Tibor Pleiß

Tibor Pleiß

Pleiß with Germany in 2015
No. 21 – Utah Jazz
Position Center
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1989-11-02) November 2, 1989
Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany
Nationality German
Listed height 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
Listed weight 256 lb (116 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2010 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31st overall
Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Playing career 2006–present
Career history
2006–2009 RheinEnergie Köln / Köln 99ers
2009–2012 Brose Baskets
2012–2014 Saski Baskonia
2014–2015 FC Barcelona
2015–present Utah Jazz
2015–2016 →Idaho Stampede
Career highlights and awards

Tibor Pleiß (/plaɪs/, alternative spelling Pleiss; born 2 November 1989) is a German professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m), he plays at the center position. He is also a member of the German national team.

Professional career

Europe

Pleiß joined RheinEnergie Köln (a year later they changed their name to Köln 99ers) of the German Bundesliga as a 17-year-old in 2006. He played with the club for three years, playing in the 2008 Eurocup. After the season ended, he joined the Brose Baskets where he played for three years.

On June 24, 2012, Pleiß left Germany and signed a four-year contract with the Spanish club Saski Baskonia, one of the top teams of the Liga ACB.[1] In the 2013–14 season, he averaged 12.4 points on 58.3 percent shooting and 6.0 rebounds in 21.8 minutes per game. He left Baskonia after two years.

On August 11, 2014, he signed a two-year contract with the Spanish club FC Barcelona.[2] In the 2014–15 ACB season, he averaged 5.7 points and 3.8 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per game while shooting 62.3 percent from the floor. In July 2015, he broke the contract with Barcelona, in order to sign in the NBA.[3]

NBA

Pleiß declared for the 2010 NBA draft.[4] He was drafted by the New Jersey Nets, who traded his rights to the Atlanta Hawks.[5] The Hawks then sold his rights to the Oklahoma City Thunder.[6] In February 2015, his draft rights were traded to the Utah Jazz as part of a three-team trade.[7]

On July 14, 2015, Pleiß signed a multi-year deal with the Utah Jazz.[8] He made his NBA debut on October 30 in a 99–71 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, recording two points and one rebound in two minutes.[9] On January 2, 2016, in a 92–87 overtime win over the Memphis Grizzlies, Pleiß set career-highs with six points, six rebounds and 17 minutes.[10] During his rookie season, he has received multiple assignments to the Idaho Stampede, Utah's D-League affiliate.[11]

German national team

Pleiß was a member of the junior national teams of Germany. He played for the German junior national teams at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and at both the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B and the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[12]

Pleiß is also a member of the senior men's German national basketball team. He first played for the senior team at FIBA EuroBasket 2009, and saw action in three games.[12] He was also in the German team that participated in the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey, where he was the starting center for Germany. He also played at the FIBA EuroBasket 2011 and the FIBA EuroBasket 2013.

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, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Brose Baskets 10 10 19.1 .413 .444 .789 6.3 .9 .1 1.5 6.7 8.6
2011–12 Brose Baskets 10 4 18.5 .500 .000 .682 5.4 .4 .0 .8 6.5 8.1
2012–13 Baskonia 25 4 14.2 .607 .333 .846 3.9 .2 .2 .6 5.0 6.1
2013–14 Baskonia 24 21 21.0 .557 .333 .863 5.4 .5 .5 1.0 12.0 13.7
2014–15 Barcelona 25 1 13.1 .584 .500 .848 3.9 .2 .2 .6 5.3 6.9
Career 94 40 16.7 .548 .400 .827 4.7 .4 .2 .8 7.2 8.7

References

  1. ↑ "Caja Laboral ficha a Tibor Pleiss y Fabien Causeur". ACB.com (in Spanish). June 24, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "FC Barcelona lands Pleiss". Euroleague.net. August 11, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tibor Pleiss broke the contract with Barcelona, heads to the Utah Jazz". Sportando.com. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ "104 players declared for NBA draft". Sportando.com. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Nets trade Jordan Crawford, Tibor Pleiß draft rights to Hawks for Damion James". insidehoops.com. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Thunder Acquires Pleiß, Williams, Reid and Future First Round Pick in 2010 NBA Draft". NBA.com. June 24, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Jazz Acquire Three Players and Two Future Draft Picks in Three-Team Trade". NBA.com. February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Jazz Sign Tibor Pleiß to Multi-Year Contract". NBA.com. July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Jazz beat 76ers 99-71 for 1st victory of season". NBA.com. October 30, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Hood scores 32 as Jazz beat Grizzlies 92-87 in OT". NBA.com. January 2, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  11. ↑ "2015-16 NBA Assignments". NBA.com. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Eurobasket 2009 profile". Eurobasket2009.org. Archived from the original on November 14, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2015.

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