Daniel Theis
German basketball player (born 1992)
Daniel Theis (; born 4 April 1992) is a German professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague. 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. He reached the NBA Finals during his second stint with the Celtics.
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, 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.
Ratiopharm Ulm (2012–2014)
In the 2013–14 season, while with Ratiopharm Ulm, Theis won the BBL Best Young Player award.
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