Martin Breunig
Breunig with Baskets Bonn in 2019. | |
No. 12 – Telekom Baskets Bonn | |
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Position | Power forward / Center |
League | Basketball Bundesliga Champions League |
Personal information | |
Born | Leverkusen, Germany | 18 February 1992
Nationality | German |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Northwest Military Academy (Delafield, Wisconsin) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
Playing career | 2016–present |
Career history | |
2016–2017 | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg |
2017–present | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Martin Phong Ni Watt Breunig (born 18 February 1992) is a German professional basketball player who plays for Telekom Baskets Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[1]
Amateur career
Breunig, son of a Thai mother and a German father, played football before he came to basketball. In the U14, he joined the youth section of the 04 Leverkusen TSV Bayer.[2] He played for his hometown club until 2010, including on the side of Mathis Mönninghoff, Tim Unterluggauer and Till-Joscha Jönke in the U19 Bundesliga NBBL.[3] He decided to continue his career in the United States. In the 2010-11 season Breunig joined Northwest Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin and then moved to the University of Washington, where he studied and played from 2011 to 2013.[4] Then he transferred to Montana, sitting out the 2013-14 season per NCAA rules.[5]
While Breunig was a bench player at Washington, he became a star player at Montana. He was named to the First Team All-Big Sky Conference as a junior and was the sixth highest scorer in the Big Sky Conference, averaging 16.7 points per-game.[6] He was the highest scoring two-year player in Montana history. Breunig was named team MVP and repeated on the First Team All-Big Sky as a senior.[7]
Professional career
Breinig started his professional career by signing in June 2016, a two-year contract with the Bundesliga club MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg.[7] However, this contract was dissolved after just one year, Breunig moved within the league to the Telekom Baskets Bonn.[8]
National team
Breunig played for the German U16 and U18 national team. With the U16 he won the B Championships in Sarajevo in 2008.[9] In 2010, he took part in the U18 selection at the European Championships in Lithuania.[5]
Statistics
SEASON AVERAGES | |||||||||||||||
SEASON | TEAM | MIN | FGM-FGA | FG% | 3PM-3PA | 3P% | FTM-FTA | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PF | TO | PTS |
2015-16 | MONT | 30.5 | 6.9-11.1 | .621 | 0.1-0.3 | .300 | 5.0-7.1 | .708 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 18.9 |
2014-15 | MONT | 30.1 | 6.7-11.3 | .593 | 0.1-0.4 | .154 | 3.3-4.4 | .738 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 16.7 |
2012-13 | WASH | 5.6 | 0.0-0.3 | .000 | 0.0-0.2 | .000 | 0.1-0.2 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
2011-12 | WASH | 6.0 | 0.7-1.3 | .536 | 0.0-0.2 | .250 | 0.2-0.3 | .714 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
References
- ^ "Team 2017/2018" (in German). Telekom Baskets Bonn. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "Telekom Baskets - Vom Stürmer zum Center". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). August 19, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ "Teams der NBBL - Gruppe Nordost". NBBL Basketball (in German). Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ "Martin Breunig Bio - University of Washington Official Athletic Site". GoHuskies.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ a b "Montana lands Washington transfer Breunig". May 20, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ "Martin Breunig - 2014-15". GoGriz.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ a b "Breunig returns home to play professionally". GoGriz.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ http://www.rundschau-online.de/sport/telekom-baskets/telekom-baskets-dileo-bleibt--richter-geht--breunig-kommt-26997702
- ^ "Martin Breunig U16 European Championship Men (2008)". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
External links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Centers (basketball)
- German expatriate basketball people in the United States
- German men's basketball players
- German people of Thai descent
- Riesen Ludwigsburg players
- Montana Grizzlies basketball players
- People from Leverkusen
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Sportspeople from North Rhine-Westphalia
- Telekom Baskets Bonn players
- Washington Huskies men's basketball players