James Clough Gist III (born October 26, 1986) is an American professional

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player for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and

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. Standing at , he plays as a power forward and small ball center. Born in

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, Turkey, he played high school basketball for Our Lady of Good Counsel, before enrolling to the

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to play

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for the Terrapins, from 2004 to 2008. Gist was considered for a time one of the best forward- centers in Europe, due to his defensive abilities and for his dunks, alley-oops, and his athleticism.

High school career

Gist attended Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. In his senior season, he averaged 19.5

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, to go along with 10.3 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game, while he also became his school's all-time leader in blocked shots, with over 300.

College career

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. Gist scored a career-high 31 points against Wake Forest. Throughout the course of 4 NCAA Division I seasons, Gist appeared in 130 games for Maryland, averaging 10.9 points per game, 6.0 rebounds per game, and 1.8 blocks per game. At the time of his graduation, Gist was fourth all-time in blocked shots for Maryland, with 231, tenth in rebounds, with 783, and seventeenth in points scored, with 1,414 (later surpassed by Greivis Vásquez).

Professional career

Gist was drafted 57th overall, in the 2008 NBA draft, by the

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. After spending a year with the

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club

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, Gist signed a contract with the Russian team Lokomotiv-Kuban for the 2009–10 season. Gist played for the Spurs in the 2010

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, but was waived on October 19, 2010. Then he played with Partizan Belgrade during the 2010–11 season, where he won the

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championship, the Radivoj Korać Cup, and the

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championship. In the summer of 2011, he signed a contract with the Turkish League club Fenerbahçe Ülker. Shortly afterwards, it was announced that he had a sample that tested positive for

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use, while playing for Partizan. On July 7, 2012, Fenerbahçe announced that Gist would not play the next season with the club. On August 15, 2012, Gist signed one-year deal (with an option for one more season) with the Spanish League club

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. On September 26, he won the slam dunk contest of the Spanish League. Gist joined the Greek League club Panathinaikos, in December 2012, as part of a trade with Andy Panko. At the end of the season, Gist renewed his contract with Panathinaikos for two additional seasons. James Gist by Augustas Didzgalvis

On March 17, 2015, Panathinaikos announced that they had agreed to terms with Gist to renew his contract for an extra two years, keeping him in Athens until 2017. On April 5, 2015, Gist again tested positive for cannabis use, for the second time in his career, after the Greek Cup final against

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. Eventually, on May 12, Gist was suspended for 8 months from participating in sports events. In the end, his suspension was reduced to 6 months, and Gist was allowed to play normally, from the beginning of the season. On October 22, 2015, while competing with Panathinaikos in a EuroLeague 2015–16 season game against

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, Gist made a new personal EuroLeague career single-game scoring high, with 27 points scored. On July 5, 2017, Gist signed a two-year contract extension with Panathinaikos. On July 8, 2019, Gist signed a two-year contract with Serbian team Crvena zvezda. He averaged 7.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. On December 3, 2020, he signed with

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. On September 25, 2021, he has signed with ASVEL of the

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. The contract was extended to the end of the season on December 15. On November 4, 2022, he signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).

Personal life

Gist is the son of Linda and James C. Gist, Jr., and was born in İncirlik,

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, on 26 October 1986, when his father was in the

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, and stationed at

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. He was the first American child who was born at

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2010–11 , style="text-align:left;", Partizan , 14 , , 9 , , 29.9 , , .384 , , .467 , , .681 , , 6.9 , , 1.6 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , 11.4 , , 11.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2011–12 , style="text-align:left;", Fenerbahçe , 16 , , 16 , , 25.1 , , .479 , , .321 , , .769 , , 4.5 , , .9 , , 1.3 , , .9 , , 7.4 , , 8.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2012–13 , style="text-align:left;", Unicaja / Panathinaikos , 29 , , 14 , , 22.2 , , .426 , , .347 , , .587 , , 4.5 , , .6 , , .7 , , .7 , , 8.1 , , 8.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , 26 , , 17 , , 23.4 , , .530 , , .342 , , .629 , , 3.6 , , .8 , , 1.1 , , .7 , , 8.9 , , 9.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , 28 , , 17 , , 23.0 , , .456 , , .319 , , .731 , , 4.3 , , 1.5 , , 1.0 , , .6 , , 9.5 , , 10.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , 26 , , 26 , , 26.3 , , .535 , , .345 , , .565 , , 4.6 , , 1.5 , , 1.0 , , .6 , , 10.9 , , 11.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , 15 , , 14 , , 22.5 , , .536 , , .167 , , .633 , , 4.3 , , .8 , , 1.1 , , .5 , , 8.5 , , 8.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , 34 , , 28 , , 25.2 , , .546 , , .250 , , .674 , , 4.4 , , 1.0 , , .8 , , .4 , , 9.8 , , 10.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , 33 , , 14 , , 20.8 , , .534 , , .391 , , .706 , , 3.5 , , 1.2 , , .6 , , .4 , , 7.8 , , 9.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;", Crvena zvezda , 25 , , 7 , , 20.3 , , .417 , , .211 , , .593 , , 4.4 , , 1.3 , , .7 , , .4 , , 7.0 , , 6.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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