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Marcelo Huertas

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Not to be confused with Marcelino Huerta.
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Tieppo and the second or paternal family name is Huertas.

Marcelo Huertas
Huertas with CB Canarias in 2025
No. 9 – La Laguna Tenerife
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
LeagueLiga ACB
Personal information
Born (1983-05-25) 25 May 1983 (age 42)
São Paulo, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian / Italian
Listed height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight93 kg (205 lb)
Career information
High schoolCoppell (Coppell, Texas)
NBA draft2005: undrafted
Playing career2001–present
Career history
2001–2002FMU São Paulo
2002–2003Pinheiros
2003–2004FMU São Paulo
2004–2008Joventut
2007–2008→Bilbao
2008–2009Fortitudo Bologna
2009–2011Baskonia
2011–2015Barcelona
2015–2017Los Angeles Lakers
2017–2019Baskonia
2019–presentLa Laguna Tenerife
Career highlights

Liga ACB career stats leaders

Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men’s basketball
Representing  Brazil
FIBA AmeriCup
Gold medal – first place 2005 Santo Domingo
Gold medal – first place 2009 San Juan
Silver medal – second place 2011 Mar del Plata
Silver medal – second place 2022 Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro
FIBA South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 Caracas

Marcelo "Marcelinho" Tieppo Huertas (born 25 May 1983) is a Brazilian professional basketball player and the team captain for CB Canarias of the Spanish Liga ACB. He has represented the Brazilian national basketball team in international competitions and also holds Italian citizenship.

At 32 years old, Huertas was the second oldest rookie in NBA history after Pablo Prigioni and before Andre Ingram. After signing with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2015, he played one and a half seasons before returning to Spain in 2017. In 2025, Huertas won the Liga ACB MVP award at 42 years of age.[1]

Professional career

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Early years in Brazil and Texas

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Huertas began his career playing with the youth basketball teams of the multi-sports club E.C. Pinheiros in Brazil. After playing high school basketball at Coppell High School in Coppell, Texas, he made his senior men's team debut in the 2001–02 season, with the senior men's team of FMU São Paulo. He then moved to the senior men's basketball team of E.C. Pinheiros, for the 2002–03 season, where he played in the top Brazilian League. He then returned to FMU São Paulo for the 2003–04 season.

Europe

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Huertas joined the Liga ACB club DKV Joventut in 2004, playing for the Badalona-based team for three seasons until 2007. On October 2, 2004, Huertas made his debut with the Catalans in a game against Lleida Bàsquet, scoring 9 points and recording 3 assists.[2] With Joventut, Huertas reached the Liga ACB Playoffs for three consecutive seasons, won the 2005-06 FIBA EuroCup and played in the 2006–07 Euroleague.[3] Still in contract with Joventut, Huertas was loaned to Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB for the 2007-08 season.[4] With Bilbao, Huertas received his first All-Liga ACB Team mention.[5]

After rumors of a return to Joventut or a contract extension with Bilbao, Huertas finally signed with Fortitudo Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A, playing for the Italians during the 2008–09 season.[6]

In August 2009, Huertas signed a three-year contract with the Liga ACB club Saski Baskonia.[7] He played for two seasons with the Basque team, winning the 2009-10 Liga ACB and reaching the EuroLeague quarterfinals in both seasons.[8]

FC Barcelona (2011-2015)

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On 9 August 2011, he signed a four-year contract with Liga ACB and EuroLeague club FC Barcelona.[9] With Barcelona, Huertas won the Liga ACB twice (2012 and 2014) and won the 2013 Spanish Cup. He also helped the Catalans reach the EuroLeague Final Four for three consecutive years.

Huertas playing for Barcelona in 2013

Huertas became a key player in the team's rotation in his first season, leading the team in assists throughout the 2011-12 season and helping win the Spanish Supercup. In the first game of the 2012 ACB Finals, Huertas scored a three-point buzzer beater from half-court to seal the first win in a series in which the Catalans would take the title against rivals Real Madrid.[10]

Huertas would again be instrumental in the 2013-14 Liga ACB win, playing 40 minutes and scoring the game-winning shot in a key semifinals game against Valencia Basket.[10]

Los Angeles Lakers (2015–2017)

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On 9 September 2015, Huertas signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.[11] He made his debut for the Lakers in the team's season opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves on 28 October, recording 2 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists in a 112–111 loss.[12] On 6 March 2016, he recorded season-highs of 10 points and 9 assists in a 112–95 win over the Golden State Warriors.[13] Four days later, he had a season-best game with 13 points and 5 assists in a 120–108 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.[14]

On 5 August 2016, Huertas re-signed with the Lakers.[15] On 23 February 2017, Huertas was traded to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Tyler Ennis.[16] Upon being acquired by the Rockets, Huertas was waived by the team.[17]

Return to Spain

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Baskonia (2017–2019)

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On 25 July 2017, Huertas signed a two-year deal with Saski Baskonia, returning after he left the team in 2011.[18] In the 2017-18 season Huertas reached the Liga ACB Finals, which Baskonia would ultimately lose to Real Madrid.[19] During both seasons with Baskonia, Huertas reached the EuroLeague playoffs.

