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Daniel Theis (born April 4, 1992) is a German professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After seven seasons in the Basketball Bundesliga where he was a four-time All Star and three-time champion, Theis signed with the Boston Celtics of the NBA where he played for four seasons before a trade brought him to the Chicago Bulls in March 2021. The Bulls traded Theis to the Houston Rockets in August 2021, who in turn traded Theis back to the Celtics in February 2022. With the Celtics, he reached the NBA Finals during his second stint with the team.

Daniel Theis

Theis with the Houston Rockets in 2021
No. 27 – Indiana Pacers
Position	Center
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1992-04-04) April 4, 1992 (age 30) Salzgitter, Germany
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2013 / Undrafted
Playing career	2010–present
Career history
2010–2012	Phantoms Braunschweig
2010–2012	→SG Braunschweig
2012–2014	Ratiopharm Ulm
2014–2017	Brose Bamberg
2017–2021	Boston Celtics
2021	Chicago Bulls
2021–2022	Houston Rockets
2022	Boston Celtics
2022–present	Indiana Pacers
Career highlights and awards
3× German League champion (2015–2017) German Cup winner (2017) German Supercup winner (2015) German League Best Defender (2017) 4× German League All-Star (2014–2017) German League Most Effective German Player (2016) All-German League Second Team (2016) German League Best Young Player (2014)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Germany EuroBasket 2022 Germany

Early life

Born in Salzgitter, Theis went through the Braunschweig youth system.

Professional career

Phantoms Braunschweig (2010–2012)

Theis made his debut in the German top-tier level league, the Basketball Bundesliga, during the 2010–11 season. Theis primarily gained playing time with Braunschweig'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 future NBA player Dennis Schröder.[2]

ratiopharm Ulm (2012–2014)

In the 2013–14 season, while with ratiopharm Ulm, Theis won the BBL Best Young Player award.[3]

Brose Bamberg (2014–2017)

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.

Boston Celtics (2017–2021)

On July 20, 2017, Theis signed with the Boston Celtics.[7] He made his NBA debut on October 18 against the Milwaukee Bucks.[8] On March 12, 2018, Theis suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee,[9] and missed the remainder of the 2017–18 season after Theis repaired his left knee lateral meniscus in a surgery.[10]

On October 29, 2018, Theis was found to have a slight tear of the plantar fascia in his right foot and was scheduled to be out indefinitely, but he returned shortly after the injury on November 11 vs. the Portland Trail Blazers.[11][12]

On July 17, 2019, the Boston Celtics announced that they had re-signed Theis, along with former Brose Bamberg teammate Brad Wanamaker.[13] The contract was reported to be worth $10 million in total for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.[14]

Two thirds through the season, on February 21, 2020, Theis had a career-high 25 points and 16 rebounds in a win against the Minnesota Timberwolves.[15] Celtics coach Brad Stevens said that Theis complemented the rest of the starters, playing in a way that "fits the other guys perfect."[16]

Chicago Bulls (2021)

On March 25, 2021, Theis was traded to the Chicago Bulls in a three-team trade involving the Washington Wizards.[17] By April 12, he had worked his way into the starting lineup against the Memphis Grizzlies.[18] On April 26, Theis scored 23 points and had 12 rebounds and 5 assists in a 110–102 victory against the Miami Heat.[19]

Houston Rockets (2021–2022)

On August 7, 2021, Theis was traded to the Houston Rockets via a sign-and-trade deal.[20]

Return to the Celtics (2022)

On February 10, 2022, the Boston Celtics re-acquired Theis from the Rockets in exchange for Bruno Fernando, Enes Freedom, and Dennis Schröder.[21] Theis and the Celtics reached the NBA Finals, but lost to the Golden State Warriors in 6 games.

Indiana Pacers (2022–present)

On July 9, 2022, Theis was traded, alongside Nik Stauskas, Aaron Nesmith, Malik Fitts, Juwan Morgan and a 2023 first-round pick, to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Malcolm Brogdon.[22]

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.[23] With Germany's senior team, he played at the EuroBasket 2015 qualification tournament.[24]

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
2017–18	Boston	63	3	14.9	.541	.310	.753	4.3	.9	.5	.8	5.3
2018–19	Boston	66	2	13.8	.549	.388	.737	3.4	1.0	.3	.6	5.7
2019–20	Boston	65	64	24.1	.566	.333	.763	6.6	1.7	.6	1.3	9.2
2020–21	Boston	42	37	24.5	.552	.347	.687	5.2	1.6	.6	1.0	9.5
2020–21	Chicago	23	14	25.0	.522	.281	.651	5.9	1.8	.7	.6	10.0
2021–22	Houston	26	21	22.5	.469	.291	.675	5.0	.8	.4	.7	8.4
2021–22	Boston	21	6	18.7	.598	.357	.688	4.7	1.0	.4	.7	7.9
Career		306	147	19.6	.545	.329	.722	4.9	1.3	.5	.9	7.6

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2019	Boston	7	0	6.0	.357	.000	1.000	1.4	.0	.1	.1	1.7
2020	Boston	17	17	28.4	.521	.154	.788	7.1	1.5	.4	1.2	8.9
2022	Boston	16	5	12.5	.588	.214	.750	3.3	.7	.3	.5	4.3
Career		40	22	18.1	.527	.167	.791	4.6	.9	.3	.8	5.8

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2015–16	Brose Bamberg	24	1	19.6	.536	.389	.764	4.4	.5	.5	.6	9.2	9.4
2016–17	Brose Bamberg	30	1	19.7	.598	.410	.709	4.6	.7	.7	.9	9.6	10.7
Career		54	2	19.7	.571	.400	.736	4.5	.6	.6	.8	9.4	10.1

References

External links

• Euroleague.net profile
• German League profile (in German)
• Eurobasket.com profile
• Daniel Theis at FIBA

На других языках

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[de] Daniel Theis

Daniel Theis (* 4. April 1992 in Salzgitter) ist ein deutscher Basketballspieler, der seit Juli 2022 bei den Indiana Pacers in der NBA unter Vertrag steht. Zuvor hatte er mit den Boston Celtics die Vizemeisterschaft in jener Liga gewonnen.

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- [en] Daniel Theis

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[es] Daniel Theis

Daniel Theis (Salzgitter, 4 de abril de 1992) es un jugador alemán de baloncesto que pertenece a la plantilla de los Indiana Pacers de la NBA. Con 2,03 metros de altura ocupa la posición de ala-pívot o de pívot, y es internacional absoluto con Alemania.

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[ru] Тайс, Даниель

Даниель Тайс (нем. Daniel Theis; 4 апреля 1992, Зальцгиттер, Нижняя Саксония, Германия) — немецкий профессиональный баскетболист, выступающий за команду НБА «Индиана Пэйсерс».

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