Lukas Herzog (born 10 September 2001) is a German

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player for

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of the

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(BBL).

Early and personal life

Lukas Herzog was born on 10 September 2001 in Stuttgart. He grew up in

Weilimdorf Weilimdorf () until 1955 known as "Weil im Dorf," is the north-western borough ( Stadtbezirk) of the German city and capital of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart. Weilimdorf, covering an area of with a population of around 30,000, borders the Stad ...

.„Wer die Komfortzone nicht verlässt, hat keine Chance“
Jürgen Frey (

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), 28 December 2020. Accessed 28 June 2021. Until he was 13, he played both basketball at BBC Stuttgart, but also soccer at SG Weilimdorf. Then he decided to skip soccer in favor of basketball. He still likes to watch soccer as he is friends with Luca Mack.

Professional career

The 15-year-old Lukas Herzog came to

Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg (; Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg district with about 88,000 inhabitants. It is ...

for the 2014/15 season and, initially equipped with a double license for his home club BBC Stuttgart, led the BSG Ludwigsburg U14 to the

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

championship and among the best eight teams in the entire country.Herzog und Hukporti fiebern Heimspiel entgegen

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, 16 June 2017. Accessed 25 June 2021. In the summer of 2015, he and his twin brother Manuel moved completely to

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

. Lukas immediately asserted himself as a top performer in his first season at the

Porsche Basketball Academy Riesen Ludwigsburg ( en, Giants Ludwigsburg), for sponsorship reasons MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The club currently plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the first tier of ...

's JBBL (under-16

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) team. In his second season in the U16

, Herzog only played six games, as he was promoted to the Porsche BBA U19 team at an early stage. Against some three years older players, he quickly established himself as the third best scorer of his team and reached the play-off round of 16 with the Porsche BBA. He gained experience in the men's area in the

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in 2016/17. In addition to the successes on the basketball court, Herzog was also awarded the “Turbo2016” by main sponsor

Porsche Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche (; see #Pronunciation, below), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ...

for the greatest social commitment. On 7 January 2018 he received his first game minutes with the Riesen Ludwigsburg in the

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. In the 2019/20 season, he served as team captain of the

's NBBL (under-19

) team. For the Riesen Ludwigsburg Herzog had his breakthrough performance in the Finals of the

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when under the guidance of head coach John Patrick, the Riesen became vice champion. On June 14, 2022, Herzog signed with

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of the German

. On July 6, 2023, he signed with

of the

(BBL).

National team

Lukas Herzog played for Germany's under-16 national team in mid-2017 where he joined former Porsche BBA teammate

Ariel Hukporti Ariel Washington Hukporti (born 12 April 2002) is a German-Togolese professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL). Early life and youth career Hukporti was born in Stralsund, Germany to Togolese pa ...

References

External links

Champions League ProfileProfile
at Eurobasket.com
FIBA Profile
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