Huertas with Baskonia in 2017

Huertas' second stint at Baskonia ended in June 2019, playing 142 games over two seasons and averaging 7.8 points per game and 5 assists during the second season. During his two spells with the Vitoria-Gasteiz-based team, he played 260 official games.[20]

Canarias (2019–present)

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On 23 July 2019, Huertas signed a two-year deal with CB Canarias (known as Iberostar Tenerife for sponsorship reasons).[21] He averaged 12.9 points and 8.3 assists per game in his debut season for Canarias. Huertas re-signed with the team on 4 June 2020.[22]

Huertas became a star player for the team, and he was named to the All-Basketball Champions League First Team in 2020, before winning the 2021-22 Basketball Champions League and being named Final Four MVP.[23][24] Continuing to play a key role in Tenerife's performances in the Basketball Champions League every season, Huertas won two back to back Basketball Champions League MVP awards (in 2024 and 2025).[25][26] He also won the 2020 and 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup titles, gathering MVP honours in the first win.[27][28]

In his 18th season in the Liga ACB, the 2024-25 season, Huertas won the ACB Most Valuable Player award, in addition to being named to the All-Liga ACB First Team for the fifth time. Huertas had recently turned 42 prior to earning the award.[1]

National team career

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Huertas has been a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team. With Brazil's senior national team, he won the gold medal at the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, the 2006 South American Championship, the 2007 Pan American Games, and the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship. He also won the silver medal at the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship.

He also played at the following tournaments: the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the 2016 Summer Olympics, the 2019 FIBA World Championship, the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, and the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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

NBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 L.A. Lakers 53 0 16.4 .422 .262 .931 1.7 3.4 .5 .1 4.5
2016–17 L.A. Lakers 23 1 10.3 .368 .211 .529 1.0 2.3 .4 .1 2.7
Career 76 1 14.6 .409 .250 .783 1.5 3.1 .5 .1 3.9

EuroLeague

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* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2006–07 Badalona 20 3 14.6 .377 .167 .875 1.5 1.4 .9 — 5.3 4.3
2009–10 Baskonia 16 1 20.9 .526 .308 .852 1.8 3.9 .6 — 8.3 9.4
2010–11 20 14 28.6 .460 .442 .865 3.0 5.5 .8 .1 10.3 13.9
2011–12 Barcelona 21 21* 23.7 .504 .439 .867 2.0 4.4 1.0 — 8.5 10.7
2012–13 31* 17 20.5 .416 .347 .972* 2.2 3.4 .6 .0 8.0 8.7
2013–14 29 29 21.5 .492 .338 .811 2.0 3.8 .4 .0 8.2 9.5
2014–15 28 16 22.1 .403 .365 .833 2.3 4.4 .5 .0 7.6 8.5
2017–18 Baskonia 29 11 16.6 .414 .432 .921 1.0 3.6 .1 — 5.9 6.2
2018–19 34 15 19.5 .495 .421 .884 1.5 4.7 .7 — 7.8 8.6
Career 228 127 20.5 .452 .371 .877 1.9 3.9 .6 .0 7.7 8.8

EuroCup

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2004–05 Badalona 12 1 15.5 .452 .400 .727 .9 2.2 1.1 .1 5.8 5.6
2008–09 Bologna 6 5 24.2 .560 .455 .900 2.5 2.7 1.7 - 8.7 10.2
Career 18 6 18.4 .493 .419 .810 1.4 2.4 1.3 .1 6.8 7.1

