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Thomas Heurtel

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Thomas Heurtel
Heurtel with Barcelona in 2018
No. 13 – Leyma Coruña
PositionPoint guard
LeagueLiga ACB
Personal information
Born (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35)
Béziers, France
Listed height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2010: undrafted
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2009Pau-Orthez
2009–2011ASVEL
2009–2010→SIG Strasbourg
2010–2011→Lucentum Alicante
2011–2014Baskonia
2014–2017Anadolu Efes
2017–2021FC Barcelona
2021ASVEL
2021–2022Real Madrid
2022–2024Zenit Saint Petersburg
2024Shenzhen Leopards
2025–presentCoruña
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  France
Men's basketball
Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
FIBA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Spain
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2013 Slovenia
Silver medal – second place 2022 Germany
European U-20 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2009 Greece

Thomas David Heurtel[1] (French pronunciation: [tɔmɑ œʁtɛl]; born 10 April 1989) is a French professional basketball player for Leyma Coruña of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in), he plays at the point guard position.

Professional career

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France (2007–2010)

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Heurtel rose through the ranks at the French club Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez, and he played in the senior men's first team of the club for two seasons. In the 2008–09 season, he won the French League's Rising Star Award.[citation needed]

One year later, after the relegation of Pau-Orthez, he signed with the French club ASVEL Basket,[2] but he played on loan with French club Strasbourg IG.[citation needed]

Spain (2010–2014)

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In the summer of 2010, Heurtel left France, to join the Spanish League club Meridiano Alicante.[3]

In 2011, Heurtel signed with Spanish club Baskonia, and with them he debuted in the top-tier level European-wide league, the EuroLeague.[4]

Turkey (2014–2017)

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On 27 December 2014, just before the start of the Top 16 stage of the 2014–15 Euroleague season, Anadolu Efes bought him to Baskonia and Heurtel signed a contract until June 2017 with Turkish club Anadolu Efes, of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).[5][6] With Efes, Heurtel needed just two months to win his first club title, as he helped his team to win the Turkish Cup title. Additionally, Heurtel was named the Turkish Cup Final MVP.[7] At the beginning of the next season, Heurtel helped Anadolu Efes to beat Pınar Karşıyaka to win the Turkish President´s Cup, his second title with Efes.[8]

In the 2016–17 season, Heurtel was named the EuroLeague MVP of the Month, for the first time in his career, after averaging 16.7 points and 10.7 assists in the month of February.[9]

Return to Spain (2017–2021)

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Thomas Heurtel with France at the EuroBasket 2017 tournament

On 22 June 2017 Heurtel signed a two-year deal with FC Barcelona Lassa of the Liga ACB.[10] On 18 February 2018 Heurtel won the Copa del Rey with FC Barcelona Lassa and was named MVP of the tournament.[11]

On July 5, 2019, Heurtel resigned with FC Barcelona for two more years, with an option to extend it until the end of the 2021–22 campaign.[12]

Heurtel would leave Barcelona surrounded by controversy in 2021, after an incident during the team's trip to Istanbul for a Euroleague game in December 2020. The player was not allowed to travel back to Barcelona with the team and was left at Istanbul airport by the FC Barcelona delegation after it was discovered he was allegedly negotiating with rivals Real Madrid behind the club's back.[13] Heurtel wouldn't play a game again for the rest of his stint at Barcelona, training with the reserve team.[14]

Return to France (2021)

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On February 24, 2021, Heurtel signed with ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A for the rest of the season.[15]

Second return to Spain (2021–2022)

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On July 6, 2021, Heurtel signed a one-year deal with Real Madrid of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.[16] He was sidelined in the latter stretch of the season due to disciplinary reasons. On June 29, 2022, Heurtel officially parted ways with the Spanish club.

Zenit Saint Petersburg (2022–2024)

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On September 21, 2022, Heurtel signed with Zenit Saint Petersburg. On August 7, 2024, he parted ways with the club.

