Steven Dwayne Burtt Jr. (Ukrainian: Стівен Буртт; born March 7, 1984) is an American-born naturalized Ukrainian professional basketball player. After four years at Iona, Burtt entered the 2006 NBA draft but was not selected.
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Position | Shooting guard / Point guard |
Personal information | |
Born | (1984-03-07) March 7, 1984 (age 38) New York City, New York |
Nationality | Ukrainian / American |
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 |
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Burtt played high school basketball at Rice High School, in New York City, New York.[1]
As 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]
On 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 B.C.,[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 2011, Burtt acquired Ukrainian citizenship[24] and represented the senior Ukrainian national team at EuroBasket 2011.[25]
Steve 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]
Burtt is the son of former Iona College and NBA player Steve Burtt Sr.[26] He received a degree from Iona in Marketing.[2]
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