Georgios Tsalmpouris

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Georgios Tsalmpouris
Γιώργος Τσαλμπούρης
ISU Tallest player vs West Virginia basketball 2015-02-14.jpg
Tsalmpouris in action with Iowa State
No. 8 – Apollon Patras
PositionPower forward / Center
LeagueGreek Basket League
Personal information
Born (1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 25)
Veria, Greece
NationalityGreek
Listed height7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
CollegeIowa State (2014–2015)
NBA draft2016 / Undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2019AEK Athens
2017–2018→ Kolossos Rodou
2019–2020Kolossos Rodou
2020–2021PAOK Thessaloniki
2021–presentApollon Patras
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Greece
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship B
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Greece Under-20

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

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.

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[]

  1. ^ GIORGOS TSALBOURIS Born: 22.06.1996 Citizenship: GR.
  2. ^ "Giorgos TSALMPOURIS Height: 218CM / 7'2"". Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  3. ^ Giorgos Tsalmpouris Ht: 7-2.
  4. ^ GEORGIOS TSALMPOURIS PHYSICALS H: 7' 2".
  5. ^ Iowa State center Tsalmpouris is the big man on campus.
  6. ^ Iowa State center Tsalmpouris is the big man on campus.
  7. ^ #34 Georgios Tsalmpouris.
  8. ^ 7-1 center Georgios Tsalmpouris tells Iowa State he's turning pro.
  9. ^ Georgios Tsalmpouris signs a five-year deal with AEK Athens.
  10. ^ Georgios Tsalmpouris signs at AEK Athens.
  11. ^ PAOK Thessaloniki tabs Georgios Tsalmpouris.
  12. ^ Georgios TSALMPOURIS (GRE) participated in 5 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
  13. ^ Η "πρώτη" της Εθνικής σε φωτογραφίες (in Greek).
  14. ^ http://www.championsleague.basketball/16-17/AEK#%7Ctab=statistics
  15. ^ http://www.championsleague.basketball/el/18-19/team/AEK#%7Ctab=statistics

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