Léo Westermann

Léo Westermann
No. 9 – Limoges CSP
Position Point guard
League French League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1992-07-24) July 24, 1992
Haguenau, France
Nationality French
Listed height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2014 / Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2012 ASVEL
2012–2014 Partizan
2014–present Barcelona
2014–present → Limoges CSP
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Competitor for France France
EuroBasket
2015 France
U20 European Championship
2012 Slovenia
2011 Spain
U18 European Championship
2009 France Team

Léo Joseph Paul Westermann (born July 24, 1992) is a French professional basketball player who currently plays for Limoges CSP of the French League, on loan from Barcelona. He is a 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) tall point guard.

Professional career

Early years

Westermann started his professional career in 2008, playing for Centre Fédéral de Basketball at the Nationale Masculine 1, the third division of French basketball. He played for Centre Fed for two seasons, averaging 10.1 points, 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game in 48 games.

ASVEL

He signed with ASVEL Basket in 2010.[1] He stayed there for two seasons, playing in the French Pro A and Eurocup. In 2012, Westermann was selected to play for the World Team at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon.[2] He left the team just few hours before he signed a contract with different team.[3]

Partizan Belgrade

On July 2, 2012, it was reported that Westermann signed a three-year contract with Partizan Belgrade.[4] He was one of the candidates for the prestigious award Euroleague Rising Star, which eventually went to Kostas Papanikolaou.[5] In his first season, he averaged 9.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists in the Euroleague. In the ABA League, Westermann helped his team to win the title, averaging 6.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 28 games. In November's away game against CSKA Moscow, he tore ACL on his knee which sidelined him for the remainder of the season.[6][7] As the result of the injury, Partizan had to find replacement for him in Milenko Tepić, former member of the team.[8]

Barcelona

On July 17, 2014, Barcelona acquired rights of Westerman.[9] On July 25, 2014, he was loaned to the French Euroleague team Limoges CSP for one season.[10] Over 10 Euroleague games, he averaged 7.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, career-high 4.3 assists and 1.3 steal per game. On July 11, 2015, Westermann signed a one-year extension with the option of another year with Limoges.[11]

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.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Partizan 9 7 28.9 .392 .433 .846 2.6 4.1 .3 .0 9.6 6.6
2013–14 Partizan 5 5 27.1 .344 .385 1.000 1.4 2.2 .4 .0 7.0 3.8
2014–15 Limoges 10 10 23.4 .370 .368 .900 2.3 4.3 1.7 .1 7.7 8.3
Career 24 22 26.3 .375 .395 .903 2.2 3.8 .9 .0 8.2 6.7

National team

Westermann won a silver medal at the U18 European Championship in 2009.[12] Westermann also played at the U20 European Championship in 2011, where he helped France to win a bronze medal.[13] At the 2012 FIBA U20 European Championship, Westermann won the silver medal and was named the tournament MVP.[14] He was on candidate list before the EuroBasket 2013, but unlike his teammate in Partizan Joffrey Lauvergne, did not get in the final 12-man squad.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "ASVEL tabs Tillie, Westermann". euroleague.net. May 26, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  2. ↑ "World Team's Leo Westermann Follows In Hero's Footsteps". usabasketball.com. April 4, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Leo Westermann leaves ASVEL Villeurbanne". Sportando. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Partizan mt:s picks up promising guard Westermann". euroleague.net. July 2, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Trio iz Partizana i Nedović kandidati za "Zvezdu u usponu"". sport.blic.rs. Tanjug. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Ostojić, Aca. "Partizan NIS loses Westermann to knee injury". euroleague.net. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Leo Westermann confirmed he has torn his ACL". Sportando. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Vrakela, S. "Tepić se vraća kući". ALO! (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "FC Barcelona acquires Leo Westermann's rights". sportando.com. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Léo Westermann au Limoges CSP". limogescsp.com (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Limoges re-signs point guard Westermann". euroleague.net. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Serbia Hold Off France To Win Title". fibaeurope.com. August 2, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  13. ↑ "France Suffocate Russia To Win Bronze". fibaeurope.com. July 24, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Westermann Heads All Tournament Team". fibaeurope.com. July 22, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  15. ↑ Dimitrijević, M. "Vesterman otpao sa spiska, Lovernj igra na Eurobasketu". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 December 2013.

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