PLAYER DETAILS
Jakob Pöltl profile
- Club
- _Retired Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- Austria
- Date of birth
- 1995-10-15
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria
- Height
- 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
- Weight
- 230 lb (104 kg)
PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
About Jakob Pöltl
Jakob Pöltl or Jakob Poeltl (German pronunciation: ; born 15 October 1995) is an Austrian professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs 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 declared for the 2016 NBA draft, where the Toronto Raptors selected him in the first round with the ninth overall pick.