Walter Herrmann Heinrich (born 26 June 1979) is an Argentine former professional

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player. He is listed at 6'9" and 225 lbs. He was a key member of the senior men's

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that won the gold medal during the

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Professional career

Argentina

Herrmann began his pro career in the top-tier level Argentine League with Olimpia Venado Tuerto in 1996. He played there until the year 2000. He won two Argentine League slam dunk contests during that time in 1999 and 2000, and the Argentine League Revelation of the Year award (best rookie) in 1999. In 2000, he moved to the Argentine club Atenas Córdoba, and he played there until 2002. With Atenas, he was named the MVP of the Argentine League regular season in 2001, and the MVP of the Argentine League Finals in 2002. After a 16 month long hiatus from last playing basketball in Spain, during the 2009–2010 season; Herrmann returned to Argentina in 2011, to play in a local regional minor league with Unión Deportiva de Venado Tuerto. He spent the 2013–14 season with

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. He was the Argentine League's MVP in 2014. After playing in the Brazilian League, during the 2014–15 season, he spent the 2015–16 season with the Argentine club

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, with whom he won the Argentine League championship, and the Argentine League's Finals MVP award. He moved to the Argentine League club

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, for the 2016–17 season. He moved to the Argentine club

, prior to the 2018–19 season.

Spain

Herrmann moved to the

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club

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for the 2002–03 season. He was named the regular season ACB League MVP that year. He then moved the Spanish club

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and he played there until the year 2006. Then he moved on to the

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(National Basketball Association). He returned to the Spanish League in July 2009, when he signed a 4-year contract worth

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5.05 million euros

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with

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. The last two years of the contract being team options.

NBA

In 2006, Herrmann signed a one-year contract worth $1.8 million with a team option for a 2nd year to play for the

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during the

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Herrmann won the NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month Award in March 2007. In his 13 March games, Herrmann averaged 12.1 points and 4.2 rebounds per game and he shot 58.5 percent from the field and 47.2 percent from 3-point range. Herrmann finished the

averaging 9.2 points per game and 2.9 rebounds per game. Walter scored his NBA career-high 30 points against the

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on April 14 and also grabbed a career high 7 defensive rebounds in the same game. Walter made the

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along with his teammate

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at the end of the season. After the season was over, the Bobcats activated their team option on Herrmann for the

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, paying him $1.944 million. On December 14, 2007, Herrmann, along with

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, was traded to the

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in exchange for center

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. On August 2, 2008, it was announced that Herrmann had signed a one-year deal to keep him in Detroit for another season. Herrmann's final NBA game was in Game 4 of the 2009 Eastern Conference First Round against the

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on April 26, 2009. In that game, Herrman played for 6 and half minutes and recorded no stats, while Detroit lost the game 78–99. Losing Game 4 caused Detroit to lose the series in a 4–0 sweep.

Brazil

Herrmann spent the 2014–15 season, playing in the top-tier level Brazilian League, with

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. With Flamengo, he won the 2014 edition of the

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, and the Brazilian League's 2014–15 season championship.

National team career

Herrmann was a key reserve for years on the senior men's

. With Argentina's national team, he won the gold medal at the 2001 and 2004 South American Championship. He also was part of the squad that won the gold medal at the

. Herrmann also played at the

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with Argentina's national team. In 2012, he was invited to re-join Argentina's national team. He also played at the

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Personal life

The son of Héctor Herrmann and María Cristina Heinrich, Walter Herrmann is of German descent. He lost his mother, his younger sister and his fiancée in a car accident in July 2003. Exactly one year later, his father died of a heart attack. Herrmann is married to Spanish doctor Elena, whose father worked in CB Málaga when he played there. They have two children, Barbara (named after Hermann's deceased sister) and Leyton. Hermann also has a son, Federico, from a previous relationship.Walter Herrmann, el último MVP.
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NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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References

External links

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Euroleague.net ProfileSpanish League Profile

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