Marcus Eriksson (basketball)

Marcus Eriksson
Marcus Eriksson (2021)
Personal information
Born (1993-12-05) 5 December 1993 (age 31)
Uppsala, Sweden
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2015: 2nd round, 50th overall pick
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career2010–2022
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
Career history
2010–2011Manresa
2011–2017FC Barcelona
2011–2013→ FC Barcelona B
2013–2014→ Manresa
2017–2019Gran Canaria
2019–2022Alba Berlin
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Marcus Per Eriksson (born 5 December 1993)[1] is a Swedish professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.

Early career

A native of Uppsala, Sweden, Eriksson left his country in 2010, to further his career at Bàsquet Manresa, in Spain. As a member of Manresa's youth team, he became the MVP of the L’Hospitalet's Junior Tournament in 2010, at the age of 16.[2]

Professional career

Europe

Eriksson made his professional debut in Spain's top-flight league, the ACB, with Manresa's senior men's team during the 2010–11 season. In 2011, he was signed by Spanish club FC Barcelona ("Barça"), and in his first years with Barcelona, he mainly played for their developmental farm team, FC Barcelona B. He returned to Manresa for the 2013–14 campaign, joining them on loan from Barcelona, before later heading back to Barça.

Eriksson missed the 2014–15 season, because of a torn ACL and torn meniscus.[3]

After Eriksson's rehab from a major injury suffered early in 2022 continued to not progress, he and Alba Berlin agreed to terminate his contract on January 11, 2024. He then continued his recovery back in his native Sweden.

NBA draft right

On 25 June 2015 Eriksson was selected with the 50th pick of the 2015 NBA draft, by the Atlanta Hawks.[4]

National team

Eriksson was involved with the Swedish junior national teams for a number of years. With Sweden's junior national teams, he played at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (Division B), the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[5] In 2012, he had his first official appearance with the Swedish senior squad.

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

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2015–16 Barcelona 3 0 7.7 .250 .000 — .7 .3 .3 — .7 -1.0
2016–17 22 3 9.9 .320 .353 — 1.2 .3 .4 .1 2.0 1.2
2018–19 Gran Canaria 29 6 18.6 .443 .415 .939 1.3 .8 .6 — 10.4 8.9
2019–20 Berlin 22 15 24.7 .466 .466 .813 2.0 .9 .7 .2 11.2 10.7
2020–21 22 14 23.3 .487 .443 .943 1.7 .7 .5 — 12.4 10.7
2021–22 13 13 24.8 .464 .430 .929 2.3 .8 .2 — 12.5 11.0
Career 111 51 19.5 .453 .431 .906 1.6 .7 .5 .1 9.3 8.1

Domestic Leagues

Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010-11 Assignia Manresa Liga ACB 4 1.2 .000 .000 .000 .3 .0 .0 .0 .0
2011-12 FC Barcelona 0 .0 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
2012-13 2 .1 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
2013-14 Assignia Manresa 33 23.9 .460 .375 .941 1.8 .8 .4 .2 11.2
2014-15 FC Barcelona 1 4.7 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
2015-16 24 9.3 .591 .340 .556 1.1 .4 .4 .0 3.4

References

  1. ^ "NBADraft.net profile". NBADraft.net. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "Debutó en Manresa el sexto jugador más joven de la historia ACB: Eriksson, con 16 años". TuBasket.com. October 4, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  3. ^ "FC Barcelona's Markus Eriksson suffers ACL and meniscus tear". Sportando.com. October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  4. ^ "Hawks Draft Pair Of International Prospects In Second Round". NBA.com. June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  5. ^ Marcus Per ERIKSSON (SWE).