Ádám Hanga Explained

Ádám Hanga
Position:Small forward
League:Liga ACB
EuroCup
Team:Joventut Badalona
Height M:2.00
Weight Kg:95
Birth Date:12 April 1989
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Draft Year:2011
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:59
Draft Team:San Antonio Spurs
Career Start:2006
Years1:2006–2011
Team1:Albacomp
Years2:2011–2013
Team2:Manresa
Years3:2013–2017
Team3:Baskonia
Years4:2014–2015
Team4:Sidigas Avellino
Years5:2017–2021
Team5:FC Barcelona
Years6:2021–2023
Team6:Real Madrid
Years7:2023–2024
Team7:Crvena zvezda
Years8:2024–present
Team8:Joventut Badalona
Highlights:

Ádám Hanga (born 12 April 1989) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroCup. 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.

Early life

Hanga was born to a Hungarian mother and a Zanzibari Tanzanian father, who was studying in Hungary at 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 11 May 2015 for the final games of the 2014–15 ACB season, after finishing the Lega Basket season with Avellino.[9] On 28 June 2017 Hanga was registered by Baskonia for the right of first refusal.[10] On 9 July 2017 Hanga signed an offer sheet with FC Barcelona Lassa.[11] On 12 July 2017 Baskonia matched the offer sheet to Hanga, keeping Hanga in their roster.[12] On 23 July 2017 Hanga re-signed with Baskonia, through the 2019–20 season.[13] [14]

On 22 August 2017 Baskonia and FC Barcelona reached an agreement for the transfer of Hanga to the Catalan club.[15] On 9 July 2019 Barcelona Bàsquet announced Hanga had extended his contract with the club until 2022, with an option to continue through 2023.[16] On 16 July 2021 Hanga parted ways with the club after four seasons together.[17]

On 23 July 2021 Hanga signed a two-year deal with Liga ACB archrivals Real Madrid.[18] On 24 June 2023 Real Madrid informed the player that they would not pick up his contract option and he would become a free agent.

On 12 July 2023 Hanga signed a two-year contract with Serbian powerhouse Crvena zvezda.[19]

On July 4, 2024, he signed with Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB.[20]

Career statistics

EuroLeague

Denotes season in which Hanga won the EuroLeague
Led the league

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013-14| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Baskonia| 15 || 0 || 17.0 || .449 || .286 || .560 || 2.1 || 1.1 || .7 || .5 || 5.6 || 5.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015-16| 27 || 27 || 29.0 || .452 || .279 || .707 || 5.1 || 1.7 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 8.2 || 13.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016-17| 33 || 30 || 28.0 || .449 || .336 || .667 || 4.4 || 2.4 || 1.3 || .7 || 10.5 || 13.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017-18| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| Barcelona | 26 || 25 || 24.7 || .453 || .347 || .679 || 3.7 || 2.0 || .7 || .7 || 8.7 || 9.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018-19| 27 || 13 || 20.9 || .464 || .282 || .745 || 4.0 || 1.9 || 1.1 || .3 || 8.8 || 10.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019-20| style="background:#CFECEC;"|28* || 25 || 20.3 || .444 || .276 || .750 || 2.9 || 3.4 || .7 || .2 || 5.8 || 7.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020-21| style="background:#CFECEC;"|41* || 7 || 15.9 || .421 || .343 || .647 || 2.2 || 1.7 || .8 || .3 || 4.6 || 4.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021-22| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Real Madrid | 31 || 26 || 18.8 || .428 || .296 || .773 || 3.1 || 1.7 || .6 || .4 || 5.8 || 6.6|-| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2022-23†| 27 || 16 || 13.4 || .376 || .362 || .724 || 1.8 || 1.7 || .6 || .2 || 4.2 || 4.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023-24| style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda| 26 || 10 || 20.1 || .399 || .333 || .533 || 2.9 || 2.4 || 1.0 || .3 || 8.0 || 8.2|-|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 281 || 179 || 20.8 || .436 || .318 || .678 || 3.2 || 2.0 || .9 || .5 || 7.0 || 8.3

