James Gist

James Gist
Gist with Crvena zvezda in 2019
Personal information
Born (1986-10-26) October 26, 1986 (age 38)
Adana, Turkey[1]
NationalityAmerican / Turkish[2]
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High schoolOur Lady of Good Counsel
(Wheaton, Maryland)
CollegeMaryland (2004–2008)
NBA draft2008: 2nd round, 57th overall pick
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career2008–2024
PositionPower forward
Career history
2008–2009Biella
2009–2010Lokomotiv Kuban
2010–2011Partizan
2011–2012Fenerbahçe
2012Málaga
2012–2019Panathinaikos
2019–2020Crvena zvezda
2020–2021Bayern Munich
2021–2022ASVEL
2022–2023Bahçeşehir Koleji
2023–2024Peñarol
2024Prawira Bandung
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

James Clough Gist III (born October 26, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he played as a power forward and small ball center. Born in Adana, Turkey, he played high school basketball for Our Lady of Good Counsel, before enrolling to the University of Maryland to play college basketball for the Terrapins, from 2004 to 2008. Gist was considered for a time one of the best forward-centers in Europe, due to his defensive abilities and for his dunks, alley-oops, and his athleticism.[3]

High school career

Gist attended Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. In his senior season, he averaged 19.5 points per game, to go along with 10.3 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game, while he also became his school's all-time leader in blocked shots, with over 300.[4]

College career

Gist played college basketball at the University of Maryland, where he played with the Maryland Terrapins.[5] Gist scored a career-high 31 points against Wake Forest.[6][7] Throughout the course of 4 NCAA Division I seasons, Gist appeared in 130 games for Maryland, averaging 10.9 points per game, 6.0 rebounds per game, and 1.8 blocks per game.[8] At the time of his graduation, Gist was fourth all-time in blocked shots for Maryland, with 231, tenth in rebounds, with 783, and seventeenth in points scored, with 1,414 (later surpassed by Greivis Vásquez).[9]

Professional career

Gist was drafted 57th overall, in the 2008 NBA draft, by the San Antonio Spurs. After spending a year with the Italian League club Biella,[10] Gist signed a contract with the Russian team Lokomotiv-Kuban for the 2009–10 season.[11] Gist played for the Spurs in the 2010 NBA Summer League,[12] but was waived on October 19, 2010.[13]

Then he played with Partizan Belgrade during the 2010–11 season, where he won the Basketball League of Serbia championship, the Radivoj Korać Cup, and the Adriatic League championship. In the summer of 2011, he signed a contract with the Turkish League club Fenerbahçe Ülker.[14][15] Shortly afterwards, it was announced that he had a sample that tested positive for cannabis use, while playing for Partizan.[16] On July 7, 2012, Fenerbahçe announced that Gist would not play the next season with the club.[17]

On August 15, 2012, Gist signed one-year deal (with an option for one more season) with the Spanish League club Unicaja Málaga.[18][19] On September 26, he won the slam dunk contest of the Spanish League.[20] Gist joined the Greek League club Panathinaikos, in December 2012, as part of a trade with Andy Panko.[21] At the end of the season, Gist renewed his contract with Panathinaikos for two additional seasons.[22]

Gist with Panathinaikos

On March 17, 2015, Panathinaikos announced that they had agreed to terms with Gist to renew his contract for an extra two years, keeping him in Athens until 2017.[23]

On April 5, 2015, Gist again tested positive for cannabis use, for the second time in his career, after the Greek Cup final against Apollon Patras.[24] Eventually, on May 12, Gist was suspended for 8 months from participating in sports events.[25] In the end, his suspension was reduced to 6 months, and Gist was allowed to play normally, from the beginning of the season. On October 22, 2015, while competing with Panathinaikos in a EuroLeague 2015–16 season game against Karşıyaka, Gist made a new personal EuroLeague career single-game scoring high,[26] with 27 points scored.[27]

On July 5, 2017, Gist signed a two-year contract extension with Panathinaikos.[28]

On July 8, 2019, Gist signed a two-year contract with Serbian team Crvena zvezda.[29] He averaged 7.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.

