Manu Lecomte

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Manu Lecomte
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Lecomte with Budućnost in 2023.
No. 20Start Lublin
Position Point guard / shooting guard
League PLK
Personal information
Born (1995-08-16) 16 August 1995 (age 29)
Brussels, Belgium
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College
NBA draft 2018: undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–2019 Agua Caliente Clippers
2019–2020 UCAM Murcia
2020 Gran Canaria
2020–2021 Skyliners Frankfurt
2021 Élan Béarnais
2021 CBet Prienai
2021–2022 CBet Jonava
2022–2023 Hapoel Eilat
2023 Budućnost VOLI
2023–2024 Liège Basket
2024–present Start Lublin
Career highlights and awards

Emmanuel "Manu" Lecomte (born 16 August 1995) is a Belgian basketball player for Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears and Miami Hurricanes and for the Belgian national team. [1]

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Career

College

He played two years at Miami, before transferring to Baylor. He scored 7.7 points and dished out 2.3 assists per game while shooting 42.5 percent from the field as a sophomore. However, he saw his minutes fall playing alongside Ángel Rodríguez. [2]

As a senior at Baylor, Lecomte averaged 16.2 points per game and was named to the Second-team All-Big 12.

Professional

He went undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft but signed with the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League. [3]

He joined the Agua Caliente Clippers of the NBA G League for the 2018–19 season after being selected 20th overall in the G League draft. [4]

On 28 March 2019 he signed with Liga ACB team UCAM Murcia. [5] Lecomte joined Gran Canaria in February 2020, averaging 5.4 points and 1.0 assist per game. On October 13, he signed with Fraport Skyliners of the Basketball Bundesliga. [6]

On January 27, 2021, he signed with Élan Béarnais of the French LNB Pro A. [7] On March 2, 2021, he signed with BC Prienai of the Lithuanian Basketball League. [8] Lecomte averaged 14.9 points, 5.1 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game. On September 16, he signed with BC Jonava. [9]

On November 12, 2022, he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. [10]

On February 6, 2023, he signed with Budućnost VOLI of the ABA League and EuroCup.

On September 6, 2023, hé signed with Liège Basket of the BNXT League.

On July 30, 2024, he signed with Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). [11]

International career

Playing for Belgium, Lecomte participated at the EuroBasket 2017. [12]

Personal life

Born in Belgium, Lecomte is of Cameroonian descent through his mother. [13]

College statistics

SEASON AVERAGES
SEASONTEAMMINFGM-FGAFG%3PM-3PA3P%FTM-FTAFT%REBASTBLKSTLPFTOPTS
2017-18BAY34.14.9-12.2.4022.8-7.2.3813.7-4.1.8902.23.70.00.71.82.216.2
2016-17BAY30.13.9-9.2.4262.2-5.3.4082.2-2.7.8301.83.80.10.81.92.012.2
2014-15MIA22.42.4-5.6.4301.4-3.0.4561.7-1.9.8771.41.80.00.51.51.17.9
2013-14MIA28.02.6-6.1.4250.8-2.1.3971.7-2.2.7782.12.30.00.61.91.87.7

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