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Nicolas Batum (born December 14, 1988 in Lisieux[1]) is a French basketball player with the Portland Trail Blazers, who acquired his rights for the rights to Darrell Arthur and Joey Dorsey. Prior to the draft, Batum was considered one of the most talented young players in Europe.[2] He was voted the most valuable player in the U-18 Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Mannheim 2006.
The 6 foot 8 inch (2.03 m) Batum[1] primarily plays the small forward position, although he is also capable of shifting to the shooting guard position.[3]
Career
French youth teams
Batum won the 2004 FIBA European Championship with the French national team.[1] The French team repeated as champion in the 2005 European Championship. Batum won the most valuable player award.[1]
Albert Schweitzer Tournament
Batum was named the most valuable player of the 2006 U18 Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Mannheim.[1] He won the tournament with the French national team.
Batum's averaged 19 points, over 5 rebounds and over 2 steals per game over the seven game tournament.
French league
Nicolas Batum averaged 3.4 points (65.9% FG), 2.5 rebounds, 0.5 assist per game in 13 minutes for the 2006–2007 French league season,[4] and 12.3 points (52.3%), 5.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game in 28 minutes for the 2007–2008 season.[5]
Nike Hoop Summit
He delivered an impressive performance[6] at the 2007 Nike Hoop Summit[7] scoring 23 points (9/13 FG, 3/5 for 3 pointers) in 28 minutes. He also grabbed four rebounds and recorded four steals.
NBA career
After coming off the bench for the first three games of his NBA career, Batum moved into the starting lineup in the place of Travis Outlaw in Portland's fourth game of the 2008–09 season, a 103–96 loss to the Utah Jazz. On March 13, 2009, Batum recorded a season-high 20 points to go along with a clutch three-pointer with 29.9 seconds left, en route to a 109–100 victory over the New Jersey Nets.[8]
Batum missed the first 45 games of the 2009–10 season due to torn cartilage in his right shoulder. He played in his first game of the season on January 25, 2010.
Batum scored a career-high 31 points along with 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals on February 27, 2010, against the Minnesota Timberwolves.[9]
Near the start of the 2009-10 season, Batum suffered a shoulder injury.[10]
Regular season
| Year |
Team |
GP |
GS |
MPG |
FG% |
3P% |
FT% |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
PPG |
| 2008–09 |
Portland |
79 |
76 |
18.4 |
.446 |
.369 |
.808 |
2.8 |
.9 |
.6 |
.5 |
5.4 |
| 2009–10 |
Portland |
22 |
10 |
22.7 |
.548 |
.439 |
.917 |
3.6 |
1.2 |
.6 |
.6 |
9.6 |
| Career |
|
101 |
86 |
19.3 |
.475 |
.389 |
.842 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
.6 |
.5 |
6.3 |
Playoffs
| Year |
Team |
GP |
GS |
MPG |
FG% |
3P% |
FT% |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
PPG |
| 2008–09 |
Portland |
6 |
5 |
10.5 |
.556 |
.500 |
.000 |
.5 |
.2 |
.2 |
.3 |
2.0 |
| Career |
|
6 |
5 |
10.5 |
.556 |
.500 |
.000 |
.5 |
.2 |
.2 |
.3 |
2.0 |
References
- ^ a b c d e Nicolas Batum at the Nike Hoop Summit, lequipe.fr
- ^ Ranking of international players born in 1988, draftexpress.com
- ^ Nicolas Batum NBA Draft Profile, http://nicolas-batum.blogspot.com
- ^ Nicolas Batum statistics in the French League, lequipe.fr
- ^ "Nicolas Batum stats". http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Nicolas-Batum-537/stats/. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- ^ 2007 Nike Hoops Summit recap, usabasketball.com
- ^ 2007 Nike Hoop Summit, usabasketball.com
- ^ "Trail Blazers cut down the Nets". OregonLive.com. March 13, 2009. http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/03/new_jersey_nets_at_portland_tr.html. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Trail Blazers 110 Timberwolves 91". ESPN.com. February 27, 2010. http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=300227016. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- ^ [1]
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