Jiří Welsch

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Jiří Welsch
Sparta Prague
2000–2002Union Olimpija
2002–2003Golden State Warriors
2003–2005Boston Celtics
2005Cleveland Cavaliers
2005–2006Milwaukee Bucks
2006–2010Unicaja Málaga
2010–2011Estudiantes
2011–2012Spirou Charleroi
2012–2017ČEZ Nymburk
2017–2018BK Pardubice
Career highlights and awards
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Jiří Welsch inbounding the ball.

Jiří Welsch (Czech pronunciation:

Czech Republic national basketball team. Welsch has played in the National Basketball Association in the United States, having been drafted in 2002 by the Philadelphia 76ers
.

Professional career

Early years

Welsch began his professional career as a teenager with

Most Valuable Player
following the 2001–02 season campaign.

NBA

Welsch was drafted by the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers with the 16th selection of the 2002 NBA draft, but he was immediately traded to the Golden State Warriors for a future first-round draft pick and a future first- or second-round draft pick.[1] He spent one season with the Warriors, averaging 1.6 points per game, 0.8 rebounds per game, and 0.7 assists per game in 37 games in the 2002–03 season before he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, along with Antawn Jamison, Chris Mills and Danny Fortson, in exchange for Evan Eschmeyer, Nick Van Exel, Avery Johnson, Popeye Jones and Antoine Rigaudeau on 18 August 2003.[2] Without ever playing a game for them, Welsch, along with Mills, Raef LaFrentz and a lottery-protected 2004 NBA draft pick, was traded by Dallas to the Boston Celtics on 20 October 2003 in exchange for Antoine Walker and Tony Delk.[3] Welsch started 68 games for the Celtics in the 2003–04 season, averaging 9.2 points per game.[4]

Welsch averaged 8.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game in 136 games played (100 of them starts) in 2003–04 and 2004–05, while playing with the Celtics. On 24 February 2005, Welsch was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a future 2007 first-round draft pick.[5]

On 28 June 2005, Welsch was traded by the Cavs to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 2006 second-round draft pick.[6]

Welsch's final NBA game was played in Game 5 of the 2006 Eastern Conference First Round on 3 May 2006, against the Detroit Pistons. The Bucks would lose the game 93–122 and drop the series to Detroit 4–1, with Welsch recording 2 points, 1 assist and 1 rebound.

Back to Europe

In August 2006, Welsch decided to leave the NBA, and he signed with the Spanish

Spirou Basket, of Belgium, in July 2011.[7] In 2012, he signed with ČEZ Nymburk.[8]
He joined BK Pardubice in 2017.

National team career

Welsch has been a member of the senior

2017 EuroBasket
.

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  Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002–03 Golden State 37 0 6.3 .253 .250 .759 .8 .7 .2 .1 1.6
2003–04 Boston 81 68 26.9 .428 .381 .743 3.7 2.3 1.2 .1 9.2
2004–05 55 32 20.5 .428 .323 .773 2.5 1.5 .7 .1 7.5
2004–05 Cleveland 16 0 12.0 .235 .182 .714 1.8 1.2 .3 .0 2.9
2005–06 Milwaukee 58 2 14.9 .387 .286 .747 1.9 1.1 .6 .0 4.3
Career 247 102 18.6 .403 .343 .752 2.4 1.5 .8 .1 6.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2003–04
 Boston 4 4 26.0 .478 .250 1.000 3.0 2.3 .5 .0 8.0
2005–06
 Milwaukee 4 0 3.8 .500 .000 .750 .8 .5 .3 .0 1.8
Career 8 4 14.9 .481 .250 .923 1.9 1.4 .4 .0 4.9

References

  1. ^ The wheeling and dealing on draft night
  2. ^ Mavs send Van Exel, four others to Warriors
  3. ^ Seems like a miracle, but somehow Antoine Walker is back where he belongs., by Tom Friend
  4. ^ a b Bucks' Welsch signs with Malaga in Spain
  5. ^ Cavs acquire Welsch for '07 first-round pick
  6. ^ Cavs receive 2006 second-round pick
  7. ^ Spirou Charleroi tabs Jiri Welsch
  8. ^ CEZ NYMBURK brings Czech star Welsch home Archived 14 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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