Domestic leagues

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Regular season

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† Denotes season in which Huertas won the Liga ACB championship
* Led the league
Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004-05 Spain Joventut Badalona ACB 34 17.6 .452 .298 .704 1.4 2.3 .8 .0 7.1
2005-06 Spain Joventut Badalona ACB 31 15.0 .460 .444 .919 1.2 2.4 1.1 .0 7.0
2006-07 Spain Joventut Badalona ACB 34 12.4 .372 .273 .897 .8 1.4 .5 .0 5.1
2007-08 Spain Bilbao Basket ACB 34 26.6 .451 .235 .865 2.7 3.9 1.6 .0 14.6
2008–09 Italy Fortitudo Bologna LBA 29 27.0 .478 .246 .838 2.6 2.4 1.1 .0 10.1
2009-10† Spain Baskonia ACB 27 24.3 .507 .475 .828 3.2 4.9 1.0 .0 8.0
2010-11 Spain Baskonia ACB 34 28.4 .500 .405 .877 2.9 5.9* .8 .0 9.7
2011-12† Spain Barcelona ACB 34 22.5 .454 .410 .854 2.7 3.3 1.1 .0 8.0
2012-13 Spain Barcelona ACB 34 21.2 .433 .410 .871 2.3 3.7 .9 .0 9.1
2013-14† Spain Barcelona ACB 33 21.2 .486 .360 .971 2.0 4.3 .6 .0 8.5
2014-15 Spain Barcelona ACB 34 21.3 .479 .333 .871 2.2 4.6 .7 .0 7.7
2017-18 Spain Baskonia ACB 32 19.8 .457 .342 .875 2.1 4.5 .4 .0 7.3
2018-19 Spain Baskonia ACB 32 19.6 .497 .382 .970 2.0 5.0 .7 .0 7.8
2019-20 Spain Tenerife ACB 22 28.1 .465 .313 .981* 2.5 8.1* 1.0 .0 13.1
2020-21 Spain Tenerife ACB 35 25.1 .513 .421 .925 2.0 6.1 .7 .0 14.2
2021-22 Spain Tenerife ACB 34 23.6 .464 .286 .902 2.1 6.3 .7 .0 12.6
2022-23 Spain Tenerife ACB 33 22.3 .508 .316 .824 1.19 5.8 .7 .0 11.8
2023-24 Spain Tenerife ACB 34 25.4 .492 .376 .910* 2.4 6.4* .7 .0 14.2
2024-25 Spain Tenerife ACB 33 23.9 .503 .349 .915 2.1 7.1* .5 .0 14.3

Honors

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Joventut Badalona
Saski Baskonia
FC Barcelona
Canarias

Individual awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b "¡Marcelinho Huertas, MVP Movistar de la Liga Endesa 2024-25!". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 27 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  2. ^ Aymerich Villacampa, Ramon (2 July 2024). "El curioso caso de Marcelinho Huertas". tiempodebasquet.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  3. ^ "El DKV Joventut se hace con el fichaje de Marcelinho Huertas". europapress.es (in Spanish). 10 July 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Marcelinho Huertas jugará cedido en el iurbentia Bilbao Basket esta temporada". elcorreo.com (in Spanish). 31 July 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Todos los Quinteto Ideal de la temporada". acb.com (in Spanish). 19 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Huertas se decide por el Fortitudo Bolonia pese al acuerdo de Bilbao con el Joventut". elcorreo.com (in Spanish). 25 July 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Marcelinho Huertas profile". EuroBasket. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  8. ^ "El Caja Laboral consuma la sorpresa y conquista la Liga ACB". libertaddigital.com (in Spanish). 15 June 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  9. ^ "FC Barcelona Official Site". 9 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  10. ^ a b "Marcelinho Huertas pone fin a su trayectoria en el FC Barcelona". acb.com. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Lakers Sign Marcelo Huertas". NBA.com. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Wolves edge Lakers 112-111 in first game since Flip's death". NBA.com. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Lakers stun Warriors 112-95 for Golden State's 6th loss". NBA.com. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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  16. ^ "Rockets Compete Two Trades". NBA.com. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  17. ^ @HoustonRockets (25 February 2017). "Roster Update: Rockets GM Daryl Morey announced today that the team has waived guard Marcelo Huertas" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  19. ^ "El Real Madrid recupera el título de la ACB con Rudy Fernández 'MVP'". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). 19 June 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
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  21. ^ "ACB.COM - Experiencia para el timón de Iberostar Tenerife: ¡Llega Marcelinho Huertas!". acb.com (in European Spanish). 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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  23. ^ "Star Lineup revealed, Alocen Best Young Player". Basketball Champions League. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  24. ^ "Marcelinho Huertas se lleva el MVP de la Final Four de la Basketball Champions League". gigantes.com (in Spanish). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  25. ^ "MVP Huertas, coach Spanoulis headline BCL Season 8 award winners". Basketball Champions League. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  26. ^ Milanti, Cesare (28 May 2025). "Double MVP: Marcelinho is not a surprise anymore". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  27. ^ "Home, sweet home: Lenovo Tenerife win third FIBA Intercontinental Cup in as many Finals". FIBA.basketball. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  28. ^ "MVP Huertas hails Tenerife's team spirit, coaching staff". FIBA.com. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  29. ^ (in Spanish) ACB.com: Official Voting Results. Archived 19 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  30. ^ ACB.com Marcelinho Huertas, mejor base ACB 2010–2011. Archived 19 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
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