Nicolas Madelin Victor Andre Batum ( ; born 14 December 1988)
is a French professional

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player for the

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of the

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(NBA). He is also a member of the French national team and earned a silver medal in the

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in Tokyo and in the

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in Paris.

Early life

Batum was born in

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, in the

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department, to a French mother and a father of

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ian origin. His father, Richard, was a professional basketball player in France. Richard died during a game in 1991 after suffering an

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. Nicolas, at only years old, and his mother were in the crowd to witness Richard's death.

Recruiting

Batum delivered an impressive performance2007 Nike Hoops Summit recap, ''usabasketball.com''
/ref> at the 2007

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2007 Nike Hoop Summit, ''usabasketball.com''
/ref> scoring 23 points (9/13 FG, 3/5 for 3 pointers) in 28 minutes. He also grabbed four rebounds and recorded four steals. As a youngster, Nicolas Batum was considered one of the most talented young players in Europe, as he was ranked #17 among international players born in 1988, by the scouting website DraftExpress.com at the time he entered the

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."Nicolas Batum,"
DraftExpress.com.

Professional career

Le Mans Sarthe (2006–2008)

Batum was part of the junior French national team that won the

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. He was named the MVP of the

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, as France won the gold medal at that tournament. While playing for

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, Batum averaged 3.4 points (65.9% FG), 2.5 rebounds, 0.5 assist per game in 13 minutes for the 2006–2007

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season,Nicolas Batum statistics in the French League, ''lequipe.fr''
/ref> and 12.3 points (52.3%), 5.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game in 28 minutes for the 2007–2008 season.

Portland Trail Blazers (2008–2011)

Upon being selected with the 25th pick in the

by the

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, Batum was traded to the

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for the rights to

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and

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. After coming off the bench for the first three games of his NBA career, Batum moved into the starting lineup in place of Travis Outlaw in Portland's fourth game of the 2008–09 season, a 103–96 loss to the

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. On March 13, 2009, Batum recorded a season-high 20 points to go along with a clutch three-pointer with 29.9 seconds left, en route to a 109–100 victory over the

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. Batum missed the first 45 games of the 2009–10 season due to torn cartilage in his right shoulder. He played in his first game of the season on January 25, 2010. Batum scored more than 30 points for the first time with a 31-point performance (including 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals) on February 27, 2010, against the

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SLUC Nancy (2011)

In August 2011, during the

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, he signed a one-year contract with

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in French Basketball League which was valid until the NBA lockout ended.

Return to Portland (2011–2015)

Batum returned to Portland after the lockout ended. On June 25, 2012, the Portland Trail Blazers extended a qualifying offer to Batum, making him a restricted free agent. Less than three weeks later Batum signed a $46 million/4 year offer sheet with the

. On July 18, 2012, the Trail Blazers elected to match the Timberwolves' offer, signing Batum to the team through the 2015–16 campaign. On November 16, 2012, Batum tied a career-high of 35 points in a 119–117 overtime win against the Houston Rockets. This was followed exactly one month later by a game in which Batum recorded the 15th " five-by-five" in the NBA since the 1985–86 season, and the first since Andrei Kirilenko in January 2006. In this effort Batum scored 11 points while racking up 10 assists, 5 rebounds, 5 blocks and 5 steals in a 95–94 win against the

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. On January 21, 2013, Batum recorded his first

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in a 98–95 loss to the

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, scoring 12 points and adding 10 rebounds, and 11 assists, in addition to 3 steals and 2 blocks. Batum had a career year in

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, as he finished with career-highs in nearly every statistic. His biggest improvement was his passing; he averaged 4.9 assists, more than triple his previous career-high (1.5 assists per game during the 2010–11 season).

