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Ádám Hanga

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Ádám Hanga
Hanga playing with Barcelona in 2018
No. 88 – Joventut Badalona
PositionSmall forward
LeagueLiga ACB
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1989-04-12) 12 April 1989 (age 35)
Budapest, Hungary
Listed height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2011: 2nd round, 59th overall pick
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2011Albacomp
2011–2013Manresa
2013–2017Baskonia
2014–2015Sidigas Avellino
2017–2021FC Barcelona
2021–2023Real Madrid
2023–2024Crvena zvezda
2024–presentJoventut Badalona
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Ádám Hanga (born 12 April 1989) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroCup. He was drafted 59th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2011 NBA draft.[1] Hanga won the EuroLeague Best Defender award in 2017.

Early life

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Hanga was born to a Hungarian mother and a Zanzibari Tanzanian father, who was studying in Hungary at that time. His father left the family when Ádám was 3 years old and he was brought up by his mother and maternal grandparents.[2]

He is the nephew of African-Russian journalist and television personality Yelena Khanga.[3]

Professional career

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Hanga began his career with the Hungarian club, Albacomp, in 2006, at the age of 17, and stayed with the Székesfehérvár-based club until 2011. In June 2009, he was invited to the Adidas Eurocamp, an event that is held annually in Treviso, for top-flight players, aged between 18 and 21. After three days of training and scrimmages, he was ranked the sixth best non-U.S. player in his age group.[4] The 2010–11 season turned out to be his breakout year, as he dominated the Hungarian League.

In May 2011, he moved to the Spanish League, signing with Bàsquet Manresa.[5][6] The San Antonio Spurs selected Hanga with the 59th pick in the 2011 NBA draft.

In July 2013, Hanga signed a four-year deal with the Spanish club Baskonia.[7] In August 2014, he was loaned to the Italian League team Sidigas Avellino, for the 2014–15 season.[8] Hanga came back to Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz on 11 May 2015 for the final games of the 2014–15 ACB season, after finishing the Lega Basket season with Avellino.[9] On 28 June 2017 Hanga was registered by Baskonia for the right of first refusal.[10] On 9 July 2017 Hanga signed an offer sheet with FC Barcelona Lassa.[11] On 12 July 2017 Baskonia matched the offer sheet to Hanga, keeping Hanga in their roster.[12] On 23 July 2017 Hanga re-signed with Baskonia, through the 2019–20 season.[13][14]

On 22 August 2017 Baskonia and FC Barcelona reached an agreement for the transfer of Hanga to the Catalan club.[15] On 9 July 2019 Barcelona Bàsquet announced Hanga had extended his contract with the club until 2022, with an option to continue through 2023.[16] On 16 July 2021 Hanga parted ways with the club after four seasons together.[17]

On 23 July 2021 Hanga signed a two-year deal with Liga ACB archrivals Real Madrid.[18] On 24 June 2023 Real Madrid informed the player that they would not pick up his contract option and he would become a free agent.

On 12 July 2023 Hanga signed a two-year contract with Crvena zvezda.[19]

On July 4, 2024, he signed with Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB.[20]

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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Denotes season in which Hanga won the EuroLeague
* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Baskonia 15 0 17.0 .449 .286 .560 2.1 1.1 .7 .5 5.6 5.3
2015–16 27 27 29.0 .452 .279 .707 5.1 1.7 1.4 1.2 8.2 13.1
2016–17 33 30 28.0 .449 .336 .667 4.4 2.4 1.3 .7 10.5 13.0
2017–18 Barcelona 26 25 24.7 .453 .347 .679 3.7 2.0 .7 .7 8.7 9.1
2018–19 27 13 20.9 .464 .282 .745 4.0 1.9 1.1 .3 8.8 10.6
2019–20 28* 25 20.3 .444 .276 .750 2.9 3.4 .7 .2 5.8 7.9
2020–21 41* 7 15.9 .421 .343 .647 2.2 1.7 .8 .3 4.6 4.8
2021–22 Real Madrid 31 26 18.8 .428 .296 .773 3.1 1.7 .6 .4 5.8 6.6
2022–23 27 16 13.4 .376 .362 .724 1.8 1.7 .6 .2 4.2 4.1
2023–24 Crvena zvezda 26 10 20.1 .399 .333 .533 2.9 2.4 1.0 .3 8.0 8.2
Career 281 179 20.8 .436 .318 .678 3.2 2.0 .9 .5 7.0 8.3

