Steven Dwayne Burtt Jr. (Ukrainian: Стівен Буртт; born March 7, 1984) is an American-born naturalized Ukrainian professional basketball player.
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| Position | Shooting guard / point guard |
| League | Elite League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 7, 1984 New York City, New York |
| Nationality | American / Ukrainian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Rice (New York City, New York) |
| College | Iona (2002–2006) |
| NBA draft | 2006: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2006–present |
| Career history | |
| 2006 | Northeast Pennsylvania Breakers |
| 2006–2007 | Olympiada Patron |
| 2007 | Benfica |
| 2007 | Ignis Novara |
| 2007–2009 | Ironi Ashkelon |
| 2009 | ViveMenorca |
| 2009 | Apollon Limassol |
| 2010 | Ferro-ZNTU |
| 2010–2012 | BC Dnipro |
| 2012–2013 | Tofaş Bursa |
| 2013 | Avtodor Saratov |
| 2013–2014 | Spartak Saint Petersburg |
| 2014 | Stelmet Zielona Góra |
| 2014–2015 | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada |
| 2015 | Atléticos de San Germán |
| 2015–2016 | Byblos Club |
| 2016 | Guizhou White Tigers |
| 2017 | Apollon Patras |
| 2017 | Sagesse |
| 2017 | Caciques de Humacao |
| 2017–2018 | Sanat Naft Abadan |
| 2018 | Faros Larissas |
| 2018–2019 | Rethymno Cretan Kings |
| 2019–2020 | Ionikos Nikaias |
| 2020 | Gimnasia y Esgrima |
| 2020–2021 | Budivelnyk |
| 2023 | Ionikos Nikaias |
| 2023–2024 | Milon |
| 2024–Present | Eletheroupoli |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Born in the United States, he received Ukrainian citizenship in 2011 and played for the Ukrainian national team. After four years at Iona, Burtt entered the 2006 NBA draft but was not selected.
High school career
editBurtt played high school basketball at Rice High School, in New York City, New York.[1]
College career
editAs of April 2015, Burtt is Iona’s second all-time leader in scoring with 2,034 points, behind his father Steve Burtt Sr.[2] They are one of just two father-son duos to score 2,000 points each in NCAA Division I basketball, the other being Dell Curry and Steph Curry.[3] In 2012, he was inducted in Iona basketball Hall of Fame.[2] Burtt was named first team All-MAAC in 2006, second team All-MAAC in 2005 and third team All-MAAC in 2004.[4]
Professional career
editOn March 5, 2009, Burtt signed with Vive Menorca of Spain.[5] On April 28, 2009, he was released by Menorca.[6]
In the summer of 2009, he signed with Apollon Limassol of Cyprus. In January 2010, he moved to Ukraine and signed with BC Ferro-ZNTU for the remainder of the season.[7]
In August 2010, he signed with BC Dnipro of Ukraine.[8] In July 2011, he re-signed with Dnipro for one more season.[9]
In July 2012, he signed a 1 1 contract with Tofaş of Turkey.[10] In January 2013, he parted ways with Tofaş.[11] In March 2013, he moved to Russia and signed with Avtodor Saratov for the rest of the season.[12]
On September 26, 2013, he signed with Spartak Saint Petersburg of Russia for the 2013–14 season.[13]
On July 31, 2014, Burtt signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra of Poland.[14] On December 5, 2014, he left Zielona Góra and signed a two-year deal with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada of Spain.[15] On April 13, 2015, he left Fuenlabrada and signed with Atléticos de San Germán of Puerto Rico for the rest of the 2015 BSN season.[16]
On August 21, 2015, he signed with Byblos Club of Lebanon.[17] In May 2016, he signed in China with the Guizhou White Tigers for the 2016 NBL season.[18]
On February 10, 2017, Burtt signed with the Greek club Apollon Patras.[19] On March 31, 2018, Burtt moved to Faros Larissas, after stints in Lebanon, Puerto Rico and Iran.[20] On May 10, 2018 Burtt signed with Ionikos Nikaias,[21] but the deal never came through. On September 26, 2018, he joined another Greek team, the Rethymno Cretan Kings.[22]
On October 28, 2020, Burtt signed with Budivelnyk of the Ukrainian Basketball Super League.[23]
In April of 2023, Burtt came out of retirement to play a single game with Ionikos Nikaias against Karditsa, in order for the Greek club to avoid relegation. He scored 29 points and passed out a career-high 9 assists, playing almost 39 minutes out of the available 40, but his club tragically fell to a final score of 85-83.
National team career
editIn 2011, Burtt acquired Ukrainian citizenship[24] and represented the senior Ukrainian national team at EuroBasket 2011.[25]
The Basketball Tournament
editSteve Burtt played for Gael Nation in the 2018 edition of The Basketball Tournament.[citation needed] In two games, he averaged 16.5 points, 2.5 assists, and 2 rebounds per game.[citation needed] Gael Nation reached the second round before falling to Armored Athlete.[citation needed]
Personal life
editBurtt is the son of former Iona College and NBA player Steve Burtt Sr.[26] He received a degree from Iona in Marketing.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Steve Burtt Player Profile, Iona". Real GM. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Steve Burtt Hall of Fame Bio". Iona College. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "The Best Father-Son Duos In College Hoops History". Campus Insiders. June 15, 2014. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ "Men's Basketball All-MAAC Awards". MAAC. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "Steve Burtt is the second arrival in ViveMenorca".
- ^ "ViveMenorca, Nemeth to replace Burtt".
- ^ "Ferro-ZNTU inks scoring machine Steve Burtt".
- ^ "Ukrainian Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.
- ^ "Dnipro re-signs with Steve Burtt".
- ^ "Steven Burtt inks with Tofas Sport Club". Archived from the original on September 6, 2014.
- ^ Burtt leaves Tofas Bursa
- ^ Steven Burtt to Avtodor Saratov
- ^ "SPARTAK ST. PETERSBURG lands Burtt - Eurocup 2013-14 - Welcome to Eurocup". February 21, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21.
- ^ "Stelmet Zielona Gora lands scoring ace Burtt Jr". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL.
- ^ Steven Burtt, puntos y asistencias para el Montakit Fuenlabrada Archived 2016-03-19 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com, 5 December 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Steve Burtt signs with Atleticos de San German".
- ^ "Steven Burtt signs in Lebanon with Byblos".
- ^ "Chinese Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". Eurobasket LLC.
- ^ "Apollon Patras inks Steve Burtt jr".
- ^ "Greek Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.
- ^ "Η βόμβα της χρονιάς στο ελληνικό μπάσκετ: Στον Ιωνικό Νικαίας ο Στιβ Μπαρτ!". Retrieved 2018-05-10.
- ^ "Steven Burtt added by Rethymno". September 27, 2018.
- ^ Lupo, Nicola (27 October 2020). "Steve Burtt signs with Budivelnyk". Sportando.
- ^ "European Championships Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.
- ^ "Steven Burtt–Eurobasket 2011 Profile".
- ^ "Steve Burtt finally joins father among Iona champions". ESPN.com.