Jiří Welsch
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Jiří Welsch (born January 27, 1980 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia (present Czech Republic)) is a Czech professional basketball player currently with the Unicaja Malaga in the Spanish ACB.
Welsch began his professional career as a teenager with BHC SKP Pardubice of the Czech Republic, where he played until 1998. He signed with Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) for the 1998-99 season, and then with Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia), where he played until 2002. He was named Mattoni League Most Valuable Player following the 2001-02 campaign.
Welsch was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 16th selection of the 2002 NBA Draft, but was immediately traded to the Golden State Warriors. He spent one season with the Warriors (1.6 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 0.7 apg in 37 games) in 2002-03 before he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, along with Antawn Jamison, Chris Mills and Danny Fortson, in exchange for Evan Eschmeyer, Nick Van Exel, Avery Johnson, Popeye Jones and Antoine Rigaudeau on August 18, 2003. Without ever playing a game for them, Welsch, along with Mills, Raef LaFrentz and a lottery-protected 2004 pick, was traded by Dallas to the Boston Celtics on October 20, 2003 in exchange for Antoine Walker and Tony Delk.
Welsch became a solid contributor for the Celtics (8.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.0 apg in 136 games), starting 100 games in 2003-04 and 2004-05. Despite his improvement, Welsch was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers on 24 February 2005, where he spent the remainder of the 2004-05 season (2.9 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 1.2 apg in 16 games).
On June 28, 2005, Welsch was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 2006 second round draft pick.
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| Year | Age | Team | G | Min | Pts | PPG | FGM | FGA | FGP | FTM | FTA | FTP | 3PM | 3PA | 3PP | REB | RPG | AST | APG | STL | BLK | TO | ||
| 2002-03 | 23 | Golden St. Warriors | 37 | 234 | 61 | 1.6 | 19 | 75 | .253 | 22 | 29 | .759 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 28 | 0.8 | 27 | 0.7 | 8 | 2 | 19 | ||
| 2003-04 | 24 | Boston Celtics | 81 | 2179 | 746 | 9.2 | 262 | 612 | .428 | 153 | 206 | .743 | 69 | 181 | .381 | 296 | 3.7 | 183 | 2.3 | 101 | 7 | 129 | ||
| 2004-05 | 25 | Boston Celtics | 55 | 1125 | 415 | 7.5 | 137 | 320 | .428 | 109 | 141 | .773 | 32 | 99 | .323 | 139 | 2.5 | 84 | 1.5 | 39 | 5 | 58 | ||
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 16 | 192 | 46 | 2.9 | 12 | 51 | .235 | 20 | 28 | .714 | 2 | 11 | .182 | 28 | 1.8 | 19 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Season | 71 | 1317 | 461 | 6.5 | 149 | 371 | .402 | 129 | 169 | .763 | 34 | 110 | .309 | 167 | 2.4 | 103 | 1.5 | 44 | 5 | 73 | ||||
| 3 Season Totals | 189 | 3730 | 1268 | 6.7 | 430 | 1058 | .406 | 304 | 404 | .752 | 104 | 295 | .353 | 491 | 2.6 | 313 | 1.7 | 153 | 14 | 221 | ||||
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| First Round Yao Ming | Jay Williams | Mike Dunleavy, Jr. | Drew Gooden | Nikoloz Tskitishvili | Dajuan Wagner | Maybyner "Nene" Hilario | Chris Wilcox | Amare Stoudemire | Caron Butler | Jared Jeffries | Melvin Ely | Marcus Haislip | Fred Jones | Bostjan Nachbar | Jiri Welsch | Juan Dixon | Curtis Borchardt | Ryan Humphrey | Kareem Rush | Qyntel Woods | Casey Jacobsen | Tayshaun Prince | Nenad Krstić | Frank Williams | John Salmons | Chris Jefferies | Dan Dickau |
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| Second Round Steve Logan | Roger Mason, Jr. | Robert Archibald | Vincent Yarbrough | Dan Gadzuric | Carlos Boozer | Milos Vujanić | David Andersen | Tito Maddox | Rod Grizzard | Juan Carlos Navarro | Mario Kasun | Ronald Murray | Jason Jennings | Lonny Baxter | Sam Clancy | Matt Barnes | Jamal Sampson | Chris Owens | Peter Fehse | Darius Songaila | Federico Kammerichs | Marcus Taylor | Rasual Butler | Tamar Slay | Mladen Sekularac | Luis Scola | Randy Holcomb | Corsley Edwards |
