Tanner Groves
| No. 22 – Nagasaki Velca | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / center |
| League | B.League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 22, 1999 Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Shadle Park (Spokane, Washington) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2023: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2023–present |
| Career history | |
| 2023–2024 | Anwil Włocławek |
| 2024 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers |
| 2024 | SC Rasta Vechta |
| 2024–2025 | Cairns Taipans |
| 2025–present | Nagasaki Velca |
| Career highlights | |
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Tanner John Groves (born May 22, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Nagasaki Velca of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Eastern Washington Eagles and Oklahoma Sooners.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Groves was born in Spokane, Washington.[1] He attended Shadle Park High School, where he was named All-State and All-Greater Spokane League as a senior after averaging 18.2 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game.[2]
College career
[edit | edit source]Groves redshirted his true freshman season.[3] He played mostly off the bench as a redshirt freshman and sophomore before becoming a starter as a redshirt junior. He was named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Year for the 2020–21 season after averaging 17.9 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.[4] On April 18, 2021, he transferred to Oklahoma.[5] In 2021–22, he started in all 34 games for the Sooners, averaging 11.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists per game and shooting over 38 percent from three. In 2022–23, he averaged 10.2 points, 7.2 boards and 1.1 blocks per game, recording the team-high six double-doubles.[6]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]After going undrafted in the 2023 NBA draft, Groves joined the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 2023 NBA Summer League.[7] He started the 2023–24 season in Poland with Anwil Włocławek, leaving in early January 2024 to join the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in China.[8] In February 2024, he joined German team SC Rasta Vechta.[9]
On May 7, 2024, Groves signed with the Cairns Taipans in Australia for the 2024–25 NBL season.[6] On February 28, 2025, he signed with the Nagasaki Velca of the Japanese B.League for the rest of the 2024–25 season.[10]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
College
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | Eastern Washington | Redshirt Redshirt | ||||||||||
| 2018–19 | Eastern Washington | 28 | 2 | 8.6 | .417 | .385 | .650 | 2.1 | .3 | .1 | .6 | 2.8 |
| 2019–20 | Eastern Washington | 30 | 1 | 9.9 | .589 | .424 | .636 | 2.8 | .3 | .1 | .6 | 5.1 |
| 2020–21 | Eastern Washington | 24 | 24 | 27.0 | .560 | .349 | .778 | 8.0 | 1.3 | .3 | 1.1 | 17.2 |
| 2021–22 | Oklahoma | 34 | 34 | 25.0 | .532 | .381 | .729 | 5.8 | 1.6 | .4 | .4 | 11.6 |
| 2022–23 | Oklahoma | 32 | 32 | 25.4 | .508 | .286 | .724 | 7.2 | 1.4 | .8 | 1.1 | 10.2 |
| Career | 148 | 93 | 19.3 | .532 | .353 | .733 | 5.1 | 1.0 | .3 | .7 | 9.2 | |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 1999 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American expatriate basketball people in Australia
- American expatriate basketball people in China
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Japan
- American expatriate basketball people in Poland
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Spokane, Washington
- Cairns Taipans players
- Centers (basketball)
- Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball players
- KK Włocławek players
- Nagasaki Velca players
- Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball players
- Power forwards
- SC Rasta Vechta players
- Xinjiang Flying Tigers players