James Gist
Gist with Panathinaikos in 2014.
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| No. 14 – Panathinaikos | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League |
Greek Basket League EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
October 26, 1986 Adana, Turkey |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Our Lady of Good Counsel (Wheaton, Maryland) |
| College | Maryland (2004–2008) |
| NBA draft | 2008 / Round: 2 / Pick: 57th overall |
| Selected by the San Antonio Spurs | |
| Playing career | 2008–present |
| Career history | |
| 2008–2009 | Angelico Biella |
| 2009–2010 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| 2010–2011 | Partizan |
| 2011–2012 | Fenerbahçe Ülker |
| 2012 | Unicaja Málaga |
| 2012–present | Panathinaikos |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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James Clough Gist III (born October 26, 1986), is an American professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he plays mainly at the power forward position, but he also often is used as a 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 is considered one of the best power forwards in Europe, due to his defensive abilities and for his dunks, alley-oops, and his athleticism.
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.
Gist played college basketball at the University of Maryland, where he played with the Maryland Terrapins. Gist scored a career-high 31 points against Wake Forest. 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. 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).
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