Daniel Theis

Daniel Theis (born April 4, 1992) is a German professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After seven seasons in the Basketball Bundesliga where he was a four-time All Star and three-time champion, Theis signed with the Boston Celtics of the NBA where he played for four seasons before a trade brought him to the Chicago Bulls in March 2021. The Bulls traded Theis to the Houston Rockets in August 2021, who in turn traded Theis back to the Celtics in February 2022, before being traded to the Indiana Pacers in July 2022. With the Celtics, he reached the NBA Finals during his second stint with the team.

Daniel Theis
Theis with Germany in 2023
No. 27 – Indiana Pacers
PositionCenter
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1992-04-04) April 4, 1992
Salzgitter, Germany
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2013: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2012Phantoms Braunschweig
2010–2012→SG Braunschweig
2012–2014Ratiopharm Ulm
2014–2017Brose Bamberg
2017–2021Boston Celtics
2021Chicago Bulls
2021–2022Houston Rockets
2022Boston Celtics
2022–presentIndiana Pacers
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Germany
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 Philippines–Japan–Indonesia
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place2022 Germany

Early life

Born in Salzgitter, Theis went through the Braunschweig youth system.

Professional career

Phantoms Braunschweig (2010–2012)

Theis made his debut in the German top-tier level league, the Basketball Bundesliga, during the 2010–11 season. Theis primarily gained playing time with Braunschweig's development squad, where he played alongside his older brother, Frank,[1] from 2010 to 2012. He earned the Eurobasket.com website's All-2.Pro B Most Improved Player of the Year honors in 2011. In Braunschweig, Theis was also a teammate of fellow future NBA player Dennis Schröder.[2]

Ratiopharm Ulm (2012–2014)

In the 2013–14 season, while with Ratiopharm Ulm, Theis won the BBL Best Young Player award.[3]

Brose Bamberg (2014–2017)

Following his breakout season with Ulm, Theis signed with fellow German Bundesliga club Brose Bamberg.[4] In the 2014 off-season, he played in the 2014 NBA Summer League for the Washington Wizards' summer league team.

In the 2014–15 season, Theis won his first German League championship with Brose Baskets. Brose beat FC Bayern Munich 3–2 in the German League Finals.[5] In April 2015, he signed a fresh two-year deal with the Bamberg team,[6] and he won two more German championships with Bamberg, in 2016 and 2017.

Boston Celtics (2017–2021)

On July 20, 2017, Theis signed with the Boston Celtics.[7] He made his NBA debut on October 18 against the Milwaukee Bucks.[8] On March 12, 2018, Theis suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee,[9] and missed the remainder of the 2017–18 season after Theis repaired his left knee lateral meniscus in a surgery.[10]

On October 29, 2018, Theis was found to have a slight tear of the plantar fascia in his right foot and was scheduled to be out indefinitely, but he returned shortly after the injury on November 11 vs. the Portland Trail Blazers.[11][12]

On July 17, 2019, the Boston Celtics announced that they had re-signed Theis, along with former Brose Bamberg teammate Brad Wanamaker.[13] The contract was reported to be worth $10 million in total for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.[14]

Two thirds through the season, on February 21, 2020, Theis had a career-high 25 points and 16 rebounds in a win against the Minnesota Timberwolves.[15] Celtics coach Brad Stevens said that Theis complemented the rest of the starters, playing in a way that "fits the other guys perfect."[16]

Chicago Bulls (2021)

On March 25, 2021, Theis was traded to the Chicago Bulls in a three-team trade involving the Washington Wizards.[17] By April 12, he had worked his way into the starting lineup against the Memphis Grizzlies.[18] On April 26, Theis scored 23 points and had 12 rebounds and 5 assists in a 110–102 victory against the Miami Heat.[19]

Houston Rockets (2021–2022)

On August 7, 2021, Theis was traded to the Houston Rockets via a sign-and-trade deal.[20]

Return to the Celtics (2022)

On February 10, 2022, the Boston Celtics re-acquired Theis from the Rockets in exchange for Bruno Fernando, Enes Freedom, and Dennis Schröder.[21] Theis and the Celtics reached the NBA Finals, but lost to the Golden State Warriors in 6 games.

Indiana Pacers (2022–present)

On July 9, 2022, Theis was traded, alongside Nik Stauskas, Aaron Nesmith, Malik Fitts, Juwan Morgan and a 2023 first-round pick, to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Malcolm Brogdon.[22] On February 2, 2023, after missing over 50 games due to knee surgery, Theis made his Pacers debut against the Los Angeles Lakers.[23] On February 13, against the Utah Jazz, Theis recorded a season–high 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists as the Pacers starting center.[24] Theis spent the season as a mentor and backup to Myles Turner, Jalen Smith, and Isaiah Jackson before falling out of the Pacers rotation.[25]

National team career

Theis was a member of the junior national teams of Germany. With Germany's junior national teams, he played at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Theis with Germany men's national basketball team at EuroBasket 2017 qualification in 2016

On July 27, 2014, Theis made his first appearance with the senior German national basketball team in a game against Finland.[26] With Germany's senior team, he played at the EuroBasket 2015 qualification tournament.[27] On September 10, 2023, Daniel Theis and the German national team achieved their first-ever FIBA World Cup championship, defeating Serbia in the championship match held in the Philippines.

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

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 Boston 63314.9.541.310.7534.3.9.5.85.3
2018–19 Boston 66213.8.549.388.7373.41.0.3.65.7
2019–20 Boston 656424.1.566.333.7636.61.7.61.39.2
2020–21 Boston 423724.5.552.347.6875.21.6.61.09.5
2020–21 Chicago 231425.0.522.281.6515.91.8.7.610.0
2021–22 Houston 262122.5.469.291.6755.0.8.4.78.4
2021–22 Boston 21618.7.598.357.6884.71.0.4.77.9
2022–23 Indiana 7115.6.477.182.4173.11.3.3.97.0
Career 31314819.5.543.326.7144.91.3.5.97.6

Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019 Boston 706.0.357.0001.0001.4.0.1.11.7
2020 Boston 171728.4.521.154.7887.11.5.41.28.9
2022 Boston 16512.5.588.214.7503.3.7.3.54.3
Career 402218.1.527.167.7914.6.9.3.85.8

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2015–16 Brose Bamberg 24119.6.536.389.7644.4.5.5.69.29.4
2016–17 Brose Bamberg 30119.7.598.410.7094.6.7.7.99.610.7
Career 54219.7.571.400.7364.5.6.6.89.410.1

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