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Also known as Zaur Pachulia

Georgian basketball player

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Zaza Pachulia is a male basketball player and athlete who competed as a power forward and center. He holds citizenship in Turkey and Georgia, and his native language is Turkish. Pachulia began his professional career in 1999 and ended his work period in 2019. During his time in the National Basketball Association, he wore sport number 27. He was drafted by the Orlando Magic and played for teams including the Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, Ülkerspor, and Galatasaray S.K.

Pachulia represented Georgia in international competition, participating in FIBA EuroBasket 2011, FIBA EuroBasket 2015, and FIBA EuroBasket 2017. He was born in Tbilisi in 1984. His name in his native language is ზაზა ფაჩულია. In recognition of his achievements, he received the Order of Honour.

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Key facts

2011
Galatasaray
Title
Consultant
League
NBA
Born
( 1984-02-10 ) 10 February 1984 (age 42) , Tbilisi , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union
Nationality
Georgian / Turkish
Listed height
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight
270 lb (122 kg)
Nba draft
2003 : 2nd round, 42nd overall pick
Drafted by
Orlando Magic
Playing career
1999–2019
Position
Center
1999 2003
Ülkerspor
2003 2004
Orlando Magic
2004 2005
Milwaukee Bucks
2005 2013
Atlanta Hawks
2013 2015
Milwaukee Bucks
2015 2016
Dallas Mavericks
2016 2018
Golden State Warriors

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Basketball
Position
Center

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Tbilisi
Occupation
athlete
Languages spoken
Turkish
Native language
Turkish
Participant in
FIBA EuroBasket 2017
Member of team
Detroit Pistons
Position played
center
Country for sport
Georgia (country)
Mass
129
Image
Zaza Pachulia driving to basket (cropped).jpg
Height
211
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Commons category
Zaza Pachulia
date of birth
1984-02-10
drafted by
Orlando Magic
sport number
27
end of work period
2019-00-00
start of work period
1999-00-00
social media followers
149002
name in native language
ზაზა ფაჩულია
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Encyclopedic overview

Zaur "Zaza" Pachulia (Georgian: ზაზა ფაჩულია; Georgian pronunciation: [zaza patʃʰulia], born 10 February 1984) is a Georgian professional basketball executive and former player who is a basketball operations consultant for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Beginning his professional career in Turkey as a teenager, Pachulia was drafted in the second round of the 2003 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic. He played for seven teams in his 16-year NBA career, winning two championships with the Warriors in 2017 and 2018. He also played for the Georgia national team, captaining them in multiple tournaments. Pachulia also had a reputation of being a "dirty" player, notably injuring Kawhi Leonard during the 2017 playoffs that led to a rule change named after him, called the "Zaza rule".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zaza Pachulia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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