Janar Talts

Janar Talts

Janar Talts in 2006
No. 8 Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Position Power forward
League Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Baltic Basketball League
FIBA Europe Cup
Personal information
Born (1983-04-07) 7 April 1983
Tallinn, Estonia
Nationality Estonian
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
Playing career 2001–present
Career history
2001–2002 TTÜ-A. Le Coq
2002–2004 Tallinna Kalev
2004–2007 RheinEnergie Köln
2007–2010 Tartu Ülikool/Rock
2011 Krasnye Krylya Samara
2011–2013 Pallacanestro Varese
2013–present Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Career highlights and awards

Janar Talts (born 7 April 1983) is an Estonian professional basketball player.

Career

Born in Tallinn, Talts' professional career started in 2001, when he signed with KML team TTÜ-A.Le Coq. The following season he signed with the reigning Estonian champion Tallinna Kalev and won the national title in 2003. In 2004 Talts signed with Bundesliga team RheinEnergie Köln. He won two German Cups and one Bundesliga title. In the 2006–2007 season Talts played in Euroleague for the German squad. After three seasons in Germany he signed with the reigning Estonian champions Tartu Ülikool/Rock and won his second Estonian title as well as the money prize for the Best Defensive Player in the finals. Talts stayed with Rock for two more seasons and was one of the key players in winning the national league once more in 2009–10 season. In December 2010 he signed with Krasnye Krylya Samara of Russian Professional Basketball League. In March 2011 he signed with Cimberio Varese in Italy.[1] Talts is a member of the Estonia national basketball team.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2006–07 RheinEnergie 13 11 16.3 .283 .172 .636 3.2 .5 .3 .6 2.9 1.2
Career 13 11 16.3 .283 .172 .636 3.2 .5 .3 .6 2.9 1.2

Awards and honours

Club

Tallinna Kalev
RheinEnergie Köln
Tartu Ülikool/Rock

Individual

References

External links

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