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Goga Bitadze

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Goga Bitadze

Goga Bitadze (Georgian: გოგა ბითაძე; born 20 July 1999) is a Georgian professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) and 250 pounds (110 kg), he plays the center and power forward positions. He was drafted 18th overall by the Indiana Pacers in the 2019 NBA draft. Born in Sagarejo, Bitadze started playing basketball professionally with VITA Tbilisi in the VTB United League. In 2015, he moved to Serbian club Mega Basket and was loaned to Serbian League team Smederevo 1953 in the following year. Upon his return to Mega in 2017–18, Bitadze was named most valuable player (MVP) of the Junior ABA League and became a key player for the senior team. At the end of 2018, he was loaned to Budućnost in Montenegro and was named EuroLeague Rising Star for the 2018–19 season. Bitadze is a member of the Georgian national basketball team. He was named to the national team at EuroBasket 2017 and made his debut at FIBA World Cup qualifiers in 2017. Previously, Bitadze represented Georgia at the junior level in FIBA competition.

Infobox

Position
Center / power forward
League
NBA
Born
(1999-07-20) 20 July 1999 (age 26)Sagarejo, Georgia
Listed height
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight
250 lb (113 kg)
NBA draft
2019: 1st round, 18th overall pick
Drafted by
Indiana Pacers
Playing career
2015–present
2015–2016
VITA Tbilisi
2016–2019
Mega
2016–2017
→Smederevo
2018–2019
→Budućnost
2019–2023
Indiana Pacers
2019–2021
→Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2023–present
Orlando Magic

Tables

· Career statistics › NBA › Regular season
2019–20
2019–20
Year
2019–20
Team
Indiana
GP
54
GS
2
MPG
8.7
FG%
467
3P%
190
FT%
727
RPG
2.0
APG
4
SPG
2
BPG
7
PPG
3.2
2020–21
2020–21
Year
2020–21
Team
Indiana
GP
45
GS
3
MPG
12.5
FG%
428
3P%
253
FT%
738
RPG
3.3
APG
8
SPG
2
BPG
1.3
PPG
5.1
2021–22
2021–22
Year
2021–22
Team
Indiana
GP
50
GS
16
MPG
14.6
FG%
520
3P%
288
FT%
681
RPG
3.5
APG
1.1
SPG
4
BPG
8
PPG
7.0
2022–23
2022–23
Year
2022–23
Team
Indiana
GP
21
GS
0
MPG
9.6
FG%
519
3P%
286
FT%
458
RPG
2.3
APG
9
SPG
4
BPG
5
PPG
3.3
Orlando
Orlando
Year
Orlando
Team
17
GP
1
GS
15.0
MPG
575
FG%
167
3P%
667
FT%
5.2
RPG
1.2
APG
4
SPG
9
BPG
5.8
2023–24
2023–24
Year
2023–24
Team
Orlando
GP
62
GS
33
MPG
15.4
FG%
603
3P%
143
FT%
655
RPG
4.6
APG
1.3
SPG
5
BPG
1.2
PPG
5.0
2024–25
2024–25
Year
2024–25
Team
Orlando
GP
70
GS
42
MPG
20.4
FG%
611
3P%
107
FT%
639
RPG
6.6
APG
2.0
SPG
7
BPG
1.4
PPG
7.2
Career
Career
Year
Career
Team
319
GP
97
GS
14.4
MPG
541
FG%
230
3P%
662
FT%
4.1
RPG
1.2
APG
4
SPG
1.1
BPG
5.4
Year
Team
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
2019–20
Indiana
54
2
8.7
467
190
727
2.0
4
2
7
3.2
2020–21
Indiana
45
3
12.5
428
253
738
3.3
8
2
1.3
5.1
2021–22
Indiana
50
16
14.6
520
288
681
3.5
1.1
4
8
7.0
2022–23
Indiana
21
0
9.6
519
286
458
2.3
9
4
5
3.3
Orlando
17
1
15.0
575
167
667
5.2
1.2
4
9
5.8
2023–24
Orlando
62
33
15.4
603
143
655
4.6
1.3
5
1.2
5.0
2024–25
Orlando
70
42
20.4
611
107
639
6.6
2.0
7
1.4
7.2
Career
319
97
14.4
541
230
662
4.1
1.2
4
1.1
5.4
· Career statistics › NBA › Playoffs
2024
2024
Year
2024
Team
Orlando
GP
2
GS
0
MPG
4.9
FG%
000
3P%
—
FT%
—
RPG
1.5
APG
1.0
SPG
0
BPG
0
PPG
0
Career
Career
Year
Career
Team
2
GP
0
GS
4.9
MPG
000
FG%
—
3P%
—
FT%
1.5
RPG
1.0
APG
0
SPG
0
BPG
0
Year
Team
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
2024
Orlando
2
0
4.9
000
—
—
1.5
1.0
0
0
0
Career
2
0
4.9
000
—
—
1.5
1.0
0
0
0
· Career statistics › EuroLeague
2018–19
2018–19
Year
2018–19
Team
Budućnost
GP
13
GS
4
MPG
24.2
FG%
548
3P%
313
FT%
714
RPG
6.4
APG
1.2
SPG
5
BPG
2.3
PPG
12.1
PIR
16.3
Career
Career
Year
Career
Team
13
GP
4
GS
24.2
MPG
548
FG%
313
3P%
714
FT%
6.4
RPG
1.2
APG
5
SPG
2.3
BPG
12.1
PPG
16.3
Year
Team
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
PIR
2018–19
Budućnost
13
4
24.2
548
313
714
6.4
1.2
5
2.3
12.1
16.3
Career
13
4
24.2
548
313
714
6.4
1.2
5
2.3
12.1
16.3

