Tibor Pleiß (, alternative spelling Pleiss; born 2 November 1989) is a German professional

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player for

Anadolu Efes Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş.''(lit. Anadolu Efes Brewery and Malt Industries)'' produces and markets beer and malt and non-alcoholic beverages in a wide geographical area comprising Turkey, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independ ...

of the Turkish Super League and the EuroLeague. Standing , he plays 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

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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 Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D., commonly known as Saski Baskonia (), also known as Cazoo Baskonia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the ...

, one of the top teams of the

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. 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

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. 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.

NBA

Pleiß declared for the

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. He was drafted by the New Jersey Nets, who traded his rights to the

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. The Hawks then sold his rights to the Oklahoma City Thunder. In February 2015, his draft rights were traded to the Utah Jazz as part of a three-team trade. On 14 July 2015, Pleiß signed a multi-year deal with the Utah Jazz. He made his NBA debut on 30 October in a 99–71 win over the

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, recording two points and one rebound in two minutes. 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. During his rookie season, he received multiple assignments to the Idaho Stampede, Utah's

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affiliate. On 26 August 2016, Pleiß was traded, along with two 2017 second-round draft picks and cash considerations, to the

in exchange for

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. Five days later, he was waived by the 76ers.

Return to Europe

On 12 September 2016, Pleiß signed with Turkish club Galatasaray for the 2016–17 season. On July 28, 2017, Pleiß signed a two-year deal with the Spanish club

Valencia Basket Valencia Basket Club S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague, with home games played at the Fuente de San Luis. The club is spon ...

. On August 1, 2018, he signed a two (1+1) year contract with the Turkish club

Anadolu Efes S.K. Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü ( en, Anadolu Efes Sports Club), formerly known as Efes Pilsen, is a Turkish professional basketball team based in Istanbul, Turkey. Efes is the most recent Euroleague champion and on the first place of European Club ...

. On July 12, 2020, Pleiß officially renewed his contract with Efes for another three (2+1) seasons.

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

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and at both the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B and the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. 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. He was also in the German team that participated in the

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in Turkey, where he was the starting center for Germany. He also played at the

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and the

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2010–11 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2, Brose Baskets , 10 , , 10 , , 19.1 , , .413 , , .444 , , .789 , , 6.3 , , .9 , , .1 , , 1.5 , , 6.7 , , 8.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2011–12 , 10 , , 4 , , 18.5 , , .500 , , .000 , , .682 , , 5.4 , , .4 , , .0 , , .8 , , 6.5 , , 8.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2012–13 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2,

Baskonia Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D., commonly known as Saski Baskonia (), also known as Cazoo Baskonia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the ...

, 25 , , 4 , , 14.2 , , .607 , , .333 , , .846 , , 3.9 , , .2 , , .2 , , .6 , , 5.0 , , 6.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , 24 , , 21 , , 21.0 , , .557 , , .333 , , .863 , , 5.4 , , .5 , , .5 , , 1.0 , , 12.0 , , 13.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;",

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, 25 , , 1 , , 13.1 , , .584 , , .500 , , .848 , , 3.9 , , .2 , , .2 , , .6 , , 5.3 , , 6.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Galatasaray , 28 , , 20 , , 17.1 , , .567 , , .400 , , .765 , , 4.6 , , .5 , , .2 , , 1.2 , , 7.7 , , 10.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;",

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

, 29 , , 14 , , 19.3 , , .565 , , .500 , , .797 , , 5.2 , , .6 , , .4 , , 1.1 , , 10.1 , , 12.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;",

Efes Pilsen Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş.''(lit. Anadolu Efes Brewery and Malt Industries)'' produces and markets beer and malt and non-alcoholic beverages in a wide geographical area comprising Turkey, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independ ...

, 37 , , 5 , , 14.2 , , .623 , , .333 , , .878 , , 3.7 , , .4 , , .4 , , .5 , , 8.1 , , 9.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 188 , , 79 , , 16.6 , , .568 , , .383 , , .818 , , 4.6 , , .4 , , .3 , , .9 , , 7.9 , , 9.7

References

External links

Tibor Pleiß
at acb.com
Tibor Pleiß
at euroleague.net

at fiba.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pleiss, Tibor 1989 births Living people 2010 FIBA World Championship players Anadolu Efes S.K. players Brose Bamberg players Centers (basketball) FC Barcelona Bàsquet players Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players German expatriate basketball people in Spain German expatriate basketball people in Turkey German expatriate basketball people in the United States German men's basketball players Idaho Stampede players Köln 99ers players Liga ACB players National Basketball Association players from Germany New Jersey Nets draft picks People from Bergisch Gladbach Sportspeople from Cologne (region) Saski Baskonia players Utah Jazz players Valencia Basket players