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Georgios Tsalmpouris (alternate spelling: Giorgos Tsalbouris[1]) (Greek: Γιώργος Τσαλμπούρης; born 22 June 1996 in Veroia, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player for Real Betis of the ACB. He is 7'2" (2.18 m) tall,[2][3][4] weighs 235 pounds (107 kg),[5] and plays the center position.

Georgios Tsalmpouris
Γιώργος Τσαλμπούρης

Tsalmpouris in action with Iowa State
Real Betis
Position	Power forward / Center
League	Liga ACB
Personal information
Born	(1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 26) Veria, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
College	Iowa State (2014–2015)
NBA draft	2016 / Undrafted
Playing career	2015–present
Career history
2015–2019	AEK Athens
2017–2018	→ Kolossos Rodou
2019–2020	Kolossos Rodou
2020–2021	PAOK Thessaloniki
2021–2022	Apollon Patras
2022–present	Real Betis
Career highlights and awards
FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2019) Greek Youth All Star Game Slam Dunk Champion (2018)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Greece FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship B 2016 Greece Under-20

Early career

Tsalmpouris played club basketball with Archelaos Pierikos in the Greek B Basket League, the 3rd level of Greek the basketball system, at the semi-professional level, in the 2013–14 season.

College career

In the 2014–15 season, Tsalmpouris played Division I college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones team. He was the seventh 7-footer in the school's history.[6] He played in 8 games, and averaged 1.4 points, 0.8 rebounds, 0.3 assists, and 0.1 steals per game, in 4.4 minutes per game.[7] In August 2015, after playing one season with Iowa State, Tsalmpouris left the school, and returned to Greece to play professionally.[8]

Professional career

In August 2015, Tsalmpouris signed a five-year contract with the Greek Basket League club AEK Athens.[9][10] Tsalmpouris then became automatically draft eligible 2 years early, due to having played a year of professional basketball, right after a year of NCAA Division I college basketball, as well as previously playing under a start-up national basketball league, before participating in college basketball. So he was thus automatically entered into the 2016 NBA Draft, but was not drafted after two rounds.

In 2017, he was loaned by AEK to Kolossos Rodou. He returned to AEK for the 2018-2019 season, winning the 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in the process, before going back to Kolossos on a free transfer in the summer of 2019. On September 12, 2020, Tsalmpouris signed with PAOK of the Greek Basket League.[11] On December 3, 2020, he recorded a career high 22 points against Aris Thessaloniki.

On August 22, 2021, Tsalmpouris moved to Apollon Patras, where he enjoyed a very successful 2021-2022 campaign. In a total of 24 league games, he averaged 14.9 points (2nd overall scorer in the Greek Basket League) and 5.6 rebounds, playing around 32 minutes per contest.

National team career

Greek junior national team

Tsalmpouris was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2015 FIBA under-19 World Cup, the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, where he won a bronze medal.[12]

Greek senior national team

Tsalmpouris became a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team in 2017.[13]

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues

Regular season

Legend
GP	Games played	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	Bold	Career high		Led the league

Note: Only games in the primary domestic competitions are included. Therefore, games in cup or European competitions are left out.

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2015–16	A.E.K.	GBL	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016–17	A.E.K.	GBL	14	7.0	.487	.364	.750	1.1	.2	.1	.3	3.2
2017–18	A.E.K.	GBL	3	6.2	.300	.000	.500	1.0	0	.5	0	2.3
2017–18	Kolossos	GBL	16	10.5	.386	.313	.375	1.9	.4	.1	.3	3.6
2018–19	A.E.K.	GBL	21	10.0	.571	.350	.723	1.8	.2	.3	.2	3.7

Playoffs

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2015–16	A.E.K.	GBL	1	2.4	.000	.000	-	1.0	0	0	1.0	0
2016–17	A.E.K.	GBL	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017–18	Kolossos	GBL	2	15.4	.462	.333	.667	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	8.0

FIBA Champions League

[14] [15]

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2016–17	A.E.K.	7	9.4	.391	.111	.857	1.1	.6	.3	.3	3.6
2018–19	A.E.K.	12	7.5	.400	.273	.714	.7	.4	.2	.5	2.0

References

External links

• EuroCup Profile
• Champions League Profile
• FIBA Profile (archive)
• Eurobasket.com Profile
• Greek League Profile (in Greek)
• Greek League Profile (in English)
• NBADraft.net Profile
• Draftexpress.com Profile Archived 2017-08-18 at the Wayback Machine

На других языках

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[es] Georgios Tsalmpouris

Georgios Tsalmpouris (nacido el 22 de junio de 1996 en Veria) es un jugador de baloncesto griego. Con 2,18 metros de estatura, juega en la posición de pívot. Actualmente forma parte de la plantilla del Real Betis Baloncesto de la Liga ACB. Es internacional con la Selección de baloncesto de Grecia.

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