Florent Piétrus
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other Florent Marius Piétrus (born 19 January 1981) is a French former professional basketball player, who lastly played for Orléans Loiret Basket of the LNB Pro A. His younger brother, Mickaël Piétrus, played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Professional career
Piétrus began his career with the French League club Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez (1999–04). He went undrafted in the 2003 NBA draft. Since then, he has played in the Spanish League with Unicaja Málaga (2004–07), MMT Estudiantes (2007–08), Valencia (2008–10), Caja Laboral (2010), and again with Valencia (2010–13).
On 22 July 2013 Piétrus signed with the French club SLUC Nancy Basket.[1] He joined the French club BCM Gravelines in 2016. On 1 September 2017 Piétrus signed a short-term deal with Levallois Metropolitans.[2] On 3 February 2018 he signed with Strasbourg IG for the rest of the season.[3] On 9 July 2018 Piétrus signed a one-year contract extension with Strasbourg IG.[4]
On 12 January 2020 he signed with Orléans Loiret Basket of the LNB Pro A.[5]
National team career
In September 2005, Piétrus won the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2005 with the senior French National Team. He also won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 2011, the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2013, and the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2015. He also played at EuroBasket 2003, EuroBasket 2007, and EuroBasket 2009.
Piétrus also played with France at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]
French national team stats
| Tournament | Games played | Points per game | Rebounds per game | Assists per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EuroBasket 2003 | 6 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 0.7 |
| EuroBasket 2005 | 7 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 0.7 |
| 2006 World Championship | 9 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 0.6 |
| EuroBasket 2007 | 7 | 8.9 | 3.7 | 0.6 |
| EuroBasket 2009 | 8 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 1.1 |
| 2010 World Championship | 4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 1.5 |
| EuroBasket 2011 | 11 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.8 |
| 2012 Summer Olympics | 6 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
| EuroBasket 2013 | 11 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| 2014 World Cup | 9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 0.9 |
| EuroBasket 2015 | 9 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 0.2 |
| 2016 Summer Olympics | 11 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Personal life
Piétrus is the older brother of Mickaël Piétrus, who played in the NBA. His son Illan is also a basketball player.[7]
References
Template:Sister project Template:Reflist
External links
- Euroleague.net Profile
- NBA.com Draft Profile
- FIBA Archive Profile
- Eurobasket.com Profile
- Spanish League Profile Template:In lang
- DraftExpress.com Profile
- Facebook Profile
Template:Navboxes Template:Valencia Basket 2009–10 Eurocup champions Template:Authority control
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Florent Marius PIETRUS (FRA).
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Pages with script errors
- 1981 births
- Living people
- 2006 FIBA World Championship players
- 2010 FIBA World Championship players
- 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- Baloncesto Málaga players
- Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- BCM Gravelines players
- Black French sportspeople
- CB Estudiantes players
- Élan Béarnais players
- French expatriate basketball people in Spain
- French men's basketball players
- French people of Guadeloupean descent
- Guadeloupean men's basketball players
- Liga ACB players
- Olympic basketball players for France
- Metropolitans 92 players
- Sportspeople from Les Abymes
- Power forwards
- Saski Baskonia players
- SIG Strasbourg players
- SLUC Nancy Basket players
- Small forwards
- Valencia Basket players
- 21st-century French sportsmen