Thomas Heurtel

Thomas Heurtel

Heurtel with EB Pau-Orthez
No. 31 – Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Position Point guard
League Turkish Basketball Super League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1989-04-10) April 10, 1989
Béziers, France
Nationality French
Listed height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2010 / Undrafted
Playing career 2007–present
Career history
2007–2009 EB Pau-Orthez
2009–2010 Strasbourg IG
2010–2011 Lucentum Alicante
2011–2014 Laboral Kutxa
2015–present Anadolu Efes
Career highlights and awards
Medals
World Cup
2014 Spain
EuroBasket
2013 Slovenia

Thomas Heurtel (born April 10, 1989) is a French professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes Istanbul of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). Standing at 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in), he plays at the point guard position.

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 a three-year contract 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 and been named the competition MVP.[6] At the beginning of the next season, Heurtel helped Anadolu Efes to beat Pınar Karşıyaka and win the Turkish President´s Cup, his second title in less than 10 months.[7]

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.

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, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague

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

References

  1. ↑ Heurtel et Kangur à l'ASVEL L'Équipe. 22 July 2009
  2. ↑ Thomas Heurtel, savia nueva para el Meridiano. ACB.com 22 July 2010
  3. ↑ Thomas Heurtel, talento rumbo a Vitoria. Solobasket. June 2011
  4. ↑ Thomas Heurtel se desvincula de Laboral Kutxa Baskonia; Baskonia, December 27, 2014
  5. ↑ Anadolu Efes Istanbul signs Thomas Heurtel; Sportando, December 27, 2014
  6. ↑ "Efes beats Fenerbahce to win Turkish Cup, Heurtel named MVP". Sportando.com. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Anadolu Efes got the “President’s cup”
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