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Tibor Pleiß
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Pleiß with Germany in 2015
No. 21 – [[Trapani Shark|Trapani Shark]]
Center
Personal information
Born (1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 (age 35)
Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany
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
Pro career 2006–present
League Lega Basket Serie A
Career history
2006–2009 RheinEnergie Köln / Köln 99ers
2009–2012 Brose Baskets
2012–2014 Baskonia
2014–2015 FC Barcelona
2015–2016 Utah Jazz
2015–2016 → Idaho Stampede
2016–2017 Galatasaray
2017–2018 Valencia
2018–2024 Anadolu Efes
2024–present Trapani Shark
Career highlights and awards
  • Turkish Cup Final MVP (2022)
  • Turkish Cup winner (2022)
  • 2× EuroLeague champion (2021, 2022)
  • 3× Turkish League champion (2019, 2021, 2023)
  • Spanish Supercup winner (2017)
  • 3× German League champion (2010–2012)
  • 4× German Cup winner (2007, 2010–2012)
  • 2× German League Best Young Player (2010, 2011)
  • 2× All-German League Team (2011, 2012)

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.

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 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. 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. 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 2010 NBA draft. He was drafted by the New Jersey Nets, who traded his rights to the Atlanta Hawks. 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 Philadelphia 76ers, 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 D-League affiliate.

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

On 1 August 2018 Pleiß signed a two (1+1) year contract with the Turkish club Anadolu Efes S.K. On 12 July 2020 Pleiß officially renewed his contract with Efes for another three (2+1) seasons. 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.

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.

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 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

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

Regular season

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

† 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

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

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

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