Tyler Zeller
Tyler Zeller was born in Visalia, California, United States on January 17th, 1990 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 34, Tyler Zeller biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Tyler Paul Zeller (born January 17, 1990) is an American professional basketball player.
He is the nephew of former NBA player Al Eberhard, and the brother of fellow NBA players Cody Zeller and Luke Zeller.
High school career
Tyler Zeller, a native of Visalia, California, grew up in Washington, Indiana, attending Washington High School. His squad won four sectional championships as well as state Class 3A championships in his freshman and senior years (2005 and 2008). He averaged 33.1 points and 11.0 rebounds per game in his senior year, as well as shooting 69% from the field and 82% from the free throw line. In his last high school game, the '08 Class 3A final against Fort Wayne Harding, he scored 47 points, a record for scoring by a player in an Indiana boys' state championship game that hadn't been held since 1970. He wasn't just a basketball superstar but also served on Washington High's tennis team for three years, and his high school career culminated in a 3.99 grade point average, good for third in his graduating class. He was named "Mr. Basketball" in Indiana after the 2008 season, the state's highest honour for high school athletes. He received the award three years after his brother Luke was nominated for the same honor three years and three years before his brother Cody was recognized with the same accolade three years ago. He was also named a McDonald's All-American, as well as a first-team Parade All-American.
Zeller expressed his intention to play in North Carolina in the early stages of the signing process in November 2007. "I think he is the best running big man in the country, and he has a natural shooting touch to go with the ability to run the floor," Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams said of Zeller when the university announced his signing. Zeller demonstrated remarkable shooting touch at a high school all-star game at the 2008 Kentucky Derby Festival, where he won the event's three-point shooting competition.
Zeller, who was considered as the No. 1 by Rivals.com, was listed as the No. 1 in the No. 62; a four-star recruiter. The No. 7 center and the No. 1 are located in the United States. In 2008, the 33th greatest player in the country was named in the country's top 30 players.
College career
Zeller started the 2008–09 season in place of the previous season's consensus national Player of the Year, Tyler Hansbrough, who was sidelined with a stress reaction in his right shin. He scored 18 points in Carolina's season-opening victory over Penn in his first game.
On November 18, the Tar Heels' next game, against another equally storied squad, Kentucky. The Heels won by a 77-58 victory over the Wildcats, but the Wildcats sustained another injury blast, this time involving Zeller. Zeller went for a breakaway dunk off a turnover with a turnover but was fouled by Kentucky's Ramon Harris before he could score. Zeller staggered down, got up, and was led to the locker room with his left hand tied.
Zeller had broken both of the major bones in his lower left arm, according to X-rays (the radius and ulna). He underwent surgery at UNC Hospitals to repair the fractured bones the day after the accident. Zeller's cast was first removed in early January 2009.
Zeller made his appearance in the Tar Heels' home game against North Carolina State on February 18, 2009, playing 8 minutes and scoring 2 points.
Zeller, a sophomore, scored 9.3 points per game on 51% shooting and 4.6 rebounds per game in limited action off the bench.
Zeller's junior year, he scored 15.7 points per game. He shot 57% and averaged 7.2 rebounds per game. He was in a more active role during his sophomore campaign, playing an average of 28.1 minutes per game, much more than the 17.4 minutes per game.
During his senior season, Zeller averaged 16.5 points per game on 53% shooting. He also played an average of 28.2 minutes per game.
Zeller was selected to the All-ACC First Team his senior year and was named the ACC Player of the Year. As a senior, Zeller was also named as a second team all American by the Sporting News and the USBWA. Both awards made him eligible to have his jersey embroidered in the Smith Center's rafters at the end of his college career.
Professional career
Zeller, along with North Carolina teammates Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall, and John Henson revealed that they were entering the 2012 NBA draft. He was the fourth Tar Heel to be selected in the first round by the Dallas Mavericks with the 17th pick in the draft. On draft night, he was drafted into the Cleveland Cavaliers, and on July 5, 2012, he signed his rookie scale deal with the Cavaliers.
Zeller underwent emergency appendectomy surgery to remove his appendix and was later barred from office indefinitely. In the team's 2013-14 season opener against the Brooklyn Nets, he recovered from the surgery in time to face the Brooklyn Nets.
Zeller scored a career-high 23 points in an 118–111 loss to the Houston Rockets on March 22, 2014.
Zeller was traded to the Boston Celtics in a three-team trade that also involved the Cavaliers and the Brooklyn Nets on July 10, 2014. In a 113–96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, he scored a career-high 24 points on 10-of-11 shooting on December 5, 2014. On March 16, 2015, he set a new career high against the Philadelphia 76ers by scoring 26 points on 11-of-15 shootings to help the Celtics defeat the 76ers 108-89.
Zeller served as the Celtics' starting center in the 2015–16 season but the Celtics' starting center was moved to the bench after just three games. Zeller had nine DNPs in the Celtics' first 25 games of the season. In a loss to the Detroit Pistons on December 16, he scored a season-high 12 points, going 5-of-7 from the field in less than ten minutes. Zeller started getting more minutes in early February after winning two 16-point games against the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 5, both victories. In a 128-119 victory over the Sacramento Kings on February 7, he tied for his highest point in the season. In a 124-109 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on April 8, he tied for a career high with 26 points.
The Celtics made Zeller a restricted free agent on June 29, 2016. On July 27, 2016, he returned to the Celtics to re-sign. He was waived by the Celtics on July 2, 2017.
Zeller signed a multi-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets on September 12, 2017.
Zeller was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Rashad Vaughn and the right to a future second-round draft pick on February 5, 2018. He was waived by the Bucks on October 13, 2018.
Zeller agreed to a 10-day deal with the Atlanta Hawks on March 7, 2019. On the termination of his 10-day deal, he was not retained by the Hawks.
Zeller resigned with the Memphis Grizzlies for the remainder of the season on April 5, 2019.
Zeller had signed up for training camp on September 28, 2019. The Nuggets waived Zeller on October 18, 2019.
Following the revival of league play following the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Antonio Spurs signed Zeller to their roster for the 2019-20 season. Zeller was on the Spurs' training camp roster on December 2, but was later waived by the San Antonio Spurs on December 19.