On December 3, 2020, he signed with Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga.[30]

On September 25, 2021, he has signed with ASVEL of the LNB Pro A.[31] The contract was extended to the end of the season on December 15.[32]

On November 4, 2022, he signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[33] He also played in Uruguay for Peñarol[34] and in Indonesia for Prawira Bandung,[35] before ending his playing career by joining the Pro-Fit Basketball Training camp as a trainer.[36]

Personal life

Gist is the son of Linda and James C. Gist Jr., and was born in İncirlik, Adana, Turkey, on October 26, 1986, when his father was in the US Air Force, and stationed at İncirlik Air Base.[37] He was the first American child who was born at İncirlik Air Base.[38][39]

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

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Partizan 14 9 29.9 .384 .467 .681 6.9 1.6 1.0 1.0 11.4 11.8
2011–12 Fenerbahçe 16 16 25.1 .479 .321 .769 4.5 .9 1.3 .9 7.4 8.8
2012–13 Unicaja / Panathinaikos 29 14 22.2 .426 .347 .587 4.5 .6 .7 .7 8.1 8.1
2013–14 Panathinaikos 26 17 23.4 .530 .342 .629 3.6 .8 1.1 .7 8.9 9.5
2014–15 Panathinaikos 28 17 23.0 .456 .319 .731 4.3 1.5 1.0 .6 9.5 10.5
2015–16 Panathinaikos 26 26 26.3 .535 .345 .565 4.6 1.5 1.0 .6 10.9 11.4
2016–17 Panathinaikos 15 14 22.5 .536 .167 .633 4.3 .8 1.1 .5 8.5 8.9
2017–18 Panathinaikos 34 28 25.2 .546 .250 .674 4.4 1.0 .8 .4 9.8 10.5
2018–19 Panathinaikos 33 14 20.8 .534 .391 .706 3.5 1.2 .6 .4 7.8 9.1
2019–20 Crvena zvezda 25 7 20.3 .417 .211 .593 4.4 1.3 .7 .4 7.0 6.7
2020–21 Bayern Munich 23 12 21.6 .444 .167 .638 3.0 .7 .7 .3 5.6 4.2
2021–22 ASVEL 28 21 21.3 .444 .185 .533 2.5 .6 .6 .6 6.0 4.8
Career 297 195 23.1 .485 .317 .648 4.1 1.0 .8 .6 8.4 8.6

References

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  7. ^ "Individual Game Leaders". University of Maryland, College Park. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  8. ^ "James Gist player profile". NCAA. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  9. ^ "Individual Career Leaders". University of Maryland, College Park. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  10. ^ Angelico Biella announced James Gist.
  11. ^ БК «Локомотив-Кубань» заключил контракт с Джеймсом Гистом (in Russian).[permanent dead link‍]
  12. ^ NBA Summer League Rosters - Vegas.
  13. ^ The latest NBA cuts.
  14. ^ Fenerbahçe Ülker's transfers (in Turkish).
  15. ^ Gist passed medical test (in Turkish).
  16. ^ "Turkey - James Gist positive on THC (cannabis)". mlbb.gr. July 1, 2011. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  17. ^ "James Gist won't play for Fenerbahce next season". Sportando. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  18. ^ "Unicaja Malaga agreed to terms with James Gist". Sportando. Archived from the original on August 28, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
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  20. ^ Europa Press James Gist wins slam dunk contest (in Spanish).
  21. ^ Euroleague.net PANATHINAIKOS brings Gist aboard in trade.
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  27. ^ OCTOBER 22, 2015 CET: 21:00 LOCAL TIME: 22:00 OLYMPIC SPORTS CENTER ATHENS.
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