Kyle Wiltjer

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Basketball player
Kyle Wiltjer
Wiltjer in 2018
Player information
birthday October 2, 1992 (27 years and 335 days)
place of birth Portland , United States
size 208 cm
position wing
Clubs as active
2016-2017 United StatesUnited States Houston Rockets
2016-2017 → Rio Grande Valley VipersUnited StatesUnited States
2017-2018 GreeceGreece Olympiacos Piraeus
2018-2019 SpainSpain Unicaja Malaga
since 2019 TurkeyTurkey Türk Telekomspor

Kyle Gregory Wiltjer (born October 2, 1992 in Portland ) is a Canadian - American basketball player .

career

Wiltjer's father Greg played for the Canadian national basketball team and reached fourth place with this at the 1984 Olympic Games . Kyle Wiltjer is a Canadian and US citizen. He attended Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon, and played for the local basketball team. In 2011 he took part in his hometown Portland as part of a world selection at the "Nike Hoop Summit" and scored twelve points in the game against the USA team. From the 2011/12 game year he was part of the university team at the University of Kentucky ; Wiltjer had previously also had scholarships from other well-known universities such as the University of California , the Georgia Institute of Technology , Gonzaga University , the University of Kansas , the University of Texas at Austin and Wake Forest University . In his first season in the first NCAA division, he won the championship title with Kentucky, Wiltjer contributed to this success in 40 missions on average 5.0 points and was the third best player of his team in this category with 35 three-point throws. During the 2013 summer break, he left Kentucky and joined Gonzaga University. In the 2013/14 season he did not take part in the game operation due to the transfer regulations and then played 74 games for Gonzaga between 2014 and 2016. In both of his years he was Gonzaga's best scorer (16.8 points per encounter in the 2014/15 season and 20.4 points per game during the 2015/16 season).

In the NBA draft proceedings in 2016, Wiltjer was not included, but signed a contract with the NBA team Houston Rockets in June 2016 . During the 2016/17 season he made 14 short appearances for the Texans, but played mainly in the training team Rio Grande Valley Vipers , for which he was a top performer with an average of 20.5 points per encounter. In June 2017 he was swapped to the Los Angeles Clippers , but released there in July 2017 and then signed by the Toronto Raptors . He was on the field in preparation matches for the Canadians, but was removed from the squad before the start of the 2017/18 season. At the end of October 2017, Wiltjer accepted an offer from the top Greek team Olympiacos Piraeus . With Olympiakos he played in both the Greek league and the Euroleague , but remained a supplementary player in the European club competition with 4.5 points per match.

In the 2018/19 season he was under contract with the Spanish ACB league club Unicaja Malaga and also played for the team in the EuroCup . During the summer break of 2019, Wiltjer moved to Türk Telekomspor in the Turkish capital Ankara .

National team

With Canada's U18 national team, Wiltjer won bronze at the American Championships in 2010, and in 2013 he took part in Canada's selection at the Summer Universiade in Kazan and came in fourth. In July 2015, he was a member of the Canadian national team that played the Pan American Games in Toronto . At the 2019 World Cup, he was the top scorer of the Canadian national team with an average of 16.4 points per match.

Web links

Commons : Kyle Wiltjer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kyle Wiltjer: From a Father's Perspective. Retrieved October 11, 2019 (Canadian English).
  2. ↑ Sean Meagher: Kyle Wiltjer: From Portland's Jesuit High School to life as an NBA rookie. November 28, 2016, accessed October 11, 2019 .
  3. ↑ XIV Annual Nike Hoop Summit - 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ https://ukathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6940
  5. ↑ Paul Ables: Kyle Wiltjer Is the Key to Kentucky's Success in 2012-13. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 2011-12 Men's Basketball Team Stats. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  7. ↑ former Kentucky player Kyle Wiltjer transfers to Gonzaga. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  8. ↑ https://gozags.com/documents/2018/10/8/MBB_Record_Book.pdf
  9. ↑ https://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/ex-cats/article85699787.html
  10. ↑ Kyle Wiltjer Stats. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Kyle Wiltjer. Retrieved October 11, 2019 (American English).
  12. ↑ Former Zag Kyle Wiltjer waived by Toronto Raptors | The Spokesman Review. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Μπαφές Χρήστος: Olympiacos inks Kyle Wiltjer. Retrieved October 11, 2019 (el-gr).
  14. ↑ WILTJER, KYLE - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  15. ↑ ACB.COM. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  16. ^ Nation of Blue: Kyle Wiltjer Is Headed To Turkey |. In: Nation of Blue. July 24, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019 (American English).
  17. ↑ Kyle Wiltjer. In: Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. July 11, 2015, accessed October 11, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Kyle Gregory Wiltjer profile, Pan American Games for Men 2015. Retrieved on 11 October 2019 .
  19. ↑ Canada at the FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup 2019. Accessed October 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wiltjer, Kyle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wiltjer, Kyle Gregory (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd October 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland, Oregon