Moritz Wagner (basketball player)

Moritz Wagner
Wagner in March 2020
Player information
Full name	Victor Moritz Wagner
birthday	26th April 1997 (age 23)
place of birth	Berlin , Germany
size	211 cm
Weight	111 kg
position	Power Forward / Center
college	Michigan
NBA draft	2018 , 25th Pick , Los Angeles Lakers
Club information
society	Washington Wizards
league	NBA
Jersey number	21st
Clubs as active
2014-2015	Alba Berlin
2015-2018	Univ. of Michigan ( NCAA )
2018-2019	Los Angeles Lakers
000002018	→ South Bay Lakers ( G-League )
Since 02019	Washington Wizards
National team 1
Since 02019	Germany	3 games
1 As of: 08/17/2019

Victor Moritz Wagner (born April 26, 1997 in Berlin ) is a German basketball player who is currently under contract with the Washington Wizards in the North American professional league NBA . At a height of 2.11 meters, it is used in the power-forward and center position.

Wagner played for Alba Berlin in the German Bundesliga (BBL), from 2015 to 2018 at the University of Michigan for the Wolverines and switched to the NBA in 2018. In the draft process , the Los Angeles Lakers secured the rights to the Berliner. He has been under contract with the Washington Wizards since 2019 .

Moritz Wagner is the older brother of Franz Wagner , who also moved to the University of Michigan from Berlin.

career

Alba Berlin

Wagner played in the youth team of Alba Berlin and was in the U16 Bundesliga JBBL for the first time in the 2011/12 season . From 2013/14 he also collected playing time in the 1st regional league in the jersey of Alba's second men's team. In addition, he now played for the Berlin youth basketball league (NBBL) and won the German championship in the U19 age group with the club in 2014.

In the 2014/15 season Wagner was part of Alba Berlin's Bundesliga squad: On October 2, 2014, he made his first division debut and also made short appearances in the Euroleague during the season . Mostly, however, he continued to play for Alba's second men's team and the U19 team in the NBBL .

college

Wagner in March 2017

For the 2015/16 season, Wagner moved to the United States at the University of Michigan . After he had to make do with a mean playing time of 8.6 minutes per game in his freshman season in the USA (and thereby scored 2.9 points and 1.6 rebounds per bet), Wagner got a sophomore in the 2016/17 season played a much larger role: he was used for almost 24 minutes per game and was the third-best thrower of his team over the course of the game year with an average of 12.1 points, which advanced under the Sweet Sixteen in the finals of the NCAA and there with 68:69 University of Oregon was defeated. In April 2017, Wagner signed up for the NBA Draft , but on May 24th announced his decision to withdraw and continue to run for the University of Michigan in the 2017/18 season.

In the 2017/18 game year he reached the final with Michigan in the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship known as March Madness , where he became the first player since Larry Bird (1979) and Hakeem Olajuwon (1983) in the semi- final victory in the Final Four against the Loyola Ramblers. scored over 20 points and at least 15 rebounds, namely 24 and 15. In the final, Wagner scored 16 points, but lost the game with his team against Villanova (62:79). In total, the Berliner achieved an average of 14.6 points per match in 38 season appearances, making him the Wolverines' top scorer . In addition, he collected an average of 7.1 rebounds per game, which also meant the highest value within the team.

NBA

After completing his junior season , Wagner announced his registration for the NBA draft process in mid-April 2018 , so he decided to step into the professional camp and waived his fourth and final year as a senior at the University of Michigan. In June 2018, the Los Angeles Lakers secured the rights to Wagner. He was selected 25th overall in the first draft round. Due to knee problems, he missed parts of the preparation for his NBA debut year. At the end of October 2018, he was moved to the South Bay Lakers training team in the NBA G-League to continue his training there after the knee injury. On November 3, 2018, like his compatriot Isaac Bonga, he played his first game for the South Bay Lakers, stood on the field for 29 minutes in the 106: 108 defeat against the Stockton Kings and scored 17 points. In the NBA, he was on the field for the Los Angeles Lakers for the first time on November 17, 2018 in the game against Orlando Magic , but remained without points in his two-minute debut. Wagner came to 40 missions for Los Angeles in his first NBA year, in which he averaged 4.7 points. His best point total in a game was 22 in March 2019 against Boston, when he was in the starting line-up for the first time in an NBA game.

Wagner was given to the Washington Wizards by the Lakers during the 2019 summer break as part of an exchange deal together with other players, including Isaac Bonga . In mid-November 2019 he set new highs in Washington’s 137: 116 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves with 30 points and 15 rebounds in his NBA career to date.

National team

In 2014 Wagner played the U18 European Championship (B group) in Bulgaria with the German national team and won the tournament with the selection of the German Basketball Federation . At the U20 European Championship in summer 2017, which the German team finished seventh, Wagner was the best thrower in the DBB selection with 16.1 points per use. In August 2019, he made his debut in the men's national team in a World Cup preparation game against Sweden.