References

  1. NBA.com
    https://www.nba.com/player/1629048/goga-bitadze/bio
  2. HoopsHype.com
    https://www.hoopshype.com/story/sports/nba/draft/2019/01/22/nba-mock-draft-big-board-rumor-update-prospects/82921993007/
  3. Sports Illustrated
    https://www.si.com/nba/2019/01/30/nba-mock-draft-2019-zion-williamson-rj-barrett-ja-morant-cam-reddish
  4. "Bitadze goes from land of wrestlers to talent-developing Mega"
    http://www.adidasngt.com/u18/news/latest/i/7rc5kkcryt8dtc4f/bitadze-goes-from-land-of-wrestlers-to-talent-developing-mega
  5. "NBA-ის კემპი, იოკიჩი, ფაჩულია - ინტერვიუ გოგა ბითაძესთან"
    https://sportall.ge/kalatburti/qarthuli-kalathburthi/legionerebi/105511-nba-is-kempi-iokichi-fachulia-interviu-goga-bithadzesthan.html
  6. Goga Bitadze Interview from NBA Basketball Without Borders Europe Camp
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZrf8aEjZfY
  7. "1-ელი ექსპერიმენტალური სკოლის გუნდი "ჰიუნდაი" ჩემპიონია!"
    http://gbf.ge/league/u14/news/1-eli-eqsperimentaluri-skolis-gundi-hiundai-chempionia
  8. "Goga Bitadze"
    http://gbf.ge/en/league/u16/player/5552711
  9. "Conoce al pívot georgiano Goga Bitadze: la sensación del Adidas Next Generation"
    https://www.gigantes.com/cantera/competiciones-torneos-y-campeonatos/conoce-al-pivot-georgiano-goga-bitadze-la-sensacion-del-adidas-next-generation-video/
  10. "Goga Bitadze Player Profile"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Goga-Bitadze/Summary/75906
  11. "გოგა ბითაძე სერბულ "მეგა ლეკსში" გადავიდა"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190330081910/https://www.mysports.ge/ka/post/view/2132
  12. "Goga Bitadze"
    http://old.vtb-league.com/en/player/goga-bitadze.htm
  13. "Goga Bitadze (ex Vita Tbilisi) joins Mega Leks"
    https://www.eurobasket.com/Serbia/news/429985/Former-players:-Goga-Bitadze-(ex-Vita-Tbilisi)-joins-Mega-Leks
  14. Blic
    https://sport.blic.rs/kosarka/domaca-kosarka-i-aba/cudo-od-deteta-ko-je-goga-bitadze-gruzijac-od-kojeg-mega-pravi-novog-jokica/j4h58te
  15. "Goga Bitadze, Buducnost: 'We are not going to give up'"
    http://www.euroleague.net/news/interviews/euroleague-2018-19/i/9ecubovhtrpe8eu6/goga-bitadze-buducnost-we-are-not-going-to-give-up
  16. "Final, Stellazzurra Basketball vs. Mega Leks Belgrade - Torneo Citta di Roma"
    http://admin.euroleague.net/u18/photos/2015-16/i/6ks6smaegigrphc4/final-stellazzurra-basketball-vs-mega-leks-belgrade-torneo-citta-di-roma
  17. "Bitadze, Goga"
    http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=006809&seasoncode=JTR15
  18. "2017 Adidas EuroCamp Rosters and Preview"
    http://www.draftexpress.com/article/2017-adidas-eurocamp-rosters-and-preview-5987/
  19. "KK Smederevo 1953 71, KK Borac Cacak 75"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/international/boxscore/2016-10-08/KK-Smederevo-1953-at-KK-Borac-Cacak/253992
  20. "Goga Bitadze Game Logs"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Goga-Bitadze/GameLogs/75906/International/2017/13
  21. "KK Smederevo 1953 86, KK Dunav Stari Banovci 75"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/international/boxscore/2017-04-01/KK-Smederevo-1953-at-KK-Dunav-Stari-Banovci/262976
  22. "ANGT MVP Fevrier of Paris headlines All-Tournament Team"
    http://www.adidasngt.com/u18/news/latest/i/7tq4fg39g34kcdfy/angt-mvp-fevrier-of-paris-headlines-all-tournament-team
  23. "Goga Bitadze Basketball Player Profile"
    https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Goga_Bitadze/KK_Buducnost_Voli_Podgorica/369053
  24. "KK Cibona 88, KK Mega Bemax 95"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/international/boxscore/2017-10-01/KK-Cibona-at-KK-Mega-Bemax/270477
  25. "The MVP award belongs to Goga Bitadze"
    https://www.aba-liga.com/news.php?id=39766
  26. "KK Mega Bemax 73, Cedevita 75"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/international/boxscore/2018-01-20/KK-Mega-Bemax-at-Cedevita/290471
  27. "Georgian center Goga Bitadze declaring for NBA draft"
    https://www.espn.com/blog/nba/post/_/id/32639
  28. "KK Mladost Admiral Zemun 92, KK Mega Bemax 90"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/international/boxscore/2018-04-24/KK-Mladost-Admiral-Zemun-at-KK-Mega-Bemax/304480
