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Tibor Pleiß

Tibor Pleiß (/plaɪs/, alternative spelling Pleiss; born 2 November 1989) is a German professional basketball player who plays for Trapani Shark of the Lega Basket Serie A. Standing 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m), he plays the center position. He is also a member of the German national team.

Tibor Pleiß
Pleiß with Germany in 2015
No. 21 – Trapani Shark
PositionCenter
LeagueLega Basket Serie A
Personal information
Born (1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 (age 35)
Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany
Listed height7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
Listed weight256 lb (116 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2010: 2nd round, 31st overall pick
Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2009RheinEnergie Köln / Köln 99ers
2009–2012Brose Baskets
2012–2014Baskonia
2014–2015FC Barcelona
2015–2016Utah Jazz
2015–2016→ Idaho Stampede
2016–2017Galatasaray
2017–2018Valencia
2018–2024Anadolu Efes
2024–presentTrapani Shark
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Professional career

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Europe

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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 24 June 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 11 August 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

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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 14 July 2015, Pleiß signed a multi-year deal with the Utah Jazz.[8] He made his NBA debut on 30 October in a 99–71 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, recording two points and one rebound in two minutes.[9] On 2 January 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 received multiple assignments to the Idaho Stampede, Utah's D-League affiliate.[11]

On 26 August 2016, Pleiß was traded, along with two 2017 second-round draft picks and cash considerations, to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Kendall Marshall.[12] Five days later, he was waived by the 76ers.[13]

Return to Europe

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On 12 September 2016, Pleiß signed with Turkish club Galatasaray for the 2016–17 season.[14]

On 28 July 2017 Pleiß signed a two-year deal with the Spanish club Valencia Basket.[15]

On 1 August 2018 Pleiß signed a two (1+1) year contract with the Turkish club Anadolu Efes S.K.[16] On 12 July 2020 Pleiß officially renewed his contract with Efes for another three (2+1) seasons.[17] On June 17, 2024, Pleiß parted ways with the team after six seasons.

On August 8, 2024, he signed with Trapani Shark of the Lega Basket Serie A.[18]

German national team

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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.[19]

Pleiß is also a member of the senior men's German national basketball team. He first played for the senior team at EuroBasket 2009, and saw action in three games.[19] 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 EuroBasket 2011 and the EuroBasket 2013.

Career statistics

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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

NBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 Utah 12 0 6.8 .440 .000 1.000 1.3 .2 .1 .2 2.0
Career 12 0 6.8 .440 .000 1.000 1.3 .2 .1 .2 2.0

EuroLeague

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† Denotes season in which Pleiß won the EuroLeague
* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Bamberg 10 10 19.1 .413 .444 .789 6.3 .9 .1 1.5 6.7 8.6
2011–12 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 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
2016–17 Galatasaray 28 20 17.1 .567 .400 .765 4.6 .5 .2 1.2 7.7 10.4
2017–18 Valencia 29 14 19.3 .565 .500 .797 5.2 .6 .4 1.1 10.1 12.4
2018–19 Anadolu Efes 37* 5 14.2 .623 .333 .878 3.7 .4 .4 .5 8.1 9.6
2019–20 28* 22 18.8 .613 .250 .926 4.3 .4 .5 .5 9.5 11.3
2020–21† 24 9 12.0 .574 .412 .889 2.7 .5 .2 .3 6.8 7.5
2021–22† 40* 26 18.1 .569 .442 .891 4.3 .6 .4 .5 9.6 11.2
2022–23 33 19 15.1 .535 .326 .913 2.9 .5 .2 .3 6.7 6.7
2023–24 23 19 18.0 .486 .435 .889 3.6 .7 .3 .6 7.8 8.0
Career 336 174 16.6 .564 .391 .842 4.2 .5 .3 .7 8.0 9.5

EuroCup

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08 Köln 99ers 2 0 3.5 — .000 — — — — — 0.0 -1.5
2009–10 Bamberg 12 10 17.7 .521 — .758 5.7 .2 .3 .8 8.3 9.8
Career 14 10 15.6 .514 .000 .758 4.9 .1 .3 .7 7.1 8.1

Domestic leagues

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Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07   Köln 99ers BBL 6 3.3 .444 .667 .000 1.0 — — .2 1.7
2007–08   Köln 99ers BBL 6 6.6 .200 .000 .625 1.5 .2 .2 — 1.5
2008–09   Köln 99ers BBL 27 12.0 .482 .250 .650 2.8 .2 .3 .8 5.0
2009–10   Bamberg BBL 45 19.3 .564 .444 .708 5.9 .3 .2 1.3 8.0
2010–11   Bamberg BBL 47 20.1 .523 .389 .764 6.5 .7 .4 1.6 8.9
2011–12   Bamberg BBL 44 20.0 .593 .429 .826 6.0 .5 .2 1.4 10.1
2012–13   Baskonia ACB 34 16.3 .584 .333 .725 4.9 .3 .3 .8 6.2
2013–14   Baskonia ACB 34 22.4 .596 — .811 6.5 .5 1.1 1.2 12.7
2014–15   Barcelona ACB 43 13.9 .644 .500 .864 3.8 .3 .3 .5 5.7
2015–16   Idaho Stampede D-League 28 31.5 .583 .316 .877 10.4 1.6 .5 1.4 12.3
2016–17   Galatasaray TBSL 25 22.0 .644 .500 .797 6.9 .7 .4 1.2 9.6
2017–18   Valencia ACB 24 18.9 .555 .385 .731 6.2 .6 .3 .8 9.8
2018–19   Anadolu Efes TBSL 6 25.4 .571 .400 .889 7.8 2.0 .2 .5 15.3
2019–20   Anadolu Efes TBSL 15 22.3 .620 .429 .857 6.6 .6 .6 .5 11.4
2020–21   Anadolu Efes TBSL 13 21.9 .658 .400 .935 6.4 1.1 .7 .4 15.4
2021–22   Anadolu Efes TBSL 25 25.3 .579 .388 .857 5.5 1.1 .5 .7 12.8
2022–23   Anadolu Efes TBSL 16 24.2 .486 .296 .857 6.2 .7 .6 .4 9.2
2023–24   Anadolu Efes TBSL 2 23.0 .500 .556 1.000 5.5 — .5 .5 14.5

References

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  1. ^ "Caja Laboral ficha a Tibor Pleiss y Fabien Causeur". ACB.com (in Spanish). 24 June 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. ^ "FC Barcelona lands Pleiss". Euroleague.net. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Tibor Pleiss broke the contract with Barcelona, heads to the Utah Jazz". Sportando.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 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. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Jazz Acquire Three Players and Two Future Draft Picks in Three-Team Trade". NBA.com. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Jazz Sign Tibor Pleiß to Multi-Year Contract". NBA.com. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Jazz beat 76ers 99-71 for 1st victory of season". NBA.com. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Hood scores 32 as Jazz beat Grizzlies 92-87 in OT". NBA.com. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  11. ^ "2015-16 NBA Assignments". NBA.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  12. ^ "Sixers Complete Trade With Utah". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Sixers Waive Pleiss, Landry". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  14. ^ "Tibor Pleiss signs with Galatasaray". Sportando.com. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Valencia places veteran Pleiss in the middle for the next two years". Euroleague.net. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Tibor Pleiss Anadolu Efes'te..." anadoluefessk.org (in Turkish). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  17. ^ Skerletic, Dario (12 July 2020). "Tibor Pleiss stays with Anadolu Efes". Sportando. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Trapani Sharks officially signs Tibor Pleiss". Sportando. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Eurobasket 2009 profile". Eurobasket2009.org. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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