Martin Hermannsson

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Martin Hermannsson
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No. 15–Alba Berlin
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League BBL
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1994-09-16) 16 September 1994 (age 29)
Reykjavík, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight77 kg (170 lb)
Career information
College LIU Brooklyn (2014–2016)
NBA draft 2016: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2014 KR
2009→ KR-b
2016–2017 Étoile Charleville-Mézières
2017–2018 Champagne Châlons-Reims
2018–2020 Alba Berlin
2020–2024 Valencia
2024–present Alba Berlin
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Games of the Small States of Europe
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Reykjavík Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Luxembourg Team

Martin Hermannsson (born 16 September 1994) is an Icelandic professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He also internationally represents the Icelandic national basketball team, with which he participated in the EuroBasket 2015 and EuroBasket 2017. In 2019, Martin was named the Icelandic Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the fourth year in a row. [1] [2] [3]

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Playing career

Martin started his senior team career with KR at the age of 15. With KR, he went on to win the Icelandic championship twice, in 2011 and 2014. In 2014 he was named the Domestic Player of the Year, the Playoffs MVP and the Young Player of the Year while also being selected to the Domestic All-First Team. [4] [5]

On 17 May 2017, he was selected for the LNB Pro B All-First Team and was the runner-up to the Most Valuable Player award. [6] He switched to Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket of the LNB Pro A for the 2017–18 season. [7]

On 29 June 2018, Martin signed with Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga. [8] On 7 November, he injured his ankle in Alba's 106–101 victory against Tofaş in the EuroCup and was expected to miss 6 weeks. [9] He returned from injury on 27 December, scoring a game high 19 points in only 20 minutes, [10] in Alba's 108–96 victory against Giessen 46ers. [11] [12] On 22 January 2019, Martin scored 17 straight points in the third quarter in against Rytas Vilnius in the EuroCup, [13] helping Alba cut the lead from 21 points to 4 points. [14] He scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half, including three free throws with 0.9 seconds remaining that gave Alba an 87–85 victory. [15] [16] On 17 February, he had 6 points and 6 assists in Alba's narrow 82–83 loss against Brose Bamberg in the German Basketball Cup Finals. [17] In June 2019, Martin and Alba lost to Bayern München in the Bundesliga finals 0–3. [18]

In December 2019, Martin was named the Icelandic Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the fourth straight season. [19] He finished second in the vote for the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year. [20] On 17 January 2020, he scored 6 of his 13 points in overtime in a victory against Red Star Belgrade. [21] On 17 February 2020, he led all scorers with 20 points in Alba's 89–67 victory against EWE Baskets Oldenburg in the German Basketball Cup finals. [22] On 28 June 2020, Martin won the Basketball Bundesliga championship with Alba Berlin. [23]

On 9 July 2020 Martin signed with Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB. [24]

On 16 December 2020, Martin was named the Icelandic Male Basketball Player of the Year for the fifth straight year. [25]

On 30 May 2022, Martin tore his ACL in a Liga ACB playoffs match against Saski Baskonia. [26]

On 1 July 2022, Martin renewed his contract with Valencia for an additional two seasons.

On 10 January 2024, Martin returned to Alba Berlin after four years.

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

EuroLeague

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGPIR
2019–20 Berlin 272025.7.410.337.8601.64.8.5.010.98.5
2020–21 Valencia 29017.7.435.383.8701.53.4.5.06.97.8
2022–23 406.8.429.250——1.3.5.31.82.0
2023–24 Berlin 121020.3.403.3481.0001.54.2.8.27.27.3
Valencia 4010.0.556.0001.000.81.8——3.02.3
Career763020.0.419.344.8851.43.8.5.17.97.4

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2014–15 LIU 303031.2.391.275.8643.83.30.90.210.1
2015-16 LIU 313136.2.458.360.8824.44.71.80.316.2
Career616133:8.431.322.8754.14.01.30.213.2

National team career

Martin debuted with the Icelandic national team during the 2013 Games of the Small States of Europe [27] where the team finished third. With Iceland, he participated at the EuroBasket 2015 [28] and EuroBasket 2017. [29] On 10 August 2019, Martin scored the game winning basket with 0.7 seconds left in Iceland's 83–82 victory against Switzerland in the EuroBasket 2021 qualification. 20 seconds earlier had had also given Iceland temporally the lead with a difficult shot over Switzerland's Clint Capela at the shot clock buzzer. [30]

Personal life

Martin is the son of former Icelandic national team player Hermann Hauksson. [31]

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References

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  2. ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (13 December 2017). "Hildur Björg og Martin eru Körfuknattleiksfólk ársins 2017". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Jón Björn Ólafsson (17 December 2018). "Hildur og Martin körfuknattleiksfólk ársins annað árið í röð". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Hildur og Martin best á tímabilinu
  5. ↑ Böðvar Páll Ásgeirsson (9 August 2020). "Maður er það klikkaður". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. ↑ Les lauréats sont connus !
  7. ↑ Martin samdi við Chalons Reims
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  9. ↑ Anton Ingi Leifson (8 November 2018). "Martin meiddist í Evrópuleik: "Ég segi ein vika en læknirinn segir fjórar til sex"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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