Aleksander Dziewa

Aleksander Dziewa is a Polish basketball player for Hamburg Towers of the Basketball Bundesliga and the EuroCup.

Aleksander Dziewa
No. 10 – Hamburg Towers
PositionPower forward / center
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997
Konin, Poland
NationalityPolish
Listed height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight249 lb (113 kg)
Career information
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2023Śląsk Wrocław
2023–presentHamburg Towers
Career highlights and awards

Early life

Aleksander Dziewa played chess regularly until he enrolled in middle school. He started basketball at age 16.[2]

Professional career

Dziewa started his club career with Śląsk Wrocław in the I Liga.[2]

The 2018–19 I Liga season was a turning point for him. In the first match against KKS Pro-Basket Kutno, he scored 28 points. Then, excluding one game, he regularly scored around 20 points. His "favorite" rival was SKK Siedlce, against whom he averaged 38 points in both matches. This achievement was especially noteworthy as Dziewa's coach Radosław Hyży took Dziewa out of the game early in order to give other players time to develop.[2]

Throughout the season, Dziewa averaged 22.2 points and 9.7 rebounds per meeting. In the last match against SKK Siedlce, his efficiency index was as high as 46.[2]

He was one of the cornerstones of the team that promoted to the Polish Basketball League in 2019.[2]

With Śląsk Wrocław, as one of the key players Dziewa helped defeat Legia Warszawa 86:85 in extra time for the bronze medal match. The result superseded expectations. For this final game of the season, Dziewa praised the performance of both Elijah Stewart and Strahinja Jovanovic.[2]

On July 12, 2023, he signed with Hamburg Towers of the Basketball Bundesliga.[3]

National team

In the summer of 2018, Aleksander Dziewa was called up to the Polish national team B, with which he played several matches in China.[2]

Because of Dziewa's strong performances in the national league, head coach Mike Taylor appointed Dziewa for the Polish main national team for the victorious 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification games against Croatia and the Netherlands.[1]

References
  1. EBL: Aleksander Dziewa: To nieopisana radość. Nikt w Polsce na nas nie stawiał Mariusz Hawryszczuk (Polsat Sport), 25 April 2021. Accessed 20 May 2021.(in Polish)
  2. Aleksander Dziewa. Czas uciekać w świat Jakub Artych (sportowefakty.wp.pl), 28 January 2021. Accessed 20 May 2021.(in Polish)
  3. "Aleksander Dziewa inks with Towers Hamburg". Sportando. July 12, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
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