Johannes Thiemann Explained

Johannes Thiemann
Position:	Power forward / center
Height M:	2.05
Weight Kg:	110
League:	B.League
Team:	Gunma Crane Thunders
Number:	32
Birth Date:	9 February 1994
Birth Place:	Trier, Germany
Career Start:	2015
Years1:	2013–2016
Team1:	Brose Bamberg
Years2:	2014–2016
Team2:	→Baunach Young Pikes
Years3:	2016–2018
Team3:	Riesen Ludwigsburg
Years4:	2018–2024
Team4:	Alba Berlin
Years5:	2024–present
Team5:	Gunma Crane Thunders
Highlights:	5× BBL champion (2015, 2016, 2020–2022) BBL Finals MVP (2022) German Cup winner (2022) 2× BBL All-Star (2017, 2018) ProA Young Player of the Year (2016)

Johannes Thiemann (born February 9, 1994) is a German professional basketball player for Gunma Crane Thunders of the Japanese B.League. He previously played for Alba Berlin.

Professional career

On June 3, 2016, Thiemann signed a two-year deal with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg.^[1] During the 2020–21 season, he averaged 7.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game with Alba Berlin. Thiemann re-signed a three-year deal with the team on June 21, 2021.^[2] On July 13, 2024, Thiemann parted ways with Alba after six years.

International career

In 2016, Thiemann was selected for the German national basketball team, to play in the qualification rounds for the EuroBasket 2017.^[3] Thiemann played with Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He averaged 6.5 points per game and helped his country reach the quarterfinals.^[4] He won the 2023 FIBA World Cup with the German national basketball team.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| Alba Berlin| 16 || 3 || 14.2 || .547 || .538 || .750 || 3.1 || .8 || .3 || || 6.1 || 7.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| 31 || 9 || 18.9 || .448 || .377 || .800 || 3.8 || 1.5 || .7 || || 7.7 || 9.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| 23 || 9 || 18.6 || .469 || .308 || .600 || 3.5 || 1.7 || .6 || || 6.9 || 8.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| 28 || 4 || 17.8 || .473 || .231 || .795 || 4.1 || 1.3 || .5 || .1 || 8.0 || 10.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| 29 || 24 || 25.0 || .484 || .344 || .786 || 5.2 || 1.9 || .9 || .1 || 12.7 || 16.4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 127 || 49 || 19.4 || .476 || .338 || .761 || 4.1 || 1.5 || .6 || .0 || 8.6 || 10.8

EuroCup

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Bamberg| 1 || 0 || 1.0 || || || || || || || || 0.0 || -1.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| 2 || 0 || 2.0 || || || || || || || || 0.0 || 0.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Alba Berlin| 20 || 0 || 12.5 || .554 || .200 || .717 || 2.2 || .3 || .7 || .1 || 5.1 || 5.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 22 || 0 || 11.5 || .554 || .200 || .717 || 2.0 || .3 || .6 || .0 || 4.6 || 4.5

Basketball Champions League

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Riesen Ludwigsburg| 20 || 18 || 17.3 || .547 || .400 || .753 || 4.3 || .3 || .5 || .2 || 9.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| 12 || 12 || 18.6 || .554 || .600 || .760 || 5.4 || .5 || .3 || .1 || 11.1|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 32 || 30 || 17.8 || .550 || .500 || .756 || 4.7 || .4 || .4 || .2 || 10.0

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League
			4	10.0	.308		.500	4.3	.3			2.5
			16	19.3	.604		.534	5.6	.7	.8	.3	8.8
			6	2.7	.000		.000	.5	.3	.2		0.0
			27	21.8	.475	.333	.664	5.7	.6	.5	.3	9.5
			5	2.8						.2		0.0
			27	32.2	.546	.313	.637	9.5	1.9	.8	.3	15.1
			37	16.4	.505	.286	.716	4.8	.3	.7	.3	8.3
			19	16.8	.517	.400	.656	4.0	.8	.5	.1	10.4
			40	15.2	.627	.500	.710	4.0	.6	.6	.1	8.3
			18	15.5	.529	.200	.784	4.9	.6	.4	.1	6.8
			36	17.1	.542	.326	.759	4.1	1.2	.7	.1	7.5
			36	16.8	.524	.296	.829	4.2	1.9	.7	.1	8.6
			33	17.1	.600	.302	.833	4.3	2.3	.6	.1	9.7
			32	20.2	.517	.208	.829	4.4	1.8	.8	.2	12.1 Personal life Thiemann was born in Germany to a Cameroonian father and German mother.^[5] External links

Notes and References

1. News: Johannes Thiemann signs with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg. June 3, 2016. July 27, 2016 . Sportando.com.
2. News: Johannes Thiemann officially re-signs with Alba Berlin . Sportando . June 21, 2021 . June 21, 2021 . Maggi . Alessandro .
3. News: DBB-Herren nominiert. Basketball-bund.de. June 21, 2016. July 27, 2016. German. November 9, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211109091213/https://www.basketball-bund.de/news/teams/a-herren/dbb-herren-nominiert-162248. dead.
4. News: Johannes THIEMANN at the Tokyo 2020 Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament . August 5, 2021 . FIBA.basketball . en.
5. Web site: Johannes Thiemann ist verliebt in Berlin. Dietmar. Wenck. January 16, 2021. morgenpost.de.