Daniel Theis

Daniel Theis
Theis with Germany in 2014
No. 27 – Boston Celtics
Position Power forward / Center
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1992-04-04) April 4, 1992
Salzgitter, Germany
Nationality German
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 243 lb (110 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2013 / Undrafted
Playing career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2012 SG Braunschweig
2010–2012 New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig
2012–2014 ratiopharm Ulm
2014–2017 Brose Bamberg
2017–present Boston Celtics
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Daniel Theis (born April 4, 1992) is a German professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Professional career

Germany

Born in Salzgitter, Theis went through the Braunschweig youth system. He made his debut in the German top-tier level league, the Basketball Bundesliga, during the 2010–11 season. Theis primarily gained playing time with the club’s development squad, where he played alongside his older brother, Frank,[1] from 2010 to 2012. He earned the Eurobasket.com website's All-2.Pro B Most Improved Player of the Year honors in 2011. In Braunschweig, Theis was also a teammate of fellow NBA player Dennis Schröder.[2] He got help from his cousin Sean Zemlyak

In the 2013–14 season, while with ratiopharm Ulm, Theis won the BBL Best Young Player award.[3] Following his breakout season with Ulm, Theis signed with fellow German Bundesliga club Brose Bamberg.[4] In the 2014 off-season, he played in the 2014 NBA Summer League for the Washington Wizards' summer league team.

In the 2014–15 season, Theis won his first German League championship with Brose Baskets. Brose beat FC Bayern Munich 3–2 in the German League Finals.[5] In April 2015, he signed a fresh two-year deal with the Bamberg team,[6] and he won two more German championships with Bamberg, in 2016 and 2017.

NBA

On July 20, 2017, Theis signed with the Boston Celtics.[7] He made his NBA debut on October 18 against the Milwaukee Bucks.[8]

National team career

Theis was a member of the junior national teams of Germany. With Germany's junior national teams, he played at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

On July 27, 2014, Theis made his first appearance with the senior German national basketball team in a game against Finland.[9] With Germany's senior team, he played at the EuroBasket 2015 qualification tournament.[10]

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.

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 Boston 63314.9.541.310.7534.3.9.5.85.3
Career 63314.9.541.310.7534.3.9.5.85.3

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2015–16 Brose Bamberg 24119.6.536.389.7644.4.5.5.69.29.4
2016–17 Brose Bamberg 30119.7.598.410.7094.6.7.7.99.610.7
Career 54219.7.571.400.7364.5.6.6.89.410.1

References

  1. ↑ Braunschweig, Basketball. "Daniel Theis für U18-Nationalmannschaftskader nominiert". www.basketball-loewen.de. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  2. ↑ Braunschweig, Basketball. "Dennis Schröder ist "Youngster des Jahres" in der ProB". www.basketball-loewen.de. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  3. ↑ Daniel on April 23, 2014 (2014-04-23). "Daniel Theis ist "Bester deutscher Nachwuchsspieler" | Court Review". Courtreview.de. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  4. ↑ "Bamberg announces Daniel Theis, re-signs Karsten Tadda". Sportando.com. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  5. ↑ "Basketball: Brose Baskets Bamberg neuer deutscher Basketball-Meister". Zeit.de. 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  6. ↑ Sport1.de. "Basketball-Bundesliga: Bamberg bindet Daniel Theis und Elias Harris". Sport1.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  7. ↑ "Boston Celtics Sign Daniel Theis". NBA.com. July 20, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Bucks vs. Celtics - Box Score". ESPN.com. October 18, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  9. ↑ Daniel Theis profile. SB-Vision.de
  10. ↑ Daniel THEIS (GER).
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