Manu Lecomte

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Manu Lecomte

| image = Manu Lecomte mart 2023 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Lecomte with Budućnost in 2023.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|8|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 175

| position = Point guard / shooting guard

| team = Start Lublin

| league = PLK

| number = 20

| college = *Miami (Florida) (2013–2015)

Baylor (2016–2018)

| career_start = 2018

| career_end =

| draft_year = 2018

| years1 = 2018–2019

| team1 = Agua Caliente Clippers

| years2 = 2019–2020

| team2 = UCAM Murcia

| years3 = 2020

| team3 = Gran Canaria

| years4 = 2020–2021

| team4 = Skyliners Frankfurt

| years5 = 2021

| team5 = Élan Béarnais

| years6 = 2021

| team6 = CBet Prienai

| years7 = 2021–2022

| team7 = CBet Jonava

| years8 = 2022–2023

| team8 = Hapoel Eilat

| years9 = 2023

| team9 = Budućnost VOLI

| years10 = 2023–2024

| team10 = Liège Basket

| years11 = 2024–present

| team11 = Start Lublin

| highlights =

Montenegrin League champion (2023)
Montenegrin Cup winner (2023)
Second-team All-Big 12 (2018)
Third-team All-Big 12 (2017)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (2017)

}}

Emmanuel "Manu" Lecomte (born 16 August 1995) is a Belgian basketball player for Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears and Miami Hurricanes and for the Belgian national team.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Emmanuel_Lecomte/pid//_//players.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009195218/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Emmanuel_Lecomte/pid//_//players.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 9, 2017|title=archive.fiba.com: Players|website=archive.fiba.com}}

Career

=College=

He played two years at Miami, before transferring to Baylor. He scored 7.7 points and dished out 2.3 assists per game while shooting 42.5 percent from the field as a sophomore. However, he saw his minutes fall playing alongside Ángel Rodríguez.{{cite news |last1=Porter |first1=Matt |title=Deandre Burnett, Manu Lecomte transferring from Miami Hurricanes |url=http://caneswatch.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2015/04/08/manu-lecomte-leaving-miami-hurricanes/ |accessdate=July 3, 2018 |work=Palm Beach Post |date=April 8, 2015}}

As a senior at Baylor, Lecomte averaged 16.2 points per game and was named to the Second-team All-Big 12.

=Professional=

He went undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft but signed with the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League.{{cite news |title=Manu Lecomte joins Mavericks Summer League Team |url=http://www.kwtx.com/content/sports/Manu-Lecomte-joins-Mavericks-Summer-League-Team-487077101.html |accessdate=July 3, 2018 |work=KWTX |date=July 1, 2018}}

He joined the Agua Caliente Clippers of the NBA G League for the 2018–19 season after being selected 20th overall in the G League draft.{{cite web |last1=Winderman |first1=Jake |title=10 Notable Players Selected In The 2018 NBA G League Draft |url=https://gleague.nba.com/news/10-notable-players-selected-in-the-2018-nba-g-league-draft/ |website=NBA.com |accessdate=November 5, 2018 |date=October 22, 2018}}

On 28 March 2019 he signed with Liga ACB team UCAM Murcia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ucamdeportes.com/ucamcb/noticias/el-ucam-murcia-incorpora-manu-lecomte?%2Fucamcb%2Fq=/ucamcb/noticias/el-ucam-murcia-incorpora-manu-lecomte|title=El UCAM Murcia incorpora a Manu Lecomte|date=March 27, 2019|publisher=Official website|language=Spanish|access-date=March 28, 2019}} Lecomte joined Gran Canaria in February 2020, averaging 5.4 points and 1.0 assist per game. On October 13, he signed with Fraport Skyliners of the Basketball Bundesliga.{{cite web |last1=Schmdt-Scheuber |first1=Miles |title=Emmanuel Lecomte To Run The Point For The Fraport Skyliners |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/news/648406/Emmanuel-Lecomte-To-Run-The-Point-For-The-Fraport-Skyliners |website=Eurobasket |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |date=October 13, 2020}}

On 27 January 2021 he signed with Élan Béarnais of the French LNB Pro A.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/pau-orthez-ink-emmanuel-lecomte/|title=Pau Orthez ink Emmanuel Lecomte|last=|first=|date=January 27, 2021|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=January 28, 2021|last1=Skerletic |first1=Dario }} On 2 March 2021 he signed with BC Prienai of the Lithuanian Basketball League.{{Cite news|title=Manu Lecomte joins BC Prienai|language=en-US|work=Sportando|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/manu-lecomte-joins-bc-prienai/|access-date=2021-03-04}} Lecomte averaged 14.9 points, 5.1 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game. On September 16, he signed with BC Jonava.{{cite web |title=Emmanuel Lecomte joins Jonava |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Lithuania/news/704919/Emmanuel-Lecomte-joins-Jonava |website=Eurobasket |access-date=September 16, 2021 |date=September 16, 2021}}

On 12 November 2022 he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/manu-lecomte-joins-hapoel-eilat/|title=Manu Lecomte joins Hapoel Eilat|last=|first=|date=November 12, 2022|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=November 12, 2022|last1=Skerletic |first1=Dario }}

On 6 February 2023 he signed with Budućnost VOLI of the ABA League and EuroCup.

On 6 September 2023 hé signed with Liège Basket of the BNXT League.

On 30 July 2024 he signed with Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).{{Cite web|url=https://plk.pl/aktualnosci/24801/lecomte-wzmacnia-polski-cukier-start|title=Lecomte wzmacnia Polski Cukier Start|last=|first=|date=July 30, 2024|website=plk.pl|publisher=|language=pl|access-date=August 14, 2024}}

=International career=

Playing for {{bklink|Belgium}}, Lecomte participated at the EuroBasket 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/player/Emmanuel-Lecomte|title=Emmanuel LECOMTE at the FIBA EuroBasket 2017|website=FIBA.basketball}}

Personal life

Born in Belgium, Lecomte is of Cameroonian descent through his mother.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/manu-lecomte-la-nba-ce-n-est-plus-un-reve-pour-moi-c-est-un-objectif-9842285|title=Manu Lecomte : "La NBA, ce n'est plus un rêve pour moi, c'est un objectif" - rtbf.be|website=RTBF}}