Nando de Colo

Nando de Colo
De Colo with Fenerbahçe in 2021
No. 12 – ASVEL
PositionShooting guard / point guard
LeagueLNB Pro A
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1987-06-23) 23 June 1987 (age 37)
Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, France
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2009: 2nd round, 53rd overall pick
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2009Cholet
2009–2012Valencia
2012–2014San Antonio Spurs
2012–2014→Austin Toros
2014Toronto Raptors
2014–2019CSKA Moscow
2019–2022Fenerbahçe
2022–presentASVEL
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  France
Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
FIBA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2019 China
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2013 Slovenia
Silver medal – second place 2011 Lithuania
Bronze medal – third place 2015 France

Nando Bruno Alfred Andre de Colo (born 23 June 1987)[1] is a French professional basketball player and the team captain for LDLC ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. Standing at a height of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions. A six-time All-EuroLeague selection, de Colo won the EuroLeague title in 2016 and 2019 with CSKA Moscow, earning both the EuroLeague MVP and Final Four MVP awards in the process.

De Colo is the all-time top scorer in European continental basketball competitions, having surpassed Nikos Galis in 2022.[2]

Early life

De Colo was born in Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, France to parents who were both born and raised in Portugal. He attended Lycée Fernand Renaudeau in Cholet, and made his first appearance on the Cholet Under-20 team in 2004–05.[3]

Professional career

Early career

De Colo made his professional debut during the 2006–07 season with Cholet Basket of the LNB Pro A. Under supervision of head coach Erman Kunter, he helped the team win the 2008 Semaine des As (French A Leaders Cup) and reach the finals of the 2008 French Cup and of the 2009 EuroChallenge.

On 1 June 2009, he parted ways with Cholet.[4] On 25 June 2009, he was selected with the 53rd overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs.

On 13 July 2009, he signed a three-year deal with Valencia of Spain.[5] He went on to win the 2010 EuroCup title with Valencia.

San Antonio Spurs

On 10 July 2012, De Colo announced he would not be re-signing with Valencia in order to play in the NBA.[6] On 13 July 2012, he signed a two-year deal with the San Antonio Spurs.[7] During his rookie and sophomore seasons, he had multiple assignments with the Austin Toros of the NBA D-League. De Colo reached the 2013 NBA Finals with the Spurs, but the team lost to the Miami Heat in seven games.[8][9]

Toronto Raptors

On 20 February 2014, De Colo was traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Austin Daye.[10]

CSKA Moscow

On 9 July 2014, De Colo signed a two-year deal (with the third year being optional) with the Russian club CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League.[11][12] In May 2015, he was chosen to the All-EuroLeague Second Team, for his performances over the season.[13]

In the 2014–15 season, CSKA Moscow managed to advance to the EuroLeague Final Four, for the fourth straight season, after eliminating Panathinaikos for the second straight season in the EuroLeague quarterfinals playoffs series, with a 3–1 series victory.[14] However, in the EuroLeague Final Four's semi-final game, despite being dubbed by the media as an absolute favorite to advance to the Finals, CSKA once again lost to Olympiacos. The final score was 70–68, after a great Olympiacos comeback in the 4th quarter, which was led by Vassilis Spanoulis.[15] CSKA Moscow eventually won the third place game, after defeating Fenerbahçe, by a score of 86–80.[16] In his second EuroLeague season, De Colo averaged a career-high 14.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game, over 28 games played. On 21 May 2015, De Colo won the VTB United League MVP Award.[17] CSKA Moscow finished the season by winning the VTB United League championship, after eliminating Khimki, with a 3–0 series sweep in the league's finals series.[18]

On 3 May 2016, De Colo was awarded with the Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy, an annual award given to the EuroLeague's top scorer of the season.[19] Nine days later, he was named the EuroLeague MVP.[20] On 15 May, CSKA won the EuroLeague title, and De Colo was named the EuroLeague Final Four MVP.[21]

On 15 June 2016, De Colo signed a new three-year contract with CSKA.[22] He was named the 2016 All-Europe Player of the Year by Eurobasket.com.[23]

De Colo in 2018

In May 2018, he was named the All-EuroLeague First Team for the 2017–18 season.[24] On June 9, 2018, he won his third VTB United League MVP award.[25]

In the 2018–19 season, De Colo won his second EuroLeague title with CSKA after defeating Anadolu Efes in the championship game of the Final Four. Moscow also went on to win the VTB United League once again, making it his fifth league title.

