Dāvis Bertāns

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Dāvis Bertāns
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Bertāns with the Washington Wizards in 2020
No. 42 – Washington Wizards
PositionPower forward
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 28)
Valmiera, Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42nd overall
Selected by the Indiana Pacers
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2008ASK Kadeti
2008–2010BAA Riga
2009→ASK Riga
2009→Keizarmezs
2010Barons
2010–2012Olimpija Ljubljana
2012–2014Partizan
2014–2016Saski Baskonia
2016–2019San Antonio Spurs
2016–2017→Austin Spurs
2019-presentWashington Wizards
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Latvia
European U-18 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Lithuania U-18 Team

Dāvis Bertāns (born 12 November 1992) is a Latvian professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed the "Latvian Laser",[1] he also represents the Latvian national team. He was selected with the 42nd pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers.

Professional career[]

Riga[]

In 2007–08, Bertāns played for ASK Kadeti II. Between 2008 and 2010, he played for BAA Riga of Latvia's second division. During this time, he also had two stints in the top division with ASK Riga at the end of the 2008–09 season, and with BK Keizarmezs Riga at the start of the 2009–10 season.[2]

Union Olimpija[]

After starting the 2010–11 season with BK Barons, in November 2010, Bertāns signed a multi-year deal with Slovenian club Union Olimpija.[3] Following the 2010–11 season, Bertāns was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 42nd overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. However, his rights were immediately traded to the San Antonio Spurs along with the rights to 15th overall pick Kawhi Leonard for George Hill.[4]

Partizan[]

In January 2012, Bertāns left Olimpija and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Serbian club Partizan Belgrade.[5]

In the Serbian League finals series against Crvena zvezda in June 2013, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which sidelined him for nine months.[6][7]

Bertāns returned to the court on 20 March 2014 against Maccabi Tel Aviv, helping his team get a hard-fought Euroleague Top 16 win against the favoured visitors by contributing two points, two rebounds and one assist in 15 minutes of action.[8] Eight days later, on 28 March 2014, Dāvis scored team-high 20 points in a road Euroleague Top 16 loss to Lokomotiv-Kuban.[9] Partizan ended the season by winning its 13th and Dāvis' third consecutive Serbian League title, defeating rivals Crvena zvezda 3–1 in the finals series.[10] On 3 July 2014, Bertāns terminated his contract with the club.[11]

Laboral Kutxa Baskonia[]

On 19 July 2014, Bertāns signed a three-year contract with Spanish club Laboral Kutxa Baskonia.[12][13]

On 26 March 2015, in a game against Emporio Armani Milano, Bertāns tore the ACL in his right knee, the same injury that sidelined him in 2013.[14] He was subsequently ruled out for six to eight months.[15] Over 22 Euroleague games, he averaged 11.0 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, while also averaging 11.4 points in 25 games of the Spanish League. In Laboral Kutxa Baskonia's very next game following Bertāns's injury, a Spanish League contest versus Valencia BC, each Baskonia player wore Bertāns's number 42 in a show of support for their sidelined teammate.[16]

On 14 July 2016, Bertāns and Baskonia agreed on a contract buyout.[17]

San Antonio Spurs[]

On 14 July 2016, Bertāns signed with the San Antonio Spurs.[18] He made his debut for the Spurs in their season-opener on 25 October 2016, scoring five points in four minutes off the bench in a 129–100 win over the Golden State Warriors.[19] On 25 November 2016, he set a career high in scoring, pitching in 15 of the Spurs' 56 bench points to help San Antonio defeat the Boston Celtics 109–103.[20] On 7 January 2017, he scored 21 points in a 102–85 win over the Charlotte Hornets. He went 4-of-5 on three-pointers in leading the Spurs in scoring for the first time in 2016–17.[21] On 29 January 2017 against the Dallas Mavericks, Bertāns became just the fourth Spurs rookie with at least 35 three-pointers and 15 blocks in a season, joining Kawhi Leonard, Manu Ginóbili and Lloyd Daniels.[22] On 11 March 2017, he had three three-pointers in a 107–85 win over Golden State to reach 51 three-pointers on the season. He became just the sixth Spurs rookie to hit 50 in a season.[23] During his rookie season, he had multiple assignments with the Austin Spurs of the NBA Development League.[24]

