Nicolas Batum is a French professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association.
28 Facts About Nicolas Batum
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Nicolas Batum is a member of the French national team and earned a silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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Nicolas Batum's father, Richard, of Cameroonian origin, was a professional basketball player in France.
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Nicolas Batum delivered an impressive performance at the 2007 Nike Hoop Summit scoring 23 points in 28 minutes.
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Nicolas Batum was part of the junior French national team that won the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship.
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Nicolas Batum was named the MVP of the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, as France won the gold medal at that tournament.
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In 2006, Nicolas Batum was named the most valuable player of the Under-18 Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Mannheim, Germany, as part of the tournament-winning French national team.
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Nicolas Batum averaged 19 points, over 5 rebounds, and over 2 steals per game, during the seven game tournament.
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Nicolas Batum played in his first game of the season on January 25,2010.
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Nicolas Batum scored more than 30 points for the first time with a 31-point performance on February 27,2010 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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On June 25,2012, the Portland Trail Blazers extended a qualifying offer to Nicolas Batum, making him a restricted free agent.
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On June 24,2015, Nicolas Batum was traded to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Gerald Henderson, Jr.
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On July 7,2016, Nicolas Batum re-signed with the Hornets on a five-year, $120 million contract.
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On October 5,2017, Nicolas Batum was ruled out for six to eight weeks with a tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow.
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On October 24,2019, Nicolas Batum was sidelined for two to three weeks due to an avulsion fracture on the third finger of his left hand.
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On December 1,2020, after clearing waivers, Nicolas Batum signed with the Los Angeles Clippers.
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On July 6,2022, Nicolas Batum re-signed with the Clippers on a two-year deal.
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Lanky and agile, Nicolas Batum is regarded as a highly skilled defensive player and one of the NBA's best executors of the chase-down block.
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Nicolas Batum noted in a 2013 interview with the Portland Oregonian that, as he got older, he was moved from the low post to the wing, where he was no longer able to make the face-up block, a signature component of his game.
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The chase-down block thus became a fundamental part of Nicolas Batum's game and was a skill brought with him to the NBA.
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On May 31,2021, Nicolas Batum started for Los Angeles Clippers as a center of the lineup against Dallas Mavericks in game four of the 2021 NBA playoffs.
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Nicolas Batum played for the senior men's French national basketball team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Nicolas Batum was a member of the French national team that finished third-place in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, becoming the first French team to win a medal in a FIBA Basketball World Cup competition.
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Nicolas Batum blocked Klemen Prepelic at the last second of the 2020 Olympics semi final giving victory to France.
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Rudy Gobert stated that Nicolas Batum's game-saving play was one of the best blocks he had ever seen.
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Nicolas Batum's block was ranked as one of the unforgettable moments of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Nicolas Batum's father, Richard, of Cameroonian origin, was a professional basketball player in France.
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In March 2017, Nicolas Batum became a shareholder in Infinity Nine Sports, the company owned by Tony Parker, which runs French basketball club ASVEL Basket, and took over the position as director of basketball operations at ASVEL.