Martin Breunig

Martin Breunig
No. 12 – Telekom Baskets Bonn
Position Power forward / Center
League Basketball Bundesliga
Champions League
Personal information
Born (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992
Leverkusen, Germany
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
NBA draft 2016 / Undrafted
Playing career 2016–present
Career history
2016–2017 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
2017–present Telekom Baskets Bonn
Career highlights and awards
  • 2x First-team All-Big Sky (2015, 2016)

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

  1. ↑ "Team 2017/2018" (in German). Telekom Baskets Bonn. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Telekom Baskets - Vom Stürmer zum Center". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). August 19, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Teams der NBBL - Gruppe Nordost". NBBL Basketball (in German). Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Martin Breunig Bio - University of Washington Official Athletic Site". GoHuskies.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Montana lands Washington transfer Breunig". May 20, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Martin Breunig - 2014-15". GoGriz.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Breunig returns home to play professionally". GoGriz.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  8. ↑ http://www.rundschau-online.de/sport/telekom-baskets/telekom-baskets-dileo-bleibt--richter-geht--breunig-kommt-26997702
  9. ↑ "Martin Breunig U16 European Championship Men (2008)". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
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