Leandro Barbosa

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Leandro Barbosa
Barbosa in April 2008
Toronto Raptors
Guard
Personal information
Date of birth November 28, 1982 (1982-11-28) (age 29)
Place of birth São Paulo, São Paulo
Nationality Brazilian
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
NBA Draft 2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Pro career 2003–present
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Medal record
Men's Basketball
Competitor for  Brazil
FIBA Americas Championship
Gold 2005 Santo Domingo National team
Gold 2009 San Juan National team

Leandro Mateus Barbosa (born November 28, 1982 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian professional basketball player, who plays at the guard position with the National Basketball Association's Toronto Raptors. In Brazil he is nicknamed "Leandrinho" (Little Leandro), and in the USA he is nicknamed "The Brazilian Blur", referring to the fact that he is one of the fastest players in the NBA.[1]

Contents

Pre-NBA career

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Barbosa started his career at Palmeiras when he was 17. He played on Paulista (São Paulo's) Championship under the command of Lula Ferreira, the future Brazil national team coach.[2]

At 19, he played on the principal team of Palmeiras on Paulista (São Paulo's) Championship. He averaged 14.2 points per game. After that he was traded to Tilibra/Bauru on January 2001.[2]

During his first season as a professional in Brazil, playing for Tilibra/Copimax, he was coached by Jorge Guerra. He averaged 15.8 points, 6.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game. He was chosen as Rookie of the Year during the Paulista of 2001.[3] Barbosa ended the season as the fourth ranked player in three point percentage, sixth in assists and eleventh in field goals.[2] In 2002, he won the Brazilian Basketball League with Bauru, and was drafted for the Brazil national basketball team who played in the 2002 FIBA World Championship.[4]

NBA career

Barbosa shoots the ball during a game against the Golden State Warriors on March 16, 2009.
Barbosa taking a free throw.

At 6'3" with a 6'10" wingspan, he was selected 28th overall in the 2003 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs but his rights were acquired by the Suns in a trade for a future protected first-round pick. Barbosa holds the Suns record for points scored in a game by a rookie as a first-time starter, with 27 against the Chicago Bulls on January 5, 2004.[5] Barbosa is also an accurate three point shooter with a career average of 39.5%[6] He set the Suns' record for three-point field goals by a rookie in consecutive games when he hit at least one three-pointer per game during a ten-game streak from January 2 to January 19.[5] Barbosa is well known for his great speed on the court.

During the 2006–2007 season, Barbosa averaged 18.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 32.7 minutes per game despite playing off bench.

Barbosa was the recipient of the 2006–07 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award.[1]

Barbosa scored a career high of 41 points against the Oklahoma City Thunder on February 20, 2009.

Return to Brazil

On August 18, 2011, during the 2011 NBA lockout, Barbosa signed with Flamengo Basketball in Brazil. His deal had an out-clause that would allow him to return to the NBA once the 2011 lockout ended.[7]

NBA career transactions

  • Drafted: 2003, 1st round, 28th pick by San Antonio Spurs.
  • Draft rights traded by Spurs to Phoenix Suns for conditional 1st-round pick (2005 #30 - David Lee) on June 26, 2003.
  • Signed by Suns to three-year, $2.6 million contract with team option worth $1.7 million on July 16, 2003.
  • Signed a five-year, $34 million contract extension with the Suns on August 3, 2006.
  • Traded by the Suns to Toronto Raptors along with Dwayne Jones for Hedo Türkoğlu on July 14, 2010.

Personal life

Leandrinho dated Brazilian actress Samara Felippo between 2008 and 2010. The two had a daughter, Alícia (born June 25, 2009).[8]

NBA 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  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2003–04 Phoenix 70 46 21.4 .447 .395 .770 1.8 2.4 1.3 .1 7.9
2004–05 Phoenix 63 6 17.3 .475 .367 .797 2.1 2.0 .5 .1 7.0
2005–06 Phoenix 57 11 27.9 .481 .444 .755 2.6 2.8 .8 .1 13.1
2006–07 Phoenix 80 18 32.7 .476 .434 .845 2.7 4.0 1.2 .2 18.1
2007–08 Phoenix 82 12 29.5 .462 .389 .822 2.8 2.6 .9 .2 15.6
2008–09 Phoenix 70 11 24.4 .482 .375 .881 2.6 2.3 1.2 .1 14.2
2009–10 Phoenix 44 5 17.9 .425 .324 .877 1.6 1.5 .5 .3 9.5
2010-11 Toronto 58 0 24.1 .450 .338 .796 1.7 2.1 .9 .1 13.3
Career 524 109 25.0 .465 .392 .824 2.3 2.5 1.0 .2 12.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004–05 Phoenix 12 0 9.7 .343 .400 .500 1.4 1.0 .2 .0 2.5
2005–06 Phoenix 20 3 31.6 .470 .391 .862 1.6 2.7 .8 .2 14.2
2006–07 Phoenix 11 1 31.7 .405 .305 .718 3.5 2.2 1.1 .2 15.8
2007–08 Phoenix 5 1 28.6 .345 .222 .909 4.0 1.8 .6 .0 10.4
2009–10 Phoenix 16 0 15.6 .417 .343 .708 1.3 1.3 .3 .1 7.2
Career 64 5 23.3 .423 .340 .787 2.0 1.9 .6 .1 10.2

Notes

  1. ^ a b Barbosa runs away with Sixth Man Award, published April 23, 2007
  2. ^ a b c "Perfil: Leandrinho Barbosa" (in Portuguese). NBA Brasil. http://www.nba.com/brasil/perfil_barbosa_030622.html. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
  3. ^ "Melhores do Ano 2001 - Troféu Oswaldo Caviglia" (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Basquete. http://www.fpb.com.br/_dynamics/melhoresdoano/melhores2001.asp. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
  4. ^ "Leandrinho". CBB. http://www.cbb.com.br/atletas_tecnicos/atleta_tecnico.asp?cod=897&tipo=&msb=1. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
  5. ^ a b "Leandro Barbosa: Bio". NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/leandro_barbosa/bio.html. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
  6. ^ "Leandro Barbosa Info Page". NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/leandro_barbosa/index.html. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
  7. ^ Barbosa heads back to Brazil
  8. ^ "Samara Felippo se separa de Leandrinho" (in Portuguese). G1 - EGO. 2010-12-01. http://ego.globo.com/Gente/Noticias/0,,MUL1633398-9798,00-SAMARA+FELIPPO+SE+SEPARA+DE+LEANDRINHO.html. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 

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2 J. Johnson | 3 Forbes | 5 Bayless | 7 Bargnani | 8 Calderón | 9 Butler | 10 DeRozan | 11 Kleiza | 15 A. Johnson | 20 Barbosa | 21 Magloire | 25 Carter | 32 Davis | 34 Gray | 50 Alabi

Head coach: Casey | Assistant coaches: Nori | Hughes | Roth | Davis | Sterner
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