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Jan Veselý
Veselý with the Wizards
No. 24 – Fenerbahçe Istanbul
PositionPower forward / Center
LeagueTurkish Basketball Super League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1990-04-24) April 24, 1990 (age 34)
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2011: 1st round, 6th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Wizards
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2008Geoplin Slovan
2008–2011Partizan
2011–2014Washington Wizards
2014Denver Nuggets
2014–presentFenerbahçe
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Jan Veselý (born April 24, 1990) is a Czech professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the Euroleague. Standing at 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in),[1][2] he can play both the power forward and center positions. He was selected sixth overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards.

Professional career

Early years

Veselý began playing basketball with the youth clubs of Příbor and BK Snakes Ostrava in the Czech Republic. In 2007, he moved to Slovenia and signed with Geoplin Slovan.

Partizan

In April 2008, he signed a multi-year deal with Serbian club Partizan.[3] He won nine club trophies with the club,[4] and also reached the 2009–10 Euroleague Final Four. In 2010, Veselý was presented the FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award.[5]

Washington Wizards

Veselý was drafted in the first round by the Washington Wizards with the sixth overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft.[6] After Flip Saunders was fired, Veselý saw more minutes on the court under new coach Randy Wittman, who also said that he wanted him to shoot the ball a bit more.[7] On April 9, 2012, he recorded his first double-double, finishing the game with 11 points and 11 rebounds in a win over the Charlotte Bobcats.[8] Veselý continued his success over the Bobcats on April 23, 2012 when he posted a career-high 16 points on 8-8 shooting.[9] He averaged 4.7 points and 4.4 rebounds in his first NBA season. However, in his second season with the Wizards, he averaged just 2.5 points and 2.4 rebounds per game and while shooting just 31% from the free-throw line.

Denver Nuggets

On February 20, 2014, Vesely was traded to the Denver Nuggets in a three-team trade.[10] Until the end of the season, he appeared in 21 games, averaging 4.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and a career-high 1.3 steals per game.

Fenerbahçe

On August 5, 2014, Veselý signed a two-year deal with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe.[11]

Fenerbahçe advanced to the Euroleague Final Four for the first time in team's history.[12] On May 15, 2015, however, they lost in the semifinal game to Real Madrid with 87–96.[13] Veselý contributed with 20 points and 6 rebounds in the semifinal game. Eventually, Fenerbahçe finished in 4th place after losing in third-place game to CSKA Moscow with 80–86.[14] Over 29 Euroleague games, Veselý averaged career-high 11.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, on 63.3% shooting from the field.

He won Euroleague 2015-16 selection as MVP for January.[15][16] On March 21, 2016, it was announced that he will be sidelined for up to six weeks due to the Achilles tendon injury, missing the entire playoffs against Real Madrid.[17] He'd make his return on May 13, 2016 in the Final Four match-up against Laboral Kutxa. In his return, he'd record 14 points in an 88–77 overtime victory against them, while also being announced as a part of the All-Euroleague First Team for his performances in the 2015–16 Euroleague season before his Achilles tendon injury.

On July 9, 2016, Veselý signed a new three-year contract with Fenerbahçe, with NBA opt-out clauses every summer.[18]

International career

Veselý has been a member of the senior men's Czech Republic national basketball team, having previously played for the junior national teams. He has played at the FIBA EuroBasket 2013 and the FIBA EuroBasket 2015.

Playing style

Due to his speed and court movement, Veselý has been compared to European NBA superstars Dirk Nowitzki and Andrei Kirilenko.[19]

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  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011–12 Washington 57 20 18.9 .537 .000 .532 4.4 .8 .7 .6 4.7
2012–13 Washington 51 4 11.8 .500 .000 .308 2.4 .5 .3 .3 2.5
2013–14 Washington 33 1 14.2 .522 .000 .267 3.4 .3 .6 .8 3.2
2013–14 Denver 21 0 14.6 .506 .000 .423 3.7 .5 1.3 .8 4.4
Career 162 25 15.2 .521 .000 .408 3.5 .6 .7 .5 3.6

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2008–09 Partizan 17 13 19.9 .517 .056 .538 3.4 .4 .5 .3 4.8 4.2
2009–10 22 22 24.8 .550 .400 .625 4.9 1.4 .7 .5 8.4 9.5
2010–11 15 14 27.0 .536 .357 .444 3.6 1.1 1.3 .9 10.1 10.3
2014–15 Fenerbahçe 29 9 21.9 .633 .000 .491 5.4 .8 .8 1.0 11.2 13.6
2015–16 23 17 27.4 .623 .667 .453 6.8 1.6 .8 1.0 11.9 15.6
Career 106 75 24.1 .590 .313 .503 5.0 1.1 .8 .7 9.6 11.2

Awards and accomplishments

Club
Individual

Personal

Veselý with Partizan in the Adriatic League in February 2009.