Charlotte Hornets (2015–2020)

On June 24, 2015, Batum was traded to the

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in exchange for Gerald Henderson, Jr. and

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. On August 1, 2015, Batum played for Team Africa at the 2015 NBA Africa exhibition game. He made his debut for the Hornets in the team's season opener against the Miami Heat on October 28, recording 9 points and 6 rebounds in a 104–94 loss. On November 15, he scored a season-high 33 points in a 106–94 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. The following day, he was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, November 9 through Sunday, November 15. It was the first career Player of the Week award for Batum, who led the Hornets to a 3–1 record on the week. On December 9, he recorded his fifth career triple-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in a 99–81 win over the Miami Heat. In early January, he missed four games with a right toe injury. Later that month, he missed three more games with the same injury. On March 29, he recorded his second triple-double of the season with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in a 100–85 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. On July 7, 2016, Batum re-signed with the Hornets on a five-year, $120 million contract. On December 23, 2016, he recorded his first triple-double of the season with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a 103–91 win over the

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. On October 5, 2017, Batum was ruled out for six to eight weeks with a tear of the

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in his left elbow. Batum made his season debut on November 15, 2017, scoring 16 points in 32 minutes as a starter in a 115–107 loss to the

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. A week later, Batum left the Hornets' game against the

in the second quarter with a left elbow contusion and did not return. On January 31, 2018, he had 10 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a 123–110 win over the

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. On March 10, 2018, he recorded 29 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists in a 122–115 win over the

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. Five days later, he recorded a career-high 16 assists to go with 10 points and 10 rebounds in a 129–117 win over the Hawks. On October 24, 2019, Batum was sidelined for two to three weeks due to an avulsion fracture on the third finger of his left hand. Batum was waived by the Hornets November 29, 2020.

Los Angeles Clippers (2020–2023)

On December 1, 2020, after clearing waivers, Batum signed with the

. On August 13, 2021, Batum re-signed with the Clippers. On July 6, 2022, Batum re-signed with the Clippers on a two-year deal.

Philadelphia 76ers (2023–2024)

On 1 November 2023, the

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acquired Batum, Marcus Morris Sr., Kenyon Martin Jr. and Robert Covington from the Clippers in exchange for

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, and

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. As part of the trade, the Clippers dealt a first-round pick, two second-round picks, a pick swap, and cash considerations to the 76ers, while sending a pick swap and cash considerations to the

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2nd stint with Los Angeles Clippers (2024–present)

On 10 July 2024, the Los Angeles Clippers signed Batum.

Player profile

Lanky and agile, Batum is regarded as a highly skilled defensive player and one of the NBA's best executors of the

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.Joe Freeman, "A Lifelong Fondness for Rejection: Nicolas Batum's Signature Chase-Down Block Has Its Roots in his Youthful Appreciation of an All-Star's Prowess," ''The Oregonian,'' March 27, 2013, pp. D1, D4. Growing up in Pont-l'Évêque,

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, the lanky Batum was among the tallest boys of his age group and began his basketball career as a

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. Inspiration had been drawn from NBA shot-blocking specialist

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, known for theatrically wagging his finger after rejections — an affectation which Batum emulated. Batum noted in a 2013 interview with the Portland ''Oregonian'' that, as he got older, he was moved from the

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to the wing, where he was no longer able to make the face-up block, a signature component of his game. "I couldn't block it like I used to when I played inside, so when I would see a guy going down the court on a

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, I used to run behind him and get the block". The chase-down block thus became a fundamental part of Batum's game and was a skill brought with him to the NBA. Through March 2013, only two players in the 2012–13 season who did not play center or

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had performed more blocks than Batum —

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and

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. On May 31, 2021, Batum started for

as a

of the lineup against

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in game four of the

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National team career

Youth career

In 2006, Batum was named the most valuable player of the Under-18

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, Germany, as part of the tournament-winning French national team. Batum averaged 19 points, over 5 rebounds, and over 2 steals per game, during the seven game tournament.

