James Gist

James Gist

Gist with Panathinaikos in 2014.
No. 14 – Panathinaikos Athens
Position Power forward / Center
League Greek Basket League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1986-10-26) October 26, 1986
Adana, Turkey[1]
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school Our Lady of Good Counsel
(Wheaton, Maryland)
College Maryland (2004–2008)
NBA draft 2008 / Round: 2 / Pick: 57th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career 2008–present
Career history
2008–2009 Angelico Biella
2009–2010 Lokomotiv Kuban
2010–2011 Partizan Belgrade
2011–2012 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2012 Unicaja Málaga
2012–present Panathinaikos
Career highlights and awards

James Clough Gist III (born October 26, 1986), is an American professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he plays mainly at the power forward position, but he also often is used as a small ball center. Born in Adana, Turkey, he played high school basketball for Our Lady of Good Counsel, before enrolling to the University of Maryland to play college basketball for the Terrapins, from 2004 to 2008. Gist is considered one of the best power forwards in Europe, due to his defensive abilities and for his dunks, alley-oops, and his athleticism.[2]

High school career

Gist attended Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. In his senior season, he averaged 19.5 points per game, to go along with 10.3 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game, while he also became his school's all-time leader in blocked shots, with over 300.[3]

College career

Gist played college basketball at the University of Maryland, where he played with the Maryland Terrapins.[4] Gist scored a career-high 31 points against Wake Forest.[5][6] Throughout the course of 4 NCAA Division I seasons, Gist appeared in 130 games for Maryland, averaging 10.9 points per game, 6.0 rebounds per game, and 1.8 blocks per game.[7] At the time of his graduation, Gist was fourth all-time in blocked shots for Maryland, with 231, tenth in rebounds, with 783, and seventeenth in points scored, with 1,414 (later surpassed by Greivis Vásquez).[8]

Professional career

Gist was drafted 57th overall, in the 2008 NBA Draft, by the San Antonio Spurs. After spending a year with the Italian League club Biella,[9] Gist signed a contract with the Russian team Lokomotiv-Kuban for the 2009–10 season.[10] Gist played for the Spurs in the 2010 NBA Summer League,[11] but was waived on October 19, 2010.[12]

Then he played with Partizan Belgrade during the 2010-11 season, where he won the Basketball League of Serbia championship, the Radivoj Korać Cup, and the Adriatic League championship. In the summer of 2011, he signed a contract with the Turkish League club Fenerbahçe Ülker.[13][14] Shortly afterwards, it was announced that he had a sample that tested positive for marijuana use, while playing for Partizan.[15] On July 7, 2012, Fenerbahçe announced that Gist would not play the next season with the club.[16]

On August 15, 2012, Gist signed one-year deal (with an option for one more season) with the Spanish League club Unicaja Málaga.[17][18] On September 26, he won the slam dunk contest of the Spanish League.[19] Gist joined the Greek League club Panathinaikos, in December 2012, as part of a trade with Andy Panko.[20] At the end of the season, Gist renewed his contract with Panathinaikos for two additional seasons.[21]

On March 17, 2015, Panathinaikos announced that they had agreed to terms with Gist to renew his contract for an extra 2 years, keeping him in Athens until 2017.[22]

On April 5, 2015, Gist again tested positive for marijuana use, for the second time in his career, after the Greek Cup final against Apollon Patras.[23] Eventually, on May 12, Gist was suspended for 8 months from participating in sports events.[24] In the end, his suspension was reduced to 6 months, and Gist was allowed to play normally, from the beginning of the season. On October 22, 2015, while competing with Panathinaikos in a EuroLeague 2015–16 season game against Karşıyaka, Gist made a new personal EuroLeague career single-game scoring high,[25] with 27 points scored.[26]

In the summer off-season, Gist also competes for Team City of Gods in the The Basketball Tournament. He was a power forward on the 2015 team that made it to the semifinals, where they lost to Overseas Elite, by a score of 84-71.

Personal life

Gist is the son of Linda and James C. Gist, Jr., and was born in İncirlik, Adana, Turkey, on 26 October 1986, when his father was in the US Air Force, and stationed at İncirlik Air Base.[27] He was the first American child who was born at İncirlik Air Base.[28][29]

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

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Partizan 14 9 29.9 .384 .467 .681 6.9 1.6 1.0 1.0 11.4 11.8
2011–12 Fenerbahçe 16 16 25.1 .479 .321 .769 4.5 .9 1.3 .9 7.4 8.8
2012–13 Panathinaikos 29 14 22.2 .426 .347 .587 4.5 .6 .7 .7 8.1 8.1
2013–14 Panathinaikos 26 17 23.4 .539 .342 .629 3.6 .8 1.1 .7 8.9 9.5
2014–15 Panathinaikos 28 17 23.0 .456 .319 .731 4.3 1.5 1.0 .6 9.5 10.5
2015–16 Panathinaikos 26 26 26.3 .535 .345 .565 4.6 1.5 1.0 .6 10.9 11.4
Career 139 99 24.1 .472 .354 .649 4.5 1.1 1.0 .7 9.3 10.0

References

  1. ↑ He was born in İncirlik, Adana (Turkish).
  2. ↑ Dunk of the night: James Gist.
  3. ↑ "James Gist Biography". University of Maryland, College Park. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Player Bio: James Gist.
  5. ↑ "Maryland 74, Wake Forest 70". ESPN. 29 February 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Individual Game Leaders". University of Maryland, College Park. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "James Gist player profile". NCAA. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Individual Career Leaders". University of Maryland, College Park. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Angelico Biella announced James Gist.
  10. ↑ БК «Локомотив-Кубань» заключил контракт с Джеймсом Гистом (Russian).
  11. ↑ NBA Summer League Rosters - Vegas.
  12. ↑ The latest NBA cuts.
  13. ↑ Fenerbahçe Ülker's transfers (Turkish).
  14. ↑ Gist passed medical test (Turkish).
  15. ↑ "Turkey - James Gist positive on THC (cannabis)". mlbb.gr. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "James Gist won't play for Fenerbahce next season.". Sportando. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  17. ↑ "Unicaja Malaga agreed to terms with James Gist.". Sportando. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  18. ↑ Moutis, Lefteris. "Unicaja's powerful front line.". eurohoops.net. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  19. ↑ Europa Press James Gist wins slam dunk contest (Spanish).
  20. ↑ Euroleague.net PANATHINAIKOS brings Gist aboard in trade.
  21. ↑ "PANATHINAIKOS keeps highlight reel stud Gist". euroleague.net. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  22. ↑ "Panathinaikos re-signs highlight reel Gist". Euroleague.net. March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Gist to face punishment for doping". Yahoo! Sports. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  24. ↑ Δημητρακόπουλος: "Καμία προσφυγή για τον Γκιστ". sport24.gr (in Greek). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  25. ↑ GIST, JAMES Career Highs.
  26. ↑ OCTOBER 22, 2015 CET: 21:00 LOCAL TIME: 22:00 OLYMPIC SPORTS CENTER ATHENS.
  27. ↑ Adana born goes to Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkish).
  28. ↑ I was born in Adana, I'm a Turk (Turkish).
  29. ↑ Adanaliyak, Allah'ın adamıyak (Turkish).
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