Maximilian Heidegger (מקס היידגר; born June 5, 1997) is an

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professional

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player for Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket of the

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(BSL). He played

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for

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High school career

Heidegger played for two years at

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. He suffered a back injury as a sophomore. As a junior, he transferred to

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in New Jersey but did not play basketball. Heidegger transferred to

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for his senior year. He scored a career-high 40 points on February 6, 2016, in a 76–66 win against

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. Heidegger averaged 28 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.4 steals per game. He was named to the Southern Section All-Division 4A Team,

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All-Area Team, and

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All-County Team.

College career

As a freshman at UC Santa Barbara, Heidegger averaged 7.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game, though the team struggled to a 6–22 record. On November 11, 2017, Heidegger scored a career-high 33 points while shooting 8-of-14 from beyond the arc in an 85–66 win against

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. He averaged 19.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game as a sophomore, shooting 40.4% from three-point range. Heidegger earned First Team All-

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honors. He averaged 11.9 points, three rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game as a junior. On November 27, 2019, Heidegger suffered a concussion after hitting his head on a metal railing during a game against

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, forcing him to miss more than a month. On February 1, 2020, he nearly posted a triple-double with 14 points, 11 assists, and nine rebounds in an 87–62 win against Long Beach State. Heidegger had a season-high 31 points on February 13, in an 84–75 loss at

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. He suffered a season-ending ankle injury on February 27 against

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. As a senior, Heidegger led UC Santa Barbara in scoring at 16 points per game, and also averaged 3.2 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game. He was named to the First Team All-Big West. Heidegger finished his college career with 1,347 points, ranking 15th on the Gauchos' all-time scoring list.

Professional career

On September 22, 2020, Heidegger signed his first professional contract with

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of the

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. On December 5, 2020, Heidegger was loaned to Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Premier League. He averaged 18.2 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game. On July 9, 2021, Heidegger signed with

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of the

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. He played for the

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in the 2021 NBA summer league, scoring 12 points in 15 minutes on 4-8 shooting at his debut in a 85–83 loss against the

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and fellow Israeli

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. On August 1, 2022, he has signed with Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket of the

(BSL).

Personal life

Heidegger is the son of Jami and

Klaus Heidegger Klaus Heidegger (born 19 August 1957) is an Austrian former Alpine skiing, alpine skier. Career He had five victories on the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, FIS World Cup circuit. These were the giant slalom at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the slalom at Fu ...

. His father is an Austrian former

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who finished second overall at the 1976–77 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup. He later became a successful entrepreneur in the United States. Heidegger's parents owned the beauty brand

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before selling it to

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for an estimated $100 million to $150 million in 2000. His mother has a lung disease. Heidegger is

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References

External links

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heidegger, Max 1997 births Living people American men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Israel Basketball players from Los Angeles Blair Academy alumni Bnei Hertzeliya basketball players EWE Baskets Oldenburg players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket players Point guards Riesen Ludwigsburg players UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball players