Tyler Paul Zeller ( born Tyler Paul Zeller ; born January 17, 1990 , Visalia , California ) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the National Basketball Association Memphis Grizzlies . Plays in the center position. He was selected in the 2012 NBA draft under number 17 by the Dallas Mavericks club. Zeller has a stable throw from the middle distance and free-kick, plays well on rebounds and with personal defense [1] .
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 Tyler Zeller during the Tar Hills game | |
| Memphis Grizzlies - No. 45 | |
| Position | Center |
| Growth | 213 cm |
| Weight | 115 kg |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of Birth | January 17, 1990 (aged 29) |
| Place of Birth | Visalia , California , USA |
| School | Washington ( Washington , Indiana ) |
| College | North Carolina (2008-2012) |
| NBA draft | 17th (1st round), 2012 , Dallas Mavericks |
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Biography
Tyler’s uncle, Al Eberhard , played in the NBA for the Detroit Pistons in the 1970s, his older brother, Luke , plays for the Phoenix Suns , and his younger brother, Cody , currently plays for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets. Their parents also played basketball, their father at the school level, their mother at the university [2] . Tyler Zeller was born in Visaliaia , California , and raised in Washington , Indiana . There, he was the star of the high school basketball team, which included four regional championships and two state championships. In the graduation class, Tyler averaged 33 points per game and made 11 rebounds, realizing 69% of the shots from the game and 82% from free throws. In his last game at the school level, he scored 47 points, thus breaking the state record held since 1970. In 2008, three years after his elder brother and three years before the youngest, Tyler Zeller received the award for the best Indiana basketball player among schoolchildren. In the same year, he was included in the symbolic team of the best players in the US school championship according to McDonald's [3] .
After leaving school in 2008, Zeller entered the University of North Carolina . Tyler Hansbrough Zeller began his first season in college basketball as a player in the starting five due to an injury to Tar Hills core center university team. In the first game for Tar Hills, he scored 18 points, but in the second he himself received a difficult fracture of his left hand [4] , because of which he was out of order for three months, and on his return he received much less playing time. Zeller helped the team win the NCAA Championship in 2009. Tyler was able to finally gain a foothold in the starting five of the university team only in the third season. In the last student season, Zeller entered the second symbolic national team of the championship [5] , was recognized as the best player in the Atlantic Conference [6] , and also received the Academic All-American Award, awarded for the combination of successes in school and sports [7] .
In the 2012 NBA draft, Zeller was selected under number 17 by the Dallas Mavericks club. Immediately after the draft, he was sent to the Cleveland Cavaliers together with Cellen Azubuike in exchange for three other new recruits [1] . In the Cleveland rotation, Zeller turned out to be the second center after Anderson Varezhao , but receives an average of more than 24 minutes of playing time. On December 19, 2012, in the game against the Boston Celtics , Tyler played his first match in the Cavs starting five and set a personal performance record with 20 points [8] .
He took part in the 2013 NBA rookie match .
On July 9, 2014, Cleveland sent Zeller and rights to a protected choice in the first round of the 2016 NBA Draft to the Boston Celtics and exchanged Sergey Karasev and Jareth Jack for Brooklyn Nets . Cleveland won international basketball players Ilkan Karaman , Christian Dreyer and Edin Bavchich . Boston also received Marcus Thornton from Brooklyn. [9] .
September 12, 2017 signed a contract with the Brooklyn Nets [10] .
Statistics
NBA Statistics
| Season | Team | Regular season | Playoff series | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | ||
| 2012/13 | Cleveland | 77 | 55 | 26,4 | 43.8 | 0,0 | 76,4 | 5.7 | 1,2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 7.9 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2013/14 | Cleveland | 70 | 9 | 15.0 | 53.8 | 0,0 | 71.9 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 5.7 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2014/15 | Boston | 82 | 59 | 21.1 | 54.9 | 0,0 | 82.3 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 10,2 | four | four | 22.5 | 51.7 | 0,0 | 80.0 | 4,5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 8.5 |
| 2015/16 | Boston | 60 | 3 | 11.8 | 47.6 | 0,0 | 81.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 12.7 | 46.7 | 0,0 | 66.7 | 5,0 | 0.7 | 0,0 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
| 2016/17 | Boston | 51 | five | 10.3 | 49.4 | 0,0 | 56.4 | 2,4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3,5 | eleven | 0 | 7.1 | 52.0 | 0,0 | 75.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0,0 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| 2017/18 | Brooklyn | 42 | 33 | 16.7 | 54.6 | 38.5 | 66.7 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 7.1 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| 2017/18 | Milwaukee | 24 | one | 16.9 | 59.0 | 0,0 | 89.5 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 7 | 3 | 9,4 | 80.0 | 0,0 | 75.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1,6 |
| Total | 406 | 165 | 17.6 | 50.8 | 29.4 | 76,4 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 25 | 7 | 10.9 | 52.7 | 0,0 | 73.9 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.8 | |
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College Statistics
| Season | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
| 2008/09 | North Carolina | 15 | 2 | 7.8 | 47.2 | 0,0 | 76.5 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3,1 | |
| 2009/10 | North Carolina | 27 | 0 | 17.4 | 52.1 | 0,0 | 72,2 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 9.3 | |
| 2010/11 | North Carolina | 37 | 36 | 28.1 | 54.9 | 0,0 | 75.7 | 7.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1,2 | 15.7 | |
| 2011/12 | North Carolina | 38 | 37 | 28,2 | 55.3 | 0,0 | 80.8 | 9.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1,6 | 16.3 | |
| Total | 117 | 75 | 23.1 | 54.3 | 0,0 | 77.4 | 6.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1,1 | 12.8 | ||
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Jeff Zillgitt, Scott Gleeson. Mavericks trade Tyler Zeller to Cavaliers . USA Today (June 29, 2012). Date of treatment January 2, 2013. Archived January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Pat Forde. Two families, two paths to success . ESPN (September 9, 2010). Date of treatment January 2, 2013. Archived January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Marlen Garcia. Tyler, Cody Zeller carry on basketball family tradition . USA Today (March 14, 2012). Date of treatment January 2, 2013. Archived January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Andy Katz. Broken wrist likely to sideline UNC forward Zeller for season . ESPN (November 19, 2008). Date of treatment January 2, 2013. Archived January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Robbi Pickeral. Tyler Zeller named 2nd-team All-America . ESPN (March 12, 2012). Date of treatment January 2, 2013. Archived January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Tyler Zeller named ACC player of year; Henson, Rivers honored . Sporting News (March 6, 2012). Date of treatment January 2, 2013. Archived January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Robbi Pickeral. Zeller named Academic All-America of Year . ESPN (February 23, 2012). Date of treatment January 2, 2013. Archived January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Paul Pierce erupts for 40 points as Celtics halt 3-game skid . ESPN (December 19, 2012). Date of treatment January 2, 2013. Archived January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Cavs' Jarrett Jack headed to Nets . ESPN (July 7, 2014). Date of treatment October 7, 2014.
- ↑ NETS SIGN TYLER ZELLER unspecified . NBA.com (September 12, 2017). Date of appeal September 12, 2017.
Links
- Career statistics and athlete information with NBA.com (English) , or Basketball-Reference.com (English)