2012 Summer Olympics

Batum played for the senior men's

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at the

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. Late in a 66–59 quarterfinal loss to

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, a frustrated Batum punched Spanish player Juan Carlos Navarro in the groin. After the game, Batum said, "I wanted to give him a good reason to

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." Batum later apologized on

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, writing, "I showed a bad image of France and myself. and the city of Portland Oregon. Congrats to team Spain."

2014 FIBA World Cup

Batum was a member of the French national team that finished third-place in the

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, becoming the first French team to win a medal in a

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competition. In the final two games he averaged 31.0 points and was subsequently named to the all-tournament team.

2020 Summer Olympics

Batum blocked

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at the last second of the

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giving victory to

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. France eventually lost the

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87–82 to the

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stated that Batum's game-saving play was one of the best blocks he had ever seen. His block was ranked as one of the unforgettable moments of the 2020 Summer Olympics.

French national team individual awards and honors

: (2014) *

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: (2013) * FIBA EuroBasket: (2011) *

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: 2007 *

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: 2014 * FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship MVP: 2006 * FIBA Europe Under-18 All-Tournament Team: 2006

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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, 57 , , 38 , , 25.9 , , .456 , , .399 , , .714 , , 4.2 , , 2.2 , , .8 , , .6 , , 5.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", L.A. Clippers , 78 , , 8 , , 17.5 , , .437 , , .433 , , .810 , , 2.8 , , 1.1 , , .7 , , .5 , , 4.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 1,131 , , 871 , , 28.9 , , .437 , , .369 , , .832 , , 4.8 , , 3.1 , , .9 , , .6 , , 10.0

Playoffs

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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, 11 , , 11 , , 41.7 , , .472 , , .350 , , .800 , , 7.6 , , 4.8 , , 1.3 , , .5 , , 15.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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, 5 , , 5 , , 41.7 , , .343 , , .333 , , .769 , , 8.6 , , 5.2 , , .2 , , .2 , , 14.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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, 5 , , 2 , , 28.8 , , .378 , , .273 , , .850 , , 3.6 , , 2.0 , , .4 , , .0 , , 11.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

, style="text-align:left;", L.A. Clippers , 19 , , 10 , , 29.2 , , .486 , , .389 , , .826 , , 5.5 , , 2.1 , , 1.3 , , .5 , , 8.1 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

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EuroLeague

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, 12 , , 2 , , 13.5 , , .500 , , .273 , , .769 , , 1.7 , , .7 , , .8 , , .4 , , 4.3 , , 4.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2007–08 , 13 , , 13 , , 26.6 , , .453 , , .290 , , .667 , , 3.5 , , 2.7 , , 1.5 , , .5 , , 8.5 , , 9.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2011–12 , style="text-align:left;", Nancy , 6 , , 6 , , 37.6 , , .415 , , .333 , , .818 , , 6.7 , , 5.2 , , 1.7 , , .7 , , 15.8 , , 23.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 31 , , 21 , , 23.6 , , .449 , , .298 , , .765 , , 3.4 , , 2.4 , , 1.2 , , .5 , , 8.3 , , 10.3

Personal life

In March 2017, Batum became a shareholder in Infinity Nine Sports, the company owned by

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, which runs French basketball club

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, and took over the position as director of basketball operations at ASVEL.

References

External links

*
Nicolas Batum
at euroleague.net *
Nicolas Batum
at the

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Early life

Recruiting

Professional career

Le Mans Sarthe (2006–2008)

Portland Trail Blazers (2008–2011)

SLUC Nancy (2011)

Return to Portland (2011–2015)

Charlotte Hornets (2015–2020)

Los Angeles Clippers (2020–2023)

Philadelphia 76ers (2023–2024)

2nd stint with Los Angeles Clippers (2024–present)

Player profile

National team career

Youth career

2012 Summer Olympics

2014 FIBA World Cup

2020 Summer Olympics

French national team individual awards and honors

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

Playoffs

EuroLeague

Personal life

See also

References

External links