Personal information | |
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Born | Liège, Belgium | 12 May 1983
Nationality | Belgian |
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 242 lb (110 kg) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 2005: 2nd round, 52nd overall pick |
Selected by the Denver Nuggets | |
Playing career | 2000–2020 |
Position | Power forward |
Career history | |
2000–2004 | Verviers-Pepinster |
2004–2009 | Real Madrid |
2009–2018 | Bilbao |
2018–2020 | Spirou |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Axel Marie Gustave Hervelle (born 12 May 1983) is a Belgian former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Belgian national basketball team. [1]
Hervelle spent the early part of his career in Belgium. He first played with Verviers-Pepinster in the Belgian League for four years, averaging 11.4 points and 10.6 rebounds per game, in 16 Belgian League games during the 2003–04 season, and becoming the team's captain at only 20 years old. He then signed with the Spanish ACB League club Real Madrid. In the 200506 season, he averaged 24 minutes, 8.5 points, and 5.5 rebounds per game, over 32 games played in the Spanish League. In January 2010, Hervelle signed with Bilbao. [2]
On 3 August 2018, Hervelle signed a one-year contract with Spirou of the Belgian League. [3] [4]
On 30 November 2020, Hervelle announced his retirement. [5]
Hervelle was drafted by the Denver Nuggets, in the second round (52nd pick overall) of the 2005 NBA draft. He became the first Belgian player ever to be drafted by an NBA team. In 2009, his NBA draft rights were traded to the Houston Rockets, in exchange for James White. [6] On 27 November 2020, Hervelle's draft rights were traded to the New York Knicks. [7]
Hervelle has been a member of the senior Belgian national basketball team. He represented Belgium at the EuroBasket 2015, where they lost to Greece, in the tournament's eighth finals, by a score of 75–54. [8] [9]
Season | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2000–01 | Verviers-Pepinster | Ethias League | 6 | ? | .571 | -- | 1.000 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .3 | 1.7 |
2001–02 | 24 | ? | .473 | .278 | .710 | 2.9 | .5 | .7 | .3 | 4.0 | ||
2002–03 | 25 | ? | .494 | .206 | .642 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | .4 | 8.8 | ||
2003–04 | 18 | ? | .521 | .414 | .714 | 9.6 | 1.2 | .0 | .0 | 10.2 | ||
2004–05 | Real Madrid | ACB | 39 | 18.6 | .518 | .213 | .581 | 5.3 | .4 | 1.1 | .4 | 6.3 |
2005–06 | 32 | 23.9 | .534 | .355 | .719 | 5.3 | .9 | .8 | .4 | 8.5 | ||
2006–07 | 47 | 24.3 | .562 | .331 | .826 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | .7 | 9.5 | ||
2007–08 | 36 | 21.7 | .680 | .324 | .762 | 5.4 | 1.0 | .8 | .7 | 9.4 | ||
2008–09 | 35 | 20.7 | .578 | .330 | .681 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | .5 | 8.1 | ||
2009–10 | 7 | 12.3 | .308 | .250 | 1.000 | 2.6 | .9 | .4 | .1 | 1.9 | ||
Bilbao Basket | 18 | 23.6 | .620 | .191 | .806 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 1.4 | .9 | 7.8 | ||
2010–11 | 39 | 21.6 | .543 | .233 | .636 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .2 | 6.7 | ||
2011–12 | 30 | 17.4 | .455 | .278 | .578 | 3.3 | 1.0 | .5 | .2 | 4.7 | ||
2012–13 | 36 | 24.2 | .541 | .362 | .804 | 4.4 | 1.7 | .9 | .3 | 7.9 | ||
2013–14 | 28 | 22.6 | .554 | .342 | .776 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .2 | 7.2 | ||
2014–15 | 30 | 25.3 | .505 | .414 | .762 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .1 | 7.7 |
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