Marquinhos (basketball)

Marquinhos
	Marquinhos at the 2016 Olympics
No. 11 – Flamengo
Position	Small forward / Power forward
League	Novo Basquete Brasil
Personal information
Born	May 31, 1984; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2006 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43rd overall
	Selected by the New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets
Playing career	2000–present
Career history
2000–2001	Corinthians
2002	Bauru
2002–2003	Vasco da Gama
2003–2004	Corinthians / Mogi das Cruzes
2004–2005	Sutor Montegranaro
2005–2006	São Carlos
2006–2008	New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets
2006–2007	→Tulsa 66ers
2008–2009	Pinheiros
2009–2010	Sutor Montegranaro
2010–2012	Pinheiros
2012–2018	Flamengo
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2014); 4× NBB champion (2013–2016); 2× NBB Most Valuable Player (2013, 2016); 5× NBB All-Star (2009, 2011–2013, 2015); 6× NBB All First Team (2011–2016); Brazilian National League champion (2002);
Men's basketball
Representing Brazil
FIBA Americas Championship
Pan American Games

Marcus Vinicius Vieira de Souza (born May 31, 1984), commonly known as Marquinhos, is a Brazilian professional basketball player. A 6'9" (2.07 m), 225 lb (102 kg) small forward–power forward, he was a second round NBA draft choice of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, in the 2006 NBA draft, chosen 43rd overall. Vinicius played professionally for Sao Carlos at the time of his selection in the 2006 NBA draft. He currently plays for Flamengo in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).

Professional career

In 2004–05 season Vinicius played professionally in the Italian 1st Division with Premiata Montegranaro.

Vinicius played a total of 26 games for the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, scoring 50 points.^[1] He spent part of the 2006–07 NBA season with the NBA Development League's Tulsa 66ers, for whom he played 13 games.^[2] In 2008, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, only to be waived 2 days later.^[3]

Vinicius has also been a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team. In 2007, he won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Season	Team	GP	MPG	2P%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008–09	Pinheiros	28	37.8	.563	.363	.812	5.4	4.7	1.7	.3	22.3
2010–11	Pinheiros	27	33.0	.644	.358	.811	3.7	3.4	1.4	.5	20.4
2011–12	Pinheiros	28	31.5	.582	.412	.794	3.8	2.4	1.2	.2	18.0
2012–13	Flamengo	34	31.0	.617	.433	.795	4.6	2.5	1.2	.2	20.7
2013–14	Flamengo	16	26.7	.517	.376	.860	3.5	2.4	.9	.3	14.8
2014–15	Flamengo	28	27.8	.539	.459	.821	4.5	2.6	.9	.2	16.3
2015–16	Flamengo	28	26.9	.492	.381	.791	3.9	3.1	1.3	.2	15.6
Career		189	30.7	.575	.398	.808	4.2	3.0	1.2	.3	18.5
All-Star		4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Season	Team	GP	MPG	2P%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009	Pinheiros	3	40.0	.472	.571	.789	6.7	5.3	2.3	.0	28.3
2011	Pinheiros	9	36.2	.534	.434	.938	3.7	2.9	1.8	.3	24.7
2012	Pinheiros	10	35.0	.403	.404	.683	4.2	4.4	1.1	.2	15.4
2013	Flamengo	9	33.0	.540	.429	.857	4.9	3.0	.7	.2	18.6
2014	Flamengo	9	33.3	.456	.414	.864	2.9	2.1	.7	.0	17.0
2015	Flamengo	10	27.6	.494	.417	.912	4.6	2.8	1.5	.2	16.9
2016	Flamengo	13	27.6	.549	.371	.872	4.2	3.2	1.1	.4	16.5
Career		63	33.2	.495	.420	.851	4.4	3.4	1.3	.2	18.3

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