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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | September 26, 1974 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA Draft | 1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25th overall |
| Selected by the Utah Jazz | |
| Pro career | 1990–2010 |
| Career history | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 389 |
| Rebounds | 181 |
| Assists | 50 |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
Martin Müürsepp (born September 26, 1974 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian retired professional basketball player and basketball coach.
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In the 1996 NBA Draft he was selected in the 1st round (25th overall) by the Utah Jazz. After the draft, Müürsepp was traded to Miami Heat for a future draft pick (no. 23 in the 2000 draft).
He has played 83 games in the NBA for Dallas Mavericks and the Heat, averaging 4.7 points, 2.2 rebounds in 11.5 minutes per game. His career highs include 24 points, 14 rebounds and 37 minutes played. He still stands as the only Estonian to have ever played basketball in the NBA.
After the NBA he spent three years playing in Greece for Aris Thessaloniki and AEK Athens. With AEK he won the 2000 Saporta Cup and the 2000 and 2001 Greek Basketball Cups.
Müürsepp became the silver medalist of the 2001–02 and 2003–04 Russian National League with UNICS Kazan and the 2002–03 with Ural Great Perm. He competed in the 2003–04 Uleb Cup with UNICS Kazan. He played with CSKA Moscow in 2004–05 before returning to UNICS Kazan. After playing for one season in Estonia, Müürsepp signed for the Australian NBL's Melbourne Tigers On August 2007.[1] Because of an injury, he left the team mid-season, returning to Estonia. In February 2008 he signed with BC Kalev/Cramo. He was a member of the team for almost a year, but played no official games. In March 2010 Müürsepp made his comeback with BC Rakvere Tarvas in KML.
Martin Müürsepp became BC Kalev/Cramo's assistant coach for the 2010–11 season.
He used to be a key member of the Estonian national team. In 2005, he announced his retirement from active international competition. However, he agreed to return for the 2007 EuroBasket qualifying tournament.
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 1996–97 | Miami | 10 | 0 | 2.7 | .357 | .250 | .429 | .5 | .3 | .0 | .1 | 1.7 |
| 1996–97 | Dallas | 32 | 0 | 10.0 | .419 | .150 | .679 | 1.9 | .5 | .4 | .3 | 4.3 |
| 1997–98 | Dallas | 41 | 7 | 14.7 | .435 | .421 | .761 | 2.8 | .7 | .7 | .3 | 5.7 |
| Career | 83 | 7 | 11.5 | .425 | .323 | .693 | 2.2 | .6 | .5 | .3 | 4.7 |
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