Janari Jõesaar

Janari Jõesaar
No. 23 Rakvere Tarvas
Position Small forward
League Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Baltic Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1993-12-08) December 8, 1993
Tartu, Estonia
Nationality Estonian
Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight 208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school Sunrise Christian Academy
(Wichita, Kansas)
College
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015 Rapla
2015–present Rakvere Tarvas

Janari Jõesaar (born 8 December 1993) is an Estonian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Rakvere Tarvas of the Estonian Korvpalli Meistriliiga and the regional Baltic Basketball League.

College career

Jõesaar played with Ole Miss during the 2013–14 basketball season. In his sophomore season in 2014–15, he transferred to Texas–Pan American. Jõesaar led the team in scoring, averaging 16.9 points per game.

College statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Ole Miss 12 0 4.2 .474 .250 .800 1.5 .1 .3 .0 2.3
2014–15 Texas–Pan American 31 31 34.0 .460 .378 .817 6.6 2.4 1.3 .6 16.9
Career 43 31 25.7 .461 .372 .816 5.2 1.8 1.0 .4 12.8

Professional career

In 2015, Jõesaar joined Rapla during the preseason but left without playing a single official game for the team. On 27 October 2015, he joined Rakvere Tarvas.[1]

International career

Jõesaar is a member of the Estonia national basketball team since 2014.[2] He represented Estonia in the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, finishing in 8th place.

References

  1. "Andres Sõber tõi "noore Jaak Salumetsa" Tarvasse" (in Estonian). Delfi. 27 October 2015.
  2. "EESTI KOONDIS MÄNGUDEKS LÄTIGA" (PDF). basket.ee. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

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