Early on the 2017–18 season, Bertāns was twice assigned to the Austin Spurs.[25] On 8 January 2018, he scored a career-high 28 points on 11-of-15 shooting with six 3-pointers in a 107–100 win over the Sacramento Kings.[26] On 13 January 2018, he scored 18 points on a career-high six 3-pointers in a 112–80 win over the Denver Nuggets.[27]

On 11 July 2018, Bertāns re-signed with the Spurs for two years and $14 million.[28] On 27 January 2019, he scored a season-high 21 points in a 132–119 win over the Washington Wizards.[29]

Washington Wizards[]

On July 6, 2019, Bertāns was traded from the San Antonio Spurs to the Washington Wizards in a three-team deal that also included the Brooklyn Nets, in which the Spurs received DeMarre Carroll via sign-and-trade.[30] In his first game in San Antonio following the trade, on 26 October 2019, Bertāns made all seven of his field goal attempts, including five three-pointers, and scored 23 points.[31] On 22 November, he made six three-pointers and scored 20 points against the Charlotte Hornets.[32]

On June 22, 2020, three months into the NBA's hiatus, Bertāns decided to pull out of the NBA's Orlando restart; he was the first player to do so. This decision was made due to personal reasons.[33] Bertāns was entering free agency and viewed sitting out as a preventative measure. Bertāns also had two previous ACL injuries. If the Wizards did not advance past the seeding games in Orlando, he stood to lose $520,000. The Washington Wizards fully supported Bertāns's decision and as anticipated did not ultimately qualify for the playoffs.

On November 21, 2020, Bertāns agreed to a five-year, $80 million deal with the Washington Wizards. [34]

On February 17, 2021, Bertāns scored a career-high 35 points in a 130–128 win over the Denver Nuggets. He logged a career-best nine 3-pointers becoming the third player in team history to do so.[35]

National team career[]

Bertāns represented Latvia at EuroBasket 2011, averaging 5.6 points and 2 rebounds per game.[36] He returned for EuroBasket 2017, now in a more prominent role, averaging 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game.[37]

Personal life[]

Bertāns's older brother, Dairis, is also a professional basketball player; he formerly played for the New Orleans Pelicans. Their father, , was a professional basketball player and is currently a youth coach. Their mother is a sports teacher and a former high-level rower. In childhood Bertāns was raised in Latvia's northernmost town Rūjiena until his parents moved to capital city Rīga. Bertāns is fluent in the Serbian language.[38]

Due to a childhood wood-cutting accident, Bertāns is missing part of the ring finger on his right hand.[39]

Bertāns is a former vegan but now eats a dairy-free pescatarian diet.[40]

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

Euroleague[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2011–12 Union Olimpija 10 1 15.6 .282 .217 1.000 2.2 .5 .1 .1 3.0 .6
2012–13 Partizan 10 1 20.0 .385 .471 .625 2.3 .7 1.1 .2 6.6 4.6
2013–14 4 2 21.9 .435 .435 .000 3.8 1.3 .8 .5 12.5 8.0
2014–15 Baskonia 22 18 21.9 .381 .355 .853 2.9 .9 .2 .5 11.0 6.5
2015–16 15 8 20.7 .514 .474 .905 1.9 .9 .4 .4 7.9 6.9
Career 61 30 20.2 .400 .388 .824 2.5 .8 .4 .4 8.3 5.4

NBA[]

Regular season[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 San Antonio 67 6 12.1 .440 .399 .824 1.5 .7 .3 .4 4.5
2017–18 San Antonio 77 10 14.1 .440 .373 .816 2.0 1.0 .3 .4 5.9
2018–19 San Antonio 76 12 21.5 .450 .429 .883 3.5 1.3 .5 .4 8.0
2019–20 Washington 54 4 29.3 .434 .424 .852 4.5 1.7 .7 .6 15.4
2020–21 Washington 57 7 25.7 .404 .395 .870 2.9 .9 .6 .2 11.5
Career 331 39 19.9 .433 .407 .855 2.8 1.1 .5 .4 8.6

Playoffs[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017 San Antonio 13 0 8.6 .444 .400 .667 1.5 .2 .2 .3 2.8
2018 San Antonio 5 0 16.4 .167 .188 .727 2.2 1.2 .4 .0 3.4
2019 San Antonio 5 0 15.8 .333 .273 .600 1.6 1.0 .0 .2 3.2
2021 Washington 4 2 26.5 .407 .348 1.000 2.8 .3 .3 .5 9.3
Career 27 2 14.0 .356 .314 .759 1.9 .6 .2 .3 3.9

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