Style of play

Wagner's game is characterized by a good throw from distance. In addition, thanks to his mobility, he is able to dribble past similarly sized opponents and then come to a conclusion close to the basket. He also benefits from his agility and speed when switching from defense to attack. He went to the USA as a "very thin boy" and gained muscle mass over the course of his time in college, Wagner said in 2018.

statistics

Legend
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

college

season	team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2015–16	Michigan	30th	0	8.6	.607	.167	.556	1.6	.1	.2	.2	2.9
2016–17	Michigan	38	38	23.9	.560	.395	.726	4.2	.5	1.0	.4	12.1
2017-18	Michigan	39	39	27.6	.528	.394	.694	7.1	.8th	1.0	.5	14.6
total		107	77	21.0	.547	.385	.698	4.5	.5	.8th	.4	10.4

NBA

Regular season

season	team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2018–19	Los Angeles Lakers	40	4th	10.2	42.2	30.6	80.4	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	4.7
total		40	4th	10.2	42.2	30.6	80.4	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	4.7

Honors

1 × NBA Rising Star : 2020

See also

• List of NBA players from German-speaking nations

Web links

• Moritz Wagner on: NBA website; New York, NY, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
• Moritz Wagner on: Basketball Reference website; Philadelphia, PA, 2000-2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018 (in English).
• Moritz Wagner on: Sports Reference website; Philadelphia, PA, 2000-2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018 (in English).
• Moe Wagner on: RealGM website; 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ^ International match statistics by Moritz Wagner
2. ^ NN: Moritz Wagner Bio. On: M Go Blue website; Ann Arbor, MI, 2018-2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020 (in English).
3. ^ Official NBA bio of Moritz Wagner. Retrieved June 19, 2020 (English). 
4. ↑ NBBL / JBBL - player statistics - - ALBA Berlin basketball team. In: statistik.basketball-bundesliga.de. Retrieved March 3, 2016 . 
5. ↑ BBL GmbH. In: www.basketball-bund.net. Retrieved March 3, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Alba Berlin: Master! Lwowsky's NBBL team brings the title to the Spree. (No longer available online.) In: Alba Berlin. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved March 3, 2016 . 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.  
7. ↑ Beko BBL - 23302 Moritz WAGNER. In: www.beko-bbl.de. Retrieved March 3, 2016 . 
8. ↑ WAGNER, MORITZ - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. In: www.euroleague.net. Retrieved March 3, 2016 . 
9. ^ Alba Berlin: Moritz Wagner goes to the USA to study. (No longer available online.) In: Alba Berlin. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved March 3, 2016 . 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.  
10. ↑ 2015-16 Michigan Basketball Michigan Combined Team Statistics. University of Michigan, accessed March 24, 2017 . 
11. ↑ 2016-17 Michigan Basketball Michigan Combined Team Statistics. University of Michigan, accessed March 24, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Michigan's Magic Ends with One-Point Loss to Ducks . ( mgoblue.com [accessed March 24, 2017]). Michigan's Magic Ends with One-Point Loss to Ducks ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: Basketball: German talent Wagner registers for the NBA draft - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Sport. Retrieved April 24, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Moritz Wagner announces return to Michigan for 2017-18 season . In: Maize n Brew . ( maizenbrew.com [accessed May 24, 2017]).
15. ↑ Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajuwon would know how good Moe Wagner was . In: New York Post . April 1, 2018 ( nypost.com [accessed April 3, 2018]).
16. ↑ Michigan vs. Villanova - DI Men's Basketball. Retrieved April 3, 2018 . 
17. ↑ 2017-2018 Men's Basketball Cumulative Statistics - University of Michigan. Retrieved April 3, 2018 . 
18. ↑ kicker online, Nuremberg, Germany: Nowitzki's dream: Wagner registers for the NBA draft! In: kicker online . ( kicker.de [accessed April 14, 2018]).
19. ↑ Moritz Wagner declares for 2018 NBA Draft . In: SI.com . ( si.com [accessed April 14, 2018]).
20. ↑ Matthew Moreno: Lakers Draft Moritz Wagner With 25th Pick In 2018 NBA Draft. Retrieved June 22, 2018 (American English). 
21. ↑ https://www.sport1.de/us-sport/nba/2018/09/moritz-wagner-verpasst-preseason-der-nba-mit-los-angeles-lakers
22. ↑ Moritz Wagner assigned to South Bay on rehab assignment - South Bay Lakers . In: South Bay Lakers . ( nba.com [accessed October 29, 2018]).
23. ↑ https://gleague.nba.com/games/20181103/STOSBL/
24. ^ NBA: Moritz Wagner with Lakers debut, victory for Dennis Schröder . In: bild.de . ( bild.de [accessed on November 18, 2018]).
25. ^ Official NBA bio of Moritz Wagner. Accessed April 5, 2019 . 
26. ^ Moritz Wagner. In: stats.nba.com. Accessed April 14, 2019 . 
27. ↑ LA Lakers lose despite 22 points from Moritz Wagner. In: Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved April 14, 2019 . 
28. ↑ Lakers rework Anthony Davis trade to allow for another max contract. June 27, 2019, accessed April 20, 2020 (American English). 
29. ↑ Personal NBA highs: Wagner uses his chance from the bank . In: Spiegel Online . November 16, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 10, 2019]).
30. ↑ Victor Moritz Wagner profile, U18 European Championship Men 2014 | FIBA.COM. In: FIBA.COM. Retrieved March 3, 2016 . 
31. ↑ U20 men grab the 7th place in the German Basketball Federation, accessed on April 20, 2020 . 
32. ↑ Germany at the FIBA ​​U20 European Championship Division A 2017. Accessed April 20, 2020 (English). 
33. ↑ DBB men: First World Cup test successful. German Basketball Federation, accessed on August 11, 2019 . 
34. ↑ Moe Wagner Brings Unique Style On and Off the Court. Retrieved April 5, 2019 . 
35. ↑ German basketball talent | Moritz Wagner: The new NBA hope. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .