Ádám Hanga

Ádám Hanga (Hungarian: Hanga Ádám, born 12 April 1989) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for FC Barcelona Lassa. He was drafted 59th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2011 NBA draft.[1] Hanga won the EuroLeague Best Defender award in 2017.

Ádám Hanga

Hanga playing with Barcelona in 2018
No. 8 – FC Barcelona Lassa
Position	Small forward / Point guard
League	Liga ACB EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	12 April 1989 Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 59th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career	2006–present
Career history
2006–2011	Albacomp
2011–2013	Manresa
2013–2017	Baskonia
2014–2015	→Sidigas Avellino
2017–present	FC Barcelona Lassa
Career highlights and awards
Spanish Cup (2018) EuroLeague Best Defender (2017) 2× Hungarian League All-Star (2009, 2011) All-Spanish League First Team (2017) 2× All-Spanish League Second Team (2016, 2020)
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Early life

Hanga was born to a Hungarian mother and an Equatoguinean father, who studied in Hungary that time. His father left the family when Ádám was 3 years old and he was brought up by his mother and maternal grandparents.[2]

He is the nephew of African-Russian journalist and television personality Yelena Khanga. [3]

Professional career

Hanga began his career with the Hungarian club, Albacomp, in 2006, at the age of 17, and stayed with the Székesfehérvár-based club until 2011. In June 2009, he was invited to the Adidas Eurocamp, an event that is held annually in Treviso, for top-flight players, aged between 18 and 21. After three days of training and scrimmages, he was ranked the sixth best non-U.S. player in his age group.[4] The 2010–11 season turned out to be his breakout year, as he dominated the Hungarian League.

In May 2011, he moved to the Spanish League, signing with Bàsquet Manresa.[5][6] The San Antonio Spurs selected Hanga with the 59th pick in the 2011 NBA draft.

In July 2013, Hanga signed a four-year deal with the Spanish club Baskonia.[7] In August 2014, he was loaned to the Italian League team Sidigas Avellino, for the 2014–15 season.[8] Hanga came back to Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz on May 11, 2015, for the final games of the 2014–15 ACB season, after finishing the Lega Basket season with Avellino.[9] On June 28, 2017, Hanga was registered by Baskonia for the right of first refusal.[10] On July 9, 2017, Hanga signed an offer sheet with FC Barcelona Lassa.[11] On July 12, 2017, Baskonia matched the offer sheet to Hanga, keeping Hanga in their roster.[12] On July 23, 2017, Hanga re-signed with Baskonia, through the 2019–20 season.[13][14] On August 22, 2017, Baskonia and FC Barcelona Lassa reached an agreement for the transfer of Hanga to the Catalan club.[15] On July 9, 2019, Barcelona Bàsquet announced Hanga had extended his contract with the club until 2022, with an option to continue until 2023.[16]

Career statistics

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

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2013–14	Baskonia	15	0	17.0	.449	.286	.560	2.1	1.1	.7	.5	5.6	5.3
2015–16		27	27	29.0	.452	.279	.707	5.1	1.7	1.4	1.2	8.2	13.1
2016–17		33	30	28.0	.448	.336	.667	4.4	2.4	1.3	0.7	10.5	13.0
2017–18	Barcelona	26	25	24.4	.452	.347	.679	3.7	2.0	0.7	0.7	8.7	9.1
2018–19		27	13	20.5	.463	.282	.745	4.0	1.9	1.1	0.3	8.8	10.6
Career		128	95	24.7	.453	.313	.684	4.1	1.9	1.1	.7	8.7	10.8

Regular season

Season	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006–07	Albacomp	NB I/A	9	5.7	.556	.600	.571	.7	.4	.7	.1	2.4
2007–08			18	12.2	.657	.150	.640	1.6	1.2	1.3	.6	3.9
2008–09			30	25.7	.690	.348	.667	3.3	2.6	1.8	.1	10.1
2009–10			30	31.1	.651	.358	.675	3.8	2.0	1.9	.7	13.1
2010–11			26	32.6	.567	.390	.680	4.3	3.3	2.9	.7	17.7
2011–12	Assignia Manresa	ACB	34	20.9	.467	.268	.667	2.9	1.9	1.4	.7	7.8
2012–13	Bàsquet Manresa		32	25.6	.464	.353	.703	4.5	2.3	1.3	.8	11.7
2013–14	Baskonia		26	16.9	.629	.333	.500	2.4	1.0	1.0	.6	5.8
2014–15			4	12.8	.800	.000	--	3.0	1.8	.8	.3	2.0
	Sidigas Avellino	LBA	30	28.7	.474	.265	.712	4.3	2.7	1.9	.8	10.6
2015–16	Baskonia	ACB	33	25.3	.669	.303	.720	3.9	1.6	1.6	.7	9.1
2016–17	Baskonia	ACB	29	28	.570	.310	.780	4	2.4	1.3	.6	11.9

Playoffs

Season	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007–08	Albacomp	NB I/A	10	16.7	.432	.280	.580	2.4	1.9	1.3	.6	5.4
2008–09			4	20.0	.400	.440	.750	2.5	2.8	1.8	.3	8.8
2009–10			5	30.4	.483	.510	.650	3.0	3.0	1.8	.2	15.4
2010–11			13	34.5	.579	.333	.610	4.5	3.5	2.5	.8	17.5
2013–14	Baskonia	ACB	2	16	.333	0	.666	2.5	0	.5	0	3
2014–15			3	15.3	1.000	.000	--	2.3	.3	1	0	2.6
2015–16			7	32	.510	.200	.740	6	1.1	1	1.1	10.9

References

1. "Spurs Select Joseph And Hanga In 2011 NBA Draft". nba.com. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
2. "Hanga I, rey de Hungría" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
3. https://bestsport.news/hanga-found-out-her-nephew-plays-for-barcelona-met-right-on-the-match-with-cska/
4. "Rankings – International '89". Draft Express. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
5. "Hanga Ádám a spanyol élvonalban folytatja" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
6. "El Assignia Manresa ficha a la perla del basket húngaro". marca.com (in Spanish). 27 May 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
7. "LABORAL KUTXA brings in Hanga". Euroleague.net. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
8. "Sidigas Avellino officially lands Adam Hanga on loan". Sportando.com. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
9. "Adam Hanga vuelve a Vitoria" [Adam Hanga comes back to Vitoria] (in Spanish). ACB.com. 11 May 2015.
10. "Jugadores sujetos al derecho de tanteo". www.acb.com (in Spanish). ACB.com. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
11. "El FC Barcelona Lassa presenta ofertas por Larkin y Hanga (Baskonia)". acb.com (in Spanish). 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
12. "El Baskonia iguala la oferta del FC Barcelona Lassa por Adam Hanga". acb.com (in Spanish). 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
13. "Baskonia y Hanga firman un contrato para las próximas 3 temporadas". acb.com (in Spanish). 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
14. "Baskonia keeps Best Defender Hanga". Euroleague.net. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
15. "Adam Hanga se desvincula de Baskonia". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
16. "Adam Hanga extends his contract with Barça until 2022". fcbarcelona.com. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

External links

• Ádám Hanga at acb.com (in Spanish)
• Ádám Hanga at eurobasket.com
• Ádám Hanga at euroleague.net
• Ádám Hanga at draftexpress.com
• Ádám Hanga at legabasket.it (in Italian)
• Ádám Hanga at kosarsport.hu (in Hungarian)