Steve Burtt Jr.


Steven Dwayne Burtt Jr. is an American-born naturalized Ukrainian professional basketball player for Gimnasia y Esgrima of the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso. After four years at Iona, Burtt entered the 2006 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

High school career

Burtt played high school basketball at Rice High School, in New York City, New York.

College career

As of April 2015 Burtt is Iona’s second all-time leader in scoring with 2,034 points, behind his father Steve Burtt Sr.. 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. In 2012, he was inducted in Iona basketball Hall of Fame. Burtt was named first team All-MAAC in 2006, second team All-MAAC in 2005 and third team All-MAAC.

Professional career

On March 5, 2009, Burtt signed with Vive Menorca of Spain. On April 28, 2009, he was released by Menorca.
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.
In August 2010, he signed with BC Dnipro of Ukraine. In July 2011, he re-signed with Dnipro for one more season.
In July 2012, he signed a 1+1 contract with Tofaş of Turkey. In January 2013, he parted ways with Tofaş. In March 2013, he moved to Russia and signed with Avtodor Saratov for the rest of the season.
On September 26, 2013, he signed with Spartak Saint Petersburg of Russia for the 2013–14 season.
On July 31, 2014, Burtt signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra of Poland. On December 5, 2014, he left Zielona Góra and signed a two-year deal with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada of Spain. 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.
On August 21, 2015, he signed with Byblos Club of Lebanon. In May 2016, he signed in China with the Guizhou White Tigers for the 2016 NBL season.
On February 10, 2017, Burtt signed with the Greek club Apollon Patras.
On March 31, 2018, Burtt moved to Faros Larissas, after stints in Lebanon, Puerto Rico and Iran. On May 10, 2018 Burtt signed with Ionikos Nikaias B.C., but the deal never came through. On September 26, 2018, he joined another Greek team, the Rethymno Cretan Kings.

National team career

In 2011, Burtt acquired Ukrainian citizenship and represented the senior Ukrainian national team at EuroBasket 2011.

The Basketball Tournament

Steve Burtt played for Gael Nation in the 2018 edition of The Basketball Tournament. In two games, he averaged 16.5 points, 2.5 assists, and 2 rebounds per game. Gael Nation reached the second round before falling to Armored Athlete.

Personal life

Burtt is the son of former Iona College and NBA player Steve Burtt Sr. He received a degree from Iona in Marketing.