Fenerbahçe

On July 6, 2019, de Colo signed with Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague, on a 2+1 deal.[26] On October 19, 2019, de Colo set personal career-high with 39 points in a EuroLeague win over Baskonia.[27] In his first season with the club, he averaged 15.9 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists over 24 EuroLeague games. The season was cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2020–21 season, over 32 EuroLeague games, de Colo averaged 15.8 points, 3.9 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game. In December 2021, he suffered a fracture in the second metacarpal bone of his left hand, which will keep him off the court for weeks after surgery is performed.[28]

ASVEL

On 30 June 2022, De Colo signed a two-year deal with ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague.[29] Prior to signing he was also talking with Monaco and Valencia.[30]

On February 5, 2023, De Colo surpassed Nikos Galis as the all-time top scorer in European continental basketball competitions with 4,917 points.[2]

On May 17, 2023, De Colo was named to the All-French League Team.[31]

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

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 San Antonio 72 6 12.8 .436 .378 .795 1.9 1.9 .6 .1 3.8
2013–14 San Antonio 26 3 11.6 .452 .323 .818 1.7 1.2 .6 .1 4.3
Toronto 21 0 9.2 .367 .364 1.000 1.3 1.6 .3 .1 3.1
Career 119 9 11.9 .429 .363 .835 1.8 1.7 .5 .1 3.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013 San Antonio 5 0 2.8 .250 .000 1.000 .8 .4 — — 0.8
2014 Toronto 1 0 4.0 — — — 1.0 — — — 0.0
Career 6 0 3.0 .250 .000 1.000 .8 .3 — — 0.7

EuroLeague

† Denotes season in which De Colo won the EuroLeague
* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Valencia 19 19 21.5 .335 .276 .957* 2.6 1.6 1.4 .2 10.1 8.2
2014–15 CSKA Moscow 28 10 24.4 .493 .471 .920 3.2 3.1 1.3 .0 14.4 16.6
2015–16† 27 27 27.7 .526 .460 .908 3.6 5.0 1.1 .1 19.4* 24.3*
2016–17 28 23 27.1 .516 .426 .959* 2.9 3.9 1.0 .0 19.1 20.8
2017–18 32 15 27.1 .542 .492 .950 2.3 3.7 1.3 .1 16.7 18.9
2018–19† 34 24 24.3 .500 .431 .946 2.5 3.4 .9 — 14.7 16.4
2019–20 Fenerbahçe 24 17 28.7 .576 .400 .956 3.0 3.0 .6 .0 15.9 16.5
2020–21 32 31 27.5 .516 .403 .936 3.2 3.9 1.4 .0 15.8 18.8
2021–22 21 5 22.1 .478 .316 .871 2.2 3.8 1.3 .2 11.9 14.1
2022-23 ASVEL 29 24 23.7 .477 .411 .917 2.6 3.5 1.0 .0 13.8 15.5
2023–24 21 3 21.9 .418 .380 .877 1.8 4.1 1.1 .0 12.1 13.7
Career 295 179 25.2 .494 .413 .930 2.7 3.6 1.1 .1 15.2 17.1

EuroCup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2009–10 Valencia 14 14 28.8 .441 .413 .837 4.0 2.4 1.3 .1 13.6 13.5
2011–12 16 8 24.9 .432 .379 .861 2.0 3.7 1.6 — 11.3 11.5
Career 30 22 26.8 .437 .397 .848 2.9 3.1 1.4 .1 12.4 12.4