Veselý was born on April 24, 1990 in Ostrava (Czechoslovakia then, Czech Republic now). His father, Jan, is a former basketball player, and his mother a former volleyball player.[20] Veselý's younger sister,[21] and his girlfriend Eva Kodouskova are both basketball players.[22] Reportedly, he is fluent in Czech, Slovenian, Serbian and English.[23]

Veselý was a favorite of the Partizan supporters.[24] He stated he was "surprised by his popularity in Serbia, as no one in Czech Republic knew who he was".[23][25] The Partizan supporters created two joke slogans, "When Jan plays, we are all joyful" (Serbian: "Kad Jan igra, svi smo veseli") and "We are all happy, only Jan is joyful" (Serbian: "Svi smo srećni, samo se Jan Veseli"), as his surname means "joyful" in both Czech and Serbian.[26]

After the end of the 2010–11 season, which had been confirmed to be his last in Partizan, Veselý stated, "My first destination in Europe will always be Belgrade. Partizan, Belgrade and Serbia have given me a great opportunity, which now I can continue in another place. Serbia has become my second home".[27] He also added he would like to wear number 24 once again and that his wish was to end his career in Partizan.[27][28] Years of life in Serbia have left a permanent trace on his musical taste, as he said he likes Serbian music better than American or Czech music.[29]

Veselý is a favorite of the Fenerbahçe supporters as well, with a slogan going "Jan Jan Vesely, I fly Vesely, I can't stay without dunking!" (Turkish: "Jan Jan Vesely, uçalım Vesely, smacı basmadan duramıyorum!").[30][better source needed]

References

  1. ^ VESELY, JAN HEIGHT: 2.13
  2. ^ Name: JAN VESELY Height: 2.13 m
  3. ^ "Veseli pristupio Partizanu". srbijasport.com (in Serbian). May 5, 2008. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  4. ^ Mondo: Pitajte Jana Veselog Template:Sr icon (June 10th 2011)
  5. ^ "Vesely Voted Young Men's Player Of The Year". fibaeurope.com. February 14, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  6. ^ "Irving goes No. 1 to Cleveland". NBA.com. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  7. ^ Wittman Wants Jan Vesely To Shoot The Ball, And The TNT Crew Rips On Wizards-Pistons
  8. ^ "Wizards get 67 points from bench, blister Bobcats". espn.go.com. April 10, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  9. ^ "Wizards paste Bobcats for first 4-game win streak since 2007". espn.go.com. April 24, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  10. ^ Denver Nuggets Acquire Jan Vesely From Washington
  11. ^ "Fenerbahce Ulker lands high flier Vesely". Euroleague.net. August 5, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  12. ^ "Fenerbahce for the first time in the Final Four". eurohoops.net. April 20, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  13. ^ "Real Madrid heads to third straight final after beating Fenerbahce". euroleague.net. May 15, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  14. ^ "CSKA Moscow beats Fenerbahce in third-place game". euroleague.net. May 17, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  15. ^ MVP for January: Jan Vesely, Fenerbahce Istanbul
  16. ^ Jan Vesely won Euroleague 2015-16 January MVP
  17. ^ "Fenerbahce's Vesely sidelined through playoffs". euroleague.net. March 21, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  18. ^ "Vesely signed with Fenerbahce until 2019". Eurohoops.net. July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  19. ^ Ameri kažu da je Jan Veseli Kirilenkov klon Template:Sr icon
  20. ^ Sportal.rs: Jan Veseli: Od Duleta sam mnogo naučio Template:Sr icon (February 7th 2010)
  21. ^ eKapija.com: Jan Vesely, košarkaš Partizana – veselje se širi na sve strane Template:Sr icon (May 7th 2010)
  22. ^ Mondo: Veseli, srećan ti put! Template:Sr icon (June 16th 2011)
  23. ^ a b Sport: Jan Veseli: U Češkoj ne znaju ko sam Template:Sr icon (February 15th 2010)
  24. ^ Vesti.com: Lepo mu u Beogradu, pa ne žuri u Ameriku Template:Sr icon (January 9th 2011)
  25. ^ Press: Jan Veseli: Povešću celu familiju u Pariz Template:Sr icon (May 5th 2010)
  26. ^ Kurir: Jan Veseli: Rašić uz Džordana Template:Sr icon (January 8th 2011)
  27. ^ a b Mondo: Veseli u Mondu: Iz Amerike – pravac Beograd Template:Sr icon (June 10th 2011)
  28. ^ S Media.com: Veseli: Kraj karijere u dresu Partizana Template:Sr icon (June 10th 2011)
  29. ^ The Washington Post: Jan Vesely meets the D.C. media Template:En icon (June 27th 2011)
  30. ^ Fenerbahçe taraftarından Jan Vesely'e özel şarkı

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