Domestic leagues

YearTeamLeague
8 5.4 .545 .750 .429 .6 .3 .6 .1 2.3
16 13.3 .462 .150 .640 1.7 1.3 1.4 .6 4.2
26 26.5 .576 .333 .654 3.4 2.7 1.8 .8 10.3
25 31.6 .529 .288 .678 4.1 2.0 1.9 .8 13.9
26 32.7 .492 .394 .680 4.3 3.3 2.9 .7 17.7
34 21.4 .397 .268 .667 2.9 1.9 1.4 .7 7.8
32 26.0 .418 .353 .703 4.5 2.3 1.3 .8 11.7
26 17.4 .513 .333 .500 2.4 1.0 1.0 .6 5.8
4 13.3 .444 .000 3.0 1.7 .7 .2 2.0
30 28.6 .395 .265 .712 4.3 2.7 1.9 .8 10.6
40 26.5 .505 .283 .726 4.3 1.5 1.5 .8 9.4
37 28.0 .489 .338 .750 4.2 2.4 1.4 .6 11.8
37 22.3 .478 .312 .675 3.3 1.6 1.2 .5 8.6
35 22.1 .478 .350 .711 3.9 1.5 1.1 .5 9.9
27 21.1 .455 .293 .727 3.7 4.0 .9 .4 7.0
41 15.7 .546 .507 .702 3.2 1.9 .7 .4 5.5
37 20.1 .449 .359 .739 3.1 1.7 .8 .4 8.5
28 14.6 .482 .333 .600 1.9 1.3 .6 .2 5.0
20 17.3 .433 .388 .593 2.2 2.6 .9 .1 6.3

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spurs Select Joseph And Hanga In 2011 NBA Draft. nba.com. 23 June 2011. 26 June 2011.
  2. Web site: Hanga I, rey de Hungría. ACB.com. 11 April 2012. 17 June 2012. Spanish. 2 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161002145353/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=83876. dead.
  3. https://bestsport.news/hanga-found-out-her-nephew-plays-for-barcelona-met-right-on-the-match-with-cska/
  4. Web site: Rankings – International '89. Draft Express. 25 May 2011. 27 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170427101319/http://www.draftexpress.com/rankings/International--89/. dead.
  5. Web site: Hanga Ádám a spanyol élvonalban folytatja. Nemzeti Sport Online. 25 May 2011. 25 May 2011. Hungarian.
  6. Web site: El Assignia Manresa ficha a la perla del basket húngaro. marca.com. 27 May 2011. 26 June 2011. Spanish.
  7. News: LABORAL KUTXA brings in Hanga. 28 August 2014. Euroleague.net. 2 July 2013.
  8. News: Sidigas Avellino officially lands Adam Hanga on loan. 28 August 2014. Sportando.com. 27 August 2014.
  9. Web site: Adam Hanga vuelve a Vitoria. Adam Hanga comes back to Vitoria. ACB.com. Spanish. 11 May 2015. 11 May 2015. 26 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160126030419/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=113081. dead.
  10. Web site: Jugadores sujetos al derecho de tanteo. www.acb.com. ACB.com. 28 June 2017. es. 28 June 2017. 30 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170630091925/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=132992. dead.
  11. News: El FC Barcelona Lassa presenta ofertas por Larkin y Hanga (Baskonia). acb.com. 9 July 2017. es. 9 July 2017. 11 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170711145439/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=133222. dead.
  12. News: El Baskonia iguala la oferta del FC Barcelona Lassa por Adam Hanga. acb.com. 12 July 2017. es. 12 July 2017. 16 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170816044051/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=133286. dead.
  13. News: Baskonia y Hanga firman un contrato para las próximas 3 temporadas. acb.com. 23 July 2017. es. 23 July 2017. 24 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170924041755/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=133502. dead.
  14. News: Baskonia keeps Best Defender Hanga. Euroleague.net. 23 July 2017. 23 July 2017.
  15. News: Adam Hanga se desvincula de Baskonia. 22 August 2017. www.acb.com. 22 August 2017. es. 22 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170822180525/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=134112. dead.
  16. News: Adam Hanga extends his contract with Barça until 2022. 9 July 2019. fcbarcelona.com. 9 July 2019.
  17. News: Adam Hanga officially leaves Barça . Sportando . July 16, 2021 . July 16, 2021.
  18. News: Real Madrid announces 2-year deal with Adam Hanga . Sportando . July 23, 2021 . July 23, 2021.
  19. Web site: Adam Hanga is Zvezda's fourth summer signing. EuroLeague. July 12, 2023. July 12, 2023.
  20. Web site: Adam Hanga signs with Joventut Badalona. July 4, 2024. Sportando. En. July 4, 2024.