Tyler Zeller

Tyler Zeller
Player information
Full name	Tyler Paul Zeller
birthday	January 17, 1990 (30 years 227 days)
place of birth	Visalia , California , United States
size	213 cm
Weight	113 kg
position	center
High school	Washington, Indiana
college	North Carolina
NBA draft	2012 , 17th pick , Dallas Mavericks
Club information
society	Milwaukee Bucks
league	NBA
Jersey number	44
Clubs as active
2012–2014 Cleveland Cavaliers 2014–2017 Boston Celtics 2017–2018 Brooklyn Nets 2018 Milwaukee Bucks 2019 Atlanta Hawks 2019 Memphis Grizzlies Since 2020 San Antonio Spurs 00000 00000 00000 0
1 As of February 12, 2018

Tyler Paul Zeller (born January 17, 1990 in Visalia , California ) is an American basketball player who is currently under contract with the San Antonio Spurs .

College career

He spent four years at UNC , where he established himself as a starter in his sophomore year. In his senior year he was voted Player of the Year in his Conference. Because of these and other awards, his jersey can be hung under the roof of the Dean Smith Center at the end of his college days. During his college days, he averaged 12.8 points, 6.7  rebounds , 0.6  assists , 0.7  steals and 1.1  blocks . After the 2011/12 season, he signed up for the 2012 NBA draft .

NBA

In the draft he was selected in 17th place by the Dallas Mavericks and transferred to Cleveland that same evening. Zeller initially started from the bank. After the injury of the starting center Anderson Varejao , Zeller moved up into the starting lineup. He started in 55 of 77 games, scoring 7.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. After the season he was called up to the All NBA Rookie Second Team. In his second year, due to the return of Varejao, Zeller received less playing time and only started in 9 of 70 games. At the end of the season he was transferred to the Boston Celtics . In July 2017, the club announced that they would part ways with Zeller at the end of the 2016/2017 season.

Others

Zeller has two brothers who are also basketball players. His older brother Luke Zeller played for the Phoenix Suns in 2013 . His younger brother Cody Zeller was selected 4th in the 2013 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Bobcats .

Web links

Commons : Tyler Zeller  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Tyler Zeller - player profile on basketball-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Keith P. Smith: Celtics waive Tyler Zeller. In: CelticsBlog.com. July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .