Marcin Gortat
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| Player information | ||
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| Full name | Marcin Janusz Gortat | |
| birthday | 17th February 1984 (age 36) | |
| place of birth | Łódź , Poland | |
| size | 211 cm | |
| Weight | 108 kg | |
| position | center | |
| NBA draft | 2005 , 57. Pick, Phoenix Suns | |
| Clubs as active | ||
2002–2003 ŁKS Łódź 2003–2007 RheinEnergie Cologne 2007 → Anaheim Arsenal ( D-League ) 2007–2010 Orlando Magic 2010–2013 Phoenix Suns 2013–2018 Washington Wizards 2018–2019 Los Angeles Clippers  
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| 2004-2015
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Marcin Janusz Gortat (born February 17, 1984 in Łódź ) is a former Polish basketball player who was active in the North American professional league NBA from 2007 to 2019 , most recently with the Los Angeles Clippers .
Gortat is the son of boxer Janusz Gortat .
Europe
Gortat started his career at ŁKS Łódź in Poland. In 2003, at the age of 19, he moved to the basketball Bundesliga at RheinEnergie Cologne . Initially only used sporadically, he developed into a key player in the team that became German champions in 2006 and German cup winners in 2004, 2005 and 2007 . In addition, he was selected in the 2005 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns in the second round as the 57th player, but the draft rights were transferred to the Orlando Magic . But he stayed in Germany until 2007 before moving to the USA.
NBA
Orlando Magic (2007-2010)
After moving to the Orlando Magic, Gortat was initially used for some games at Anaheim Arsenal , a " farm team " of Magic in the NBA Development League (D-League). On December 2, 2007, he was finally firmly taken into the roster by the Magic. However, he could not play in the rotation and was used in only 6 games (6.8 minutes on average).
The first time he could draw attention on December 15, 2008 when he started for the injured Dwight Howard and scored 16 points and 13 rebounds in 28 minutes . In 2008-09 , Gortat played his first full season as a substitute center behind Dwight Howard. That year he was the first Polish player to reach the NBA Finals , which were lost to the Los Angeles Lakers .
With the prospect of more playing time and a regular seat, Gortat signed a contract with the Dallas Mavericks in July 2009 . However, since he was a Restricted Free Agent , the Magic pulled up with the offer, whereupon Gortat had to stay with the Magic.
Phoenix Suns (2010 to 2013)
In December 2010 he was transferred from the Orlando Magic to the Phoenix Suns together with Vince Carter and Mickaël Piétrus . In return, Jason Richardson , Hedo Türkoğlu and Earl Clark moved to Orlando. Initially only obliged as a bonus for Carter, Gortat played his way into the starting line-up of the Suns with his physical style. He got 24 double doubles in points and rebounds and he increased his statistical values from 4.0 points and 4.7 rebounds per game before the trade with the Magic to 13.0 points and 9.3 rebounds with the Suns.
In the 2011/12 season, which was shortened to 66 games by the lockout , Gortat started in all games and set career highs in points, rebounds , blocks and steals . He also led the team's internal statistics in points and rebounds. In the 2012/13 season Gortat achieved a career record of seven blocks in the 117: 110 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats . However, he injured his knee in February and was out for the remaining 20 games.
Washington Wizards (2013 to 2018)
Shortly before the start of the 2013/14 season , he and several teammates moved to the Washington Wizards for Emeka Okafor . On February 27, 2014, Gortat set a career record with 31 points in his Wizards' 134:12 victory over the Toronto Raptors . He reached the playoffs with the Wizards in his first season . After Washington eliminated the Chicago Bulls in the first round , the team met the Indiana Pacers in the second round . Gortat put on playoff best values in the fifth game with 31 points and 16 rebounds. This made him the first wizard since Moses Malone in 1987 to score 30 points and 15 rebounds in a playoff game. Although the game was won, the Wizards were defeated by the Pacers 2-4 later in the series and were eliminated from the playoffs.
After the end of the season, Gortat extended his contract with the Wizards for $ 60 million for 5 years. In the week of December 21-27, 2015, Gortat was elected Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
Los Angeles Clippers (2018 to 2019)
In the summer of 2018, Gortat was transferred to the Los Angeles Clippers for Austin Rivers . For this he started in 43 of 47 games and came to an average of 16 minutes playing time per game, where he scored 5.0 points and 5.6 rebounds. In February 2019, Gortat was fired from the Clippers and resigned a year later.
National team
Gortat took part with Poland in the 2009 European Basketball Championship in their own country. He also qualified with Poland for the 2013 European basketball championship in Slovenia and the 2015 European basketball championship . In 2015 Gortat declared his national team career over.
Others
Gortat has been co-owner of his home club ŁKS Łódź since July 2010 .
NBA statistics
| Legend | |||||
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| GP | Matches played (Games Played) | GS | Games from the beginning (Games started) | MPG | Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game) |
| FG% | Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage) | 3P% | Throwing quota three-point throws (3-point field-goal percentage) | FT% | Free throw rate (free-throw percentage) |
| RPG | Rebounds per game (rebounds per game) | APG | Assists per game (assists per game) | SPG | Steals per game (steals per game) |
| BPG | Blocks per game (blocks per game) | PPG | Points per game (points per game) | FAT | Career record |
Regular season
| season | team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2007-08 | Orlando | 6th | 0 | 6.8 | .471 | .000 | .667 | 2.7 | .3 | .2 | .2 | 3.0 |
| 2008-09 | Orlando | 63 | 3 | 12.6 | .569 | 1,000 | .578 | 4.6 | .2 | .2 | .8th | 3.8 |
| 2009-10 | Orlando | 81 | 0 | 13.4 | .533 | .0 | .680 | 4.2 | .7 | .3 | .9 | 3.6 |
| 2010-11 | Orlando / Phoenix | 80 | 14th | 25.4 | .561 | .250 | .731 | 7.9 | 1.0 | .5 | 1.3 | 10.2 |
| 2011-12 | Phoenix | 66 | 66 | 32.0 | .555 | .0 | .649 | 10.0 | .9 | .7 | 1.5 | 15.4 |
| 2012–13 | Phoenix | 61 | 61 | 30.8 | .521 | .0 | .652 | 8.5 | 1.2 | .7 | 1.6 | 11.1 |
| 2013-14 | Washington | 81 | 80 | 32.8 | .542 | 1,000 | .686 | 9.5 | 1.7 | .5 | 1.5 | 13.2 |
| 2014–15 | Washington | 82 | 82 | 29.9 | .566 | .000 | .703 | 8.7 | 1.2 | .6 | 1.3 | 12.2 |
| 2015–16 | Washington | 75 | 74 | 30.1 | .567 | .000 | .705 | 9.9 | 1.4 | .6 | 1.3 | 13.5 |
| 2016–17 | Washington | 82 | 82 | 31.2 | .579 | .000 | .648 | 10.3 | 1.5 | .5 | 0.7 | 10.8 |
| 2017-18 | Washington | 82 | 82 | 25.3 | .518 | - | .675 | 7.6 | 1.8 | .5 | .7 | 8.4 |
| 2018–19 | LA Clippers | 47 | 43 | 16.0 | .532 | .000 | .729 | 5.6 | 1.4 | .1 | .5 | 5.0 |
| total | 806 | 587 | 25.7 | .551 | .150 | .680 | 8.0 | 1.1 | .5 | 1.1 | 9.9 |
Playoffs
| season | team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2007-08 | Orlando | 8th | 0 | 6.0 | .833 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .5 | 1.3 |
| 2008-09 | Orlando | 24 | 1 | 11.3 | .654 | .000 | .625 | 3.2 | .1 | .4 | .6 | 3.3 |
| 2009-10 | Orlando | 14th | 0 | 15.1 | .654 | .000 | .727 | 4.4 | .6 | .2 | .3 | 3.0 |
| 2013-14 | Washington | 11 | 11 | 34.7 | .429 | .000 | .659 | 9.9 | 1.5 | .5 | 1.4 | 13.0 |
| 2014–15 | Washington | 10 | 10 | 30.7 | .628 | .000 | .667 | 8.8 | 2.2 | .6 | 1.1 | 12.4 |
| 2016–17 | Washington | 13 | 13 | 31.5 | .505 | - | .611 | 11.0 | 1.8 | .4 | 1.5 | 8.1 |
| 2017-18 | Washington | 6th | 6th | 26.7 | .558 | - | .571 | 6.3 | 1.0 | .0 | .3 | 8.7 |
| total | 86 | 41 | 20.8 | .564 | - | .650 | 6.1 | .9 | .3 | .8th | 6.4 |
Web links
- Marcin Gortat - player profile on basketball-reference.com
- archive.fiba.com: Players - Marcin GORTAT (POL) - Overview of participation in international FIBA tournaments (English)
- easyCredit BBL - Marcin Gortat - player profile on the easyCredit Basketball-Bundesliga website
Individual evidence
- ↑ NBA.com - Magic Assign Marcin Gortat to NBA D-League
- ^ ESPN.com - Nelson gets hot in second half to carry Magic past Warriors
- ↑ Magic to retain center Gortat
- ↑ http://www.nba.com/suns/stats/2011
- ↑ Notebook: Wizards 134, Raptors 129 (3OT)
- ↑ Notebook: Wizards 102, Pacers 79
- ^ Gortat re-signs with Wizards for five years, $ 60 million
- ^ Gortat, Westbrook named Players of the Week. (No longer available online.) NBA.com, December 28, 2015, archived from the original on December 29, 2015 ; accessed on December 29, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ LA Clippers Waive Marcin Gortat
- ↑ NN: Marcin Gortat retires at 35. Marcin Gortat decided to end his career. On: EuroHoops website; Nicosia, Cyprus, February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
- ↑ Phoenix Suns C Marcin Gortat Powers Poland To Eurobasket 2013
- ↑ Marcin Gortat resigns
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gortat, Marcin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gortat, Marcin Janusz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th February 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Łódź |