Domestic leagues

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Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 Hungary Albacomp NB I/A 8 5.4 .545 .750 .429 .6 .3 .6 .1 2.3
2007–08 Hungary Albacomp NB I/A 16 13.3 .462 .150 .640 1.7 1.3 1.4 .6 4.2
2008–09 Hungary Albacomp NB I/A 26 26.5 .576 .333 .654 3.4 2.7 1.8 .8 10.3
2009–10 Hungary Albacomp NB I/A 25 31.6 .529 .288 .678 4.1 2.0 1.9 .8 13.9
2010–11 Hungary Albacomp NB I/A 39 33.3 .494 .328 .655 4.4 3.4 2.8 .7 17.6
2011–12 Spain Manresa ACB 34 21.4 .397 .268 .667 2.9 1.9 1.4 .7 7.8
2012–13 Spain Manresa ACB 32 26.0 .418 .353 .703 4.5 2.3 1.3 .8 11.7
2013–14 Spain Baskonia ACB 26 17.4 .513 .333 .500 2.4 1.0 1.0 .6 5.8
2014–15 Italy Felice Scandone LBA 30 28.6 .395 .265 .712 4.3 2.7 1.9 .8 10.6
2014–15 Spain Baskonia ACB 4 13.3 .444 .000 3.0 1.7 .7 .2 2.0
2015–16 Spain Baskonia ACB 40 26.5 .505 .283 .726 4.3 1.5 1.5 .8 9.4
2016–17 Spain Baskonia ACB 37 28.0 .489 .338 .750 4.2 2.4 1.4 .6 11.8
2017–18 Spain Barcelona ACB 37 22.3 .478 .312 .675 3.3 1.6 1.2 .5 8.6
2018–19 Spain Barcelona ACB 35 22.1 .478 .350 .711 3.9 1.5 1.1 .5 9.9
2019–20 Spain Barcelona ACB 27 21.1 .455 .293 .727 3.7 4.0 .9 .4 7.0
2020–21 Spain Barcelona ACB 41 15.7 .546 .507 .702 3.2 1.9 .7 .4 5.5
2021–22 Spain Real Madrid ACB 37 20.1 .449 .359 .739 3.1 1.7 .8 .4 8.5
2022–23 Spain Real Madrid ACB 28 14.6 .482 .333 .600 1.9 1.3 .6 .2 5.0
2023–24 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 20 17.3 .433 .388 .593 2.2 2.6 .9 .1 6.3

References

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  1. ^ "Spurs Select Joseph And Hanga In 2011 NBA Draft". nba.com. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Hanga I, rey de Hungría" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 11 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  3. ^ https://bestsport.news/hanga-found-out-her-nephew-plays-for-barcelona-met-right-on-the-match-with-cska/ [dead link]
  4. ^ "Rankings – International '89". Draft Express. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Hanga Ádám a spanyol élvonalban folytatja" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  6. ^ "El Assignia Manresa ficha a la perla del basket húngaro". marca.com (in Spanish). 27 May 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  7. ^ "LABORAL KUTXA brings in Hanga". Euroleague.net. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Sidigas Avellino officially lands Adam Hanga on loan". Sportando.com. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Adam Hanga vuelve a Vitoria" [Adam Hanga comes back to Vitoria] (in Spanish). ACB.com. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Jugadores sujetos al derecho de tanteo". www.acb.com (in Spanish). ACB.com. 28 June 2017. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  11. ^ "El FC Barcelona Lassa presenta ofertas por Larkin y Hanga (Baskonia)". acb.com (in Spanish). 9 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  12. ^ "El Baskonia iguala la oferta del FC Barcelona Lassa por Adam Hanga". acb.com (in Spanish). 12 July 2017. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Baskonia y Hanga firman un contrato para las próximas 3 temporadas". acb.com (in Spanish). 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Baskonia keeps Best Defender Hanga". Euroleague.net. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Adam Hanga se desvincula de Baskonia". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 22 August 2017. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Adam Hanga extends his contract with Barça until 2022". fcbarcelona.com. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Adam Hanga officially leaves Barça". Sportando. July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  18. ^ "Real Madrid announces 2-year deal with Adam Hanga". Sportando. July 23, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  19. ^ "Adam Hanga is Zvezda's fourth summer signing". EuroLeague. July 12, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  20. ^ "Adam Hanga signs with Joventut Badalona". Sportando. July 4, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
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