball
2002–2003 Vasco da Gama
2003–2004 Corinthians / Mogi das Cruzes
2004–2005 Premiata Montegranaro
2005–2006 São Carlos
2006–2008 New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets
2006–2007 → Tulsa 66ers
2008–2009 Pinheiros
2009–2010 Sutor Basket Montegranaro
2010–2012 Pinheiros
2012–present Flamengo
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Brazil
FIBA Americas Championship
2011 Mar del Plata
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team

Marcus Vinicius Vieira de Souza (born May 31, 1984), better known as Marquinhos, is a Brazilian professional basketball player. A 6'9" (2.07 m), 225 lb (102 kg) small forward–power forward, he was a second round NBA draft choice of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, in the 2006 NBA draft, chosen 43rd overall. Vinicius played professionally for Sao Carlos at the time of his selection in the 2006 NBA draft. He currently plays for Flamengo in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).

Professional career

In 2004–05 season Vinicius played professionally in the Italian 1st Division with Premiata Montegranaro.

NBA

Vinicius played a total of 26 games for the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, scoring 50 points.[1] He spent part of the 2006–07 NBA season with the NBA Development League's Tulsa 66ers, for whom he played 13 games.[2] In 2008, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, only to be waived 2 days later.[3]

Brazilian national team

Vinicius has also been a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team. In 2007, he won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.

NBB career statistics

Regular season

Season Team GP MPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09Pinheiros 28 37.8 .563 .363 .812 5.4 4.7 1.7 .3 22.3
2010–11Pinheiros 27 33.0 .644 .358 .811 3.7 3.4 1.4 .5 20.4
2011–12Pinheiros 28 31.5 .582 .412 .794 3.8 2.4 1.2 .2 18.0
2012–13Flamengo 34 31.0 .617 .433 .795 4.6 2.5 1.2 .2 20.7
2013–14Flamengo 16 26.7 .517 .376 .860 3.5 2.4 .9 .3 14.8
2014–15 Flamengo 28 27.8 .539 .459 .821 4.5 2.6 .9 .2 16.3
2015–16 Flamengo 28 26.9 .492 .381 .791 3.9 3.1 1.3 .2 15.6
Career 189 30.7 .575 .398 .808 4.2 3.0 1.2 .3 18.5
All-Star 4 – – – – – – – – –

Playoffs

Season Team GP MPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009Pinheiros 3 40.0 .472 .571 .789 6.7 5.3 2.3 .0 28.3
2011Pinheiros 9 36.2 .534 .434 .938 3.7 2.9 1.8 .3 24.7
2012Pinheiros 10 35.0 .403 .404 .683 4.2 4.4 1.1 .2 15.4
2013Flamengo 9 33.0 .540 .429 .857 4.9 3.0 .7 .2 18.6
2014Flamengo 9 33.3 .456 .414 .864 2.9 2.1 .7 .0 17.0
2015Flamengo 10 27.6 .494 .417 .912 4.6 2.8 1.5 .2 16.9
2016Flamengo 13 27.6 .549 .371 .872 4.2 3.2 1.1 .4 16.5
Career 63 33.2 .495 .420 .851 4.4 3.4 1.3 .2 18.3

References

  1. ↑ "Marcus Vinicius Career Stats Page". NBA.com.
  2. ↑ "HORNETS: Hornets Recall Marcus Vinicius From Tulsa 66ers". Nba.com. April 5, 2007.
  3. ↑ Grizzlies waive Marcus Vinicius. nba.com (February 28, 2008) Archived February 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
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