Olympiacos signs Timma

Olympiacos BC announces the agreement with Janis Timma. The Latvian forward will be signing a two year contract.

Τhe Who is Who

He was born on July 2, 1992 in Latvia and is 2.01m.

He started playing basketball at his home town, Krāslava, however, he moved to Riga at the age of 15 to join ASK Riga. He debuted with the professional league in 2011-12 with BK Liepājas Lauvas.

He signed a two year contract with Ventspils in 2012, while he wore the VEF Riga jersey during the 2013-14 season. His next stop (for a total of two seasons) was Russia and Zenit St. Petersburg, while he played for Baskonia last season.

He got drafted at no 60 by the Memphis Grizzlies in 2013, however, his rights are now owned by the Orlando Magic, through trading.

His stats (2017-18)
In 33 Euroleague games he averaged 22.2 minutes, 7.6 p.p.g (76.7% free throws, 67.3% 2p., 41.2% 3p.), 2.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.9 steals. In 42 games for the Liga Endesa, he averaged 22.3 minutes, 7.8 p.p.g (83.7% free throws, 63.4% 2p., 35.1% 3p.), 3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.7 steals.

His titles
Baltic League Champion (2013)
Latvian Champion (2014)
Latvian Champion (2015)

Individual
MVP of the Baltic League Finals (2013)
MVP of the Latvian League play-offs (2014)
Best young player of the Russian League (2015)
Latvian National Team
Μember of the Men's team since 2015
Μember of the U16, U18, U19 and U20 teams
Member of the U18 team that won the bronze medal in 2010