Domestic leagues

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 France Cholet Pro A 32 21.0 .482 .365 .895 2.3 1.8 1.0 .0 7.0
2007–08 France Cholet Pro A 31 28.5 .452 .393 .861 2.9 3.4 1.8 .1 14.8
2008–09 France Cholet Pro A 27 28.2 .444 .352 .875 3.6 3.3 1.0 .1 14.7
2009–10 Spain Valencia ACB 33 26.0 .462 .387 .915 2.8 2.3 1.2 .8 13.2
2010–11 Spain Valencia ACB 32 19.8 .474 .275 .918 2.3 2.1 1.0 .1 10.3
2011–12 Spain Valencia ACB 41 27.1 .424 .360 .864 3.0 2.9 1.5 .0 13.5
2012–13 United States Austin Toros D-League 3 34.8 .380 .235 1.000 5.7 7.3 2.0 — 15.3
2013–14 United States Austin Toros D-League 8 35.9 .496 .257 .933 6.5 5.4 2.4 .4 21.9
2014–15 Russia CSKA Moscow VTBUL 32 23.3 .527 .441 .899 3.5 3.3 1.4 .1 14.6
2015–16 Russia CSKA Moscow VTBUL 36 23.2 .499 .390 .958 3.4 4.6 1.5 .1 16.6
2016–17 Russia CSKA Moscow VTBUL 24 22.8 .567 .411 .920 2.5 4.4 1.2 .0 17.3
2017–18 Russia CSKA Moscow VTBUL 26 22.5 .547 .476 .940 2.6 4.2 1.1 .1 16.6
2018–19 Russia CSKA Moscow VTBUL 25 22.1 .545 .474 .943 2.4 3.4 1.0 .1 15.5
2019–20 Turkey Fenerbahçe TBSL 13 28.4 .549 .469 .844 3.3 3.4 1.5 .1 17.4
2020–21 Turkey Fenerbahçe TBSL 17 26.6 .508 .351 .929 3.1 5.5 .9 .1 18.1
2021–22 Turkey Fenerbahçe TBSL 21 23.5 .513 .446 .948 2.3 4.7 1.1 .0 15.0
2022–23 France ASVEL LNB Élite 29 20.9 .537 .458 .944 2.2 3.9 .8 .0 15.3
2023–24 France ASVEL LNB Élite 22 18.3 .465 .432 .910 2.0 4.1 .9 .0 10.7

National team career

De Colo playing for France in 2015

De Colo is a regular member of the senior men's French national basketball team. He won a silver medal at the EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania, a gold medal at the EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia, and a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2015 in France, where he also earned an All-Tournament Team selection.

De Colo played internationally at the 2012 London Olympics. He played a major role on the French team during the tournament. He also displayed strong offense and defense, as he scored seven points in their game against the United States.

He was the MVP of the 2016 Manila FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

In September 2024, De Colo retired from the French National team after the 2024 Paris Olympics via social media.[32]

International stats

  • GP: Games played
  • PPG: points per game
  • RPG: rebounds per game
  • APG: assists per game
Tournament GP PPG RPG APG
EuroBasket 2009 9 7.3 1.9 1.2
2010 FIBA World Championship 6 8.8 1.8 2.2
EuroBasket 2011 11 6.5 2.1 0.9
2012 Olympics 6 7.0 2.7 2.3
EuroBasket 2013 11 7.4 2.1 1.1
EuroBasket 2015 9 13.1 5.2 3.7
2016 Olympics Qualification 4 17.3 4.8 2.3
2016 Olympics 6 14.7 2.5 2.5
EuroBasket 2017 6 13.8 2.5 2.3
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 8 16.5 1.6 3.4
2020 Olympics 6 13.5 4.5 6.2
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup 5 8.4 3.4 4.6

See also

References

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