Jakob Pöltl
Pöltl with the Austrian national basketball team in 2015
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| No. 42 – Toronto Raptors | |
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| Position | Center |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
October 15, 1995 Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Utah (2014–2016) |
| NBA draft | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall |
| Selected by the Toronto Raptors | |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2014 | Traiskirchen Lions |
| 2016–present | Toronto Raptors |
| 2016–2017 | →Raptors 905 |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Jakob Pöltl (German pronunciation: ['ja:kop 'pœltl]; born October 15, 1995) is an Austrian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Utah Utes. In his sophomore year, Pöltl was a consensus second-team All-American, and won the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award and Pete Newell Big Man Award as the top collegiate center and low-post player, respectively. After the season, he decided to forgo his remaining college eligibility, and Toronto selected him in the first round of the 2016 NBA draft with the ninth overall pick.
Pöltl was born in Vienna. Both his parents were members of the Austrian national volleyball teams. His parents opted for basketball because there was a youth basketball program near their Vienna home during his childhood. He played one year for the Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions of the Austrian Bundesliga in 2013–14.
Pöltl was largely unknown in the United States until the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. University of Utah assistant Andy Hill went to the tournament, held in Macedonia, largely to scout potential prospects from other teams; he only saw Austria's opening game against the Netherlands because he vowed to watch all 38 teams in person. After seeing Pöltl's 15-rebound performance, Hill began sounding Pöltl out for potential interest in playing U.S. college basketball. Pöltl went on to average a double-double in points and rebounds during the tournament and was named to the second all-tournament team, despite Austria going 1–6 and finishing 20th out of 22 teams in the second-level Division B.
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