Shenzhen Leopards (2024)

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In September 2024, Heurtel signed to Shenzhen Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association.[17]

Básquet Coruña (2025–present)

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In January 2025, Heurtel would return to Spain surrounded by controversy again. While initial reports linked him with a return to FC Barcelona, the Catalans would cancel the transfer after the outcry the news generated among fans.[18] On January 3, Heurtel had already landed in Barcelona airport with his family, attending journalists and expressing his wishes to reconcile with Barcelona fans, when news broke that the transfer was cancelled.[19] Heurtel would later hold a press conference with his agent, in which he expressed he felt "disrespected and deceived" by the FC Barcelona board.[20]

Heurtel would later end up signing with Leyma Coruña of the Liga ACB, where he was announced as a new player on January 10, 2025.[21]

National team career

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Heurtel played with the French under-20 national team at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a silver medal. He has also been a member of the senior men's French national basketball team. With France, he played at the EuroBasket 2013, where he won a gold medal, at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[22]

After Heurtel broke his agreement not to play for any Russian or Belarusian team in order to represent France at EuroBasket 2022—by joining a Russian team in 2022—in November 2022 French basketball federation president Jean-Pierre Siutat said: "he will no longer be there (in the France national team). It’s over."[23]

Career statistics

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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

EuroLeague

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* Led the league
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 — 3.3 1.7
2012–13 28 20 20.4 .484 .437 .690 2.1 4.5 .7 — 7.2 9.1
2013–14 21 19 25.8 .429 .235 .786 2.1 5.3 .7 — 8.0 9.8
2014–15 Baskonia 10 6 28.3 .532 .563 .786 2.8 6.7 .9 — 12.2 16.2
Anadolu Efes 18 9 24.0 .418 .393 .826 2.4 6.2 .6 .1 9.4 10.8
2015–16 Anadolu Efes 24 15 27.4 .498 .427 .803 2.9 7.9* .8 — 12.7 17.3
2016–17 35 6 26.3 .456 .337 .867 1.7 5.6 .8 — 12.7 12.5
2017–18 Barcelona 30 22 23.6 .500 .348 .814 2.4 6.4 .7 — 11.3 13.9
2018–19 35 19 21.1 .477 .450 .753 1.9 4.8 .7 — 10.4 11.1
2019–20 3 0 13.3 .385 .400 1.000 2.3 4.7 .3 — 5.3 7.3
2020–21 12 0 13.5 .289 .211 .833 1.2 2.4 .4 — 2.9 1.9
2021–22 Real Madrid 27 14 19.3 .421 .400 .857 2.4 4.6 .6 — 9.0 9.7
Career 253 134 22.5 .461 .382 .805 2.1 5.3 .7 .0 9.6 11.1

References

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  1. ^ "Thomas Heurtel". ACB.COM. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ Heurtel et Kangur à l'ASVEL (in French). L'Équipe. 22 July 2009,
  3. ^ Thomas Heurtel, savia nueva para el Meridiano (in Spanish). Archived 2011-06-19 at the Wayback Machine ACB.com 22 July 2010.
  4. ^ Thomas Heurtel, talento rumbo a Vitoria (in Spanish). Solobasket. June 2011.
  5. ^ Thomas Heurtel se desvincula de Laboral Kutxa Baskonia (in Spanish); Baskonia, December 27, 2014.
  6. ^ Anadolu Efes Istanbul signs Thomas Heurtel.; Sportando, December 27, 2014.
  7. ^ "Efes beats Fenerbahce to win Turkish Cup, Heurtel named MVP". Sportando.com. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Anadolu Efes got the "President's cup"". Eurohoops. October 7, 2015.
  9. ^ "Latest News | EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. 21 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Thomas Heurtel, creativitat i anotació per al Barça Lassa | FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona (in Catalan). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Thomas Heurtel, escollit MVP de la Copa del Rei 2018". FC Barcelona (in Catalan). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Barcelona, Heurtel pen multiyear extension". EuroLeague.net. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Por qué dejó tirado el Barcelona a Heurtel en el aeropuerto de Estambul en 2020: "¡Se quería ir al Madrid!"". Marca (in Spanish). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Y Heurtel se quedó apartado en el Barcelona B: "No le dejan jugar en el Madrid"". El Mundo (in Spanish). 7 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  15. ^ "Thomas Heurtel joins Asvel Villeurbanne". Sportando. February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  16. ^ "Comunicado Oficial: Heurtel". Realmadrid.com. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Thomas Heurtel joins Shenzhen Leopards in China". Eurohoops. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  18. ^ "¡Increíble!: el Barça paraliza el fichaje de Heurtel con el jugador y su familia en el avión". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  19. ^ "Heurtel: "Estoy más que preparado. Con muchas ganas de empezar"". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Heurtel: Laporta habría paralizado el fichaje de Heurtel por el Barça cuando todo estaba acordado". Eurosport (in Spanish). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  21. ^ "Thomas Heurtel, magia para el timón del Leyma Coruña". Básquet Coruña (in Spanish). 10 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  22. ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players".
  23. ^ "Jean-Pierre Siutat: "Heurtel did not respect his commitment, it's over"". Eurohoops. November 1, 2022.
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