  29. "KK Mega Bemax 83, KK Vrsac Swisslion 61"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/international/boxscore/2018-05-30/KK-Mega-Bemax-at-KK-Vrsac-Swisslion/306906
  30. "Charalampopoulos, Bitadze withdraw from 2018 NBA draft"
    https://www.eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/692834/charalampopoulos-bitadze-withdraw-from-2018-nba-draft/
  31. "Kentucky Convincing Against Mega, Milojevic: "Big Experience For Our Young Team""
    http://www.bcmegabasket.net/en/2018/08/12/mega-bemax-kentaki-izvestaj/
  32. "KK Mega Bemax 80, BC Igokea 79"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/international/boxscore/2018-09-30/KK-Mega-Bemax-at-BC-Igokea/308556
  33. "MVP of October: Goga Bitadze (Mega Bemax)"
    https://www.aba-liga.com/news.php?id=40845
  34. "KK Partizan 81, KK Mega Bemax 74"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/international/boxscore/2018-11-03/KK-Partizan-at-KK-Mega-Bemax/322348
  35. "KK Cibona 80, KK Mega Bemax 82"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/international/boxscore/2018-11-24/KK-Cibona-at-KK-Mega-Bemax/322423
  36. "Buducnost adds young star Bitadze"
    http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/9ca7iicfwhxyspfa/buducnost-adds-young-star-bitadze
  37. "Bitadze on loan in Buducnost until the end of ABA League"
    http://www.bcmegabasket.net/en/2018/12/20/bitadze-na-pozajmici-u-buducnosti-do-kraja-aba-lige/
  38. "Buducnost 64, Krka Novo Mesto 69"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/international/boxscore/2018-12-24/Buducnost-at-Krka-Novo-Mesto/322567
  39. "Bayern rallies from 17 down, overcomes Buducnost"
    http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=119&seasoncode=E2018#!report
  40. "Milan blasts Buducnost with record scoring performance"
    http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=122&seasoncode=E2018#!report
  41. "Goga Bitadze named EuroLeague Rising Star"
    https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/873787/goga-bitadze-named-euroleague-rising-star/
  42. mondo.rs
    https://mondo.rs/a1181849/Sport/Kosarka/Goga-Bitadze-se-vratio-u-Megu-sa-pozajmice-u-Buducnosti.html
  43. "Goga Bitadze officially declares for the NBA Draft"
    https://www.eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/865485/goga-bitadze-officially-declares-for-the-nba-draft/
  44. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/06/20/goga-bitadze-is-everyones-favorite-nba-draft-pick-after-his-sad-photo-with-zion-williamson
  45. "NBA stars reach out to draft prospect who gets ignored for Zion Williamson"
    https://sports.yahoo.com/goga-bitadze-zion-williamson-media-nba-draft-001041020.html
  46. NBA.com
    https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/2019-draft-night-recap
  47. NBA.com
    https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pacers-sign-goga-bitadze
  48. ESPN.com
    https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401160672
  49. NBA.com
    https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pacers-acquire-jordan-nwora-george-hill-serge-ibaka-multiple-draft-picks
  50. NBA.com
    https://www.nba.com/magic/news/orlando-magic-sign-free-agenet-goga-bitadze-release-20230213
  51. NBA.com
    https://www.nba.com/magic/news/orlando-magic-re-sign-free-agent-goga-bitadze-20240706
  52. "Georgia 66, Sweden 80"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/national/boxscore/2015-08-13/Georgia-at-Sweden/217916
  53. "Goga Bitadze's profile"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190223092631/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/116061/pid2/sid/12385/tid/2187/tid2/_/2016_FIBA_U18_European_Championship_Division_B/index.html
  54. "Georgia 103, Bulgaria 101"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/national/boxscore/2016-08-06/Georgia-at-Bulgaria/239336
  55. "Facing Raduljica, Zirbes helps Bitadze become big future hope for Georgia"
    https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/news/facing-raduljica-zirbes-helps-bitadze-become-big-future-hope-for-georgia
  56. "Georgia 70, Germany 79"
    https://basketball.realgm.com/national/boxscore/2017-11-24/Georgia-at-Germany/288805
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