Maxi Kleber

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Maxi Kleber
Maximilian Kleber 2019.jpg
Kleber in 2019
No. 42 – Dallas Mavericks
PositionPower forward
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1992-01-29) 29 January 1992 (age 30)
Würzburg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2014 / Undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2014Würzburg
2014–2015Obradoiro
2015–2017Bayern Munich
2017–presentDallas Mavericks
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Maximilian Kleber (born 29 January 1992) is a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in), he plays the power forward position.

Professional career[]

Kleber played in the youth ranks of TG Veitshöchheim, SC Heuchelhof and TG Würzburg.[1] He made his debut in Germany's top-flight Basketball Bundesliga during the 2011–12 season, representing the s.Oliver Baskets, a team based in his hometown Würzburg. In his first year, he was a role player on the team with an average of 7 minutes a game. In his second season, he grew to become an important player on the team, that averaged 9.9 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.[2] In 2012, he declared for the NBA draft before removing his name from the list.[3] He became auto-eligible for the NBA draft in 2014, but was not picked by any team.[4]

In the 2014 off-season, he signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Obradoiro CAB.[5] In the 2014–15 ACB season, he was named MVP of round 25 after scoring 36 points against Fuenlabrada.[6] Kleber made 33 appearances in the league that year, averaging 11.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.[7]

On 1 July 2015, Kleber returned to Germany and signed a two-year deal with Bayern Munich.[8] In 2015–16, he played 24 Bundesliga games for Bayern, including 17 starts, averaging 8.0 points and 4.9 boards per game. He appeared in 37 games (37 starts) during the 2016–17 Bundesliga season, supplying averages of 9.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.

Dallas Mavericks[]

On 13 July 2017, Kleber signed with the Dallas Mavericks.[9] He made his NBA debut on 21 October, 2017 against the Houston Rockets.[10] Kleber moved from end of bench piece to key rotation player in his first few years, increasing his points, rebounds, assists and blocks per game numbers in each of his first three seasons. He was re-signed by the Mavericks on 10 July 2019.[11]

On 21 February 2020, Kleber scored a career high 26 points against the Orlando Magic in a 122-106 victory. In the 2019-20 season, Maxi posted a career high 9.1 points per game. He led the league in games played with 74 games and finished 19th in the league in blocks. [12] Kleber played in his first playoffs that year against the 2nd seed LA Clippers. Kleber was tasked with guarding Kawhi Leonard for most of the series. Kleber struggled shooting the ball in the series, averaging 6.7 points per game and making just 5 of his 26 three point attempts across the six game series. [13]

Kleber began the 2020-21 season strong, averaging 7.4 points per game and shooting 47.2% from three point range in his first 9 games. Kleber would go on to miss the next 10 games however, as he recovered from COVID-19. [14] Kleber would return to action 2 February 2021 against the Phoenix Suns. He logged 17 minutes of game play, grabbing 6 rebounds and scoring 2 points. Kleber would finish the season averaging 7.1 points per game, 5.2 rebounds per game and a career high 1.4 assists per game. Kleber finished the season shooting 41% from three point range, good for 34th in the league. [15] Kleber and the Mavericks would go on to lose to the LA Clippers in the first round in 7 games.

National team career[]

Kleber has also played games for the senior German national team.[16] In 2014, he played for the team during the EuroBasket qualification rounds. Kleber was forced to sit out the 2020 Summer Olympics as he was recovering from an Achilles injury[17]

NBA 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  Bold  Career high
 *  Led the league

Regular season[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 Dallas 72 36 16.8 .489 .313 .746 3.3 .7 .4 .7 5.4
2018–19 Dallas 71 18 21.2 .453 .353 .784 4.6 1.0 .5 1.1 6.8
2019–20 Dallas 74* 21 25.5 .461 .373 .849 5.2 1.2 .3 1.1 9.1
2020–21 Dallas 50 40 26.8 .422 .410 .919 5.2 1.4 .5 .7 7.1
Career 267 115 22.2 .458 .368 .817 4.5 1.0 .4 .9 7.1

Playoffs[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2020 Dallas 6 6 33.8 .333 .192 .750 6.5 1.5 .3 1.2 6.7
2021 Dallas 7 4 26.7 .400 .400 .714 3.6 1.4 .4 .0 5.3
Career 13 10 30.0 .362 .283 .737 4.9 1.5 .4 .5 5.9

References[]

  1. ^ "Maximilian Kleber wechselt nach Spanien". mainpost.de (in German). July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Maximilian Kleber Player Profile". Basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  3. ^ Maurer, Matthew. "Maximilian Kleber 2012 Underclassmen". thedraftreview.com. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "Maximilian Kleber Player Profile, Bayern Munich, News, Rumors, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards – RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  5. ^ "Obradoiro announces Maxi Kleber". Sportando.com. July 2, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  6. ^ "Maxi Kleber, Jugador de la Jornada 25" [Maxi Kleber, Player of the Round 25] (in Spanish). ACB.com. March 22, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  7. ^ "ACB.COM". acb.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  8. ^ "Bayern Munich signs Maximilian Kleber to a two-year contract". sportando.com. July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  9. ^ "Mavericks Sign Forward Maxi Kleber". National Basketball Association. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  10. ^ "James Harden leads Rockets past Mavericks, 107–91". ESPN. October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  11. ^ "Mavs re-sign forward Maxi Kleber". mavs.com. July 10, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  12. ^ "Maxi Kleber NBA Statistics". October 23, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  13. ^ "Season Recap". October 23, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  14. ^ "Dallas Mavs' Maxi Kleber opens up on COVID". October 23, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  15. ^ "NBA 2020-21 Season Leaders". October 23, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  16. ^ "Maxi Kleber International Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  17. ^ "Dallas Mavericks: Olympic basketball Day 1 recap: Josh Green's debut and more".

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