Jiří Welsch

Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Jiří Welsch
nickname =


caption = Jiří Welsch inbounding the ball.
position = Shooting guard
Point guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 7.5
weight_lb = 210
team = Unicaja Málaga
nationality = Czech Republic
birth_date = birth date and age|1980|1|27
birth_place = Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
college = none
draft = 16th overall
draft_year = 2002
draft team = Philadelphia 76ers
career_start = 1998
career_end =
former_teams = CSA Sparta Prague (1998–2000)
Olimpija Ljubljana (2000–2002)
Golden State Warriors (2002–2003)
Dallas Mavericks (2003)
Boston Celtics (2003–2005)
Cleveland Cavaliers (2005)
Milwaukee Bucks (2005–2006)
awards =

Jiří Welsch (IPA2|ˈjɪr̝iː ˈvɛlʃ) (born January 27 1980 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia (present Czech Republic)) is a Czech professional basketball player currently with Unicaja Malaga in the Spanish ACB.

Welsch began his professional career as a teenager with BHC SKP Pardubice of the Czech Republic, where he played until 1998. He signed with CSA Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) for the 1998-99 season, and then with Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia), where he played until 2002. He was named Mattoni League Most Valuable Player following the 2001-02 campaign.

Welsch was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 16th selection of the 2002 NBA Draft, but was immediately traded to the Golden State Warriors. He spent one season with the Warriors (1.6 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 0.7 apg in 37 games) in 2002-03 before he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, along with Antawn Jamison, Chris Mills and Danny Fortson, in exchange for Evan Eschmeyer, Nick Van Exel, Avery Johnson, Popeye Jones and Antoine Rigaudeau on August 18 2003. Without ever playing a game for them, Welsch, along with Mills, Raef LaFrentz and a lottery-protected 2004 pick, was traded by Dallas to the Boston Celtics on October 20, 2003 in exchange for Antoine Walker and Tony Delk.

Welsch scored 8.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.0 apg in 136 games and started 100 games in 2003-04 and 2004-05 for the Celtics. On February 24, 2005, Welsch was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a future first-round pick in 2007.

On June 28 2005, Welsch was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 2006 second round draft pick.

Regular Season Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
2002-03	23	Golden St. Warriors	37	234	61	1.6	19	75	.253	22	29	.759	1	4	.250	28	0.8	27	0.7	8	2	19
2003-04	24	Boston Celtics	81	2179	746	9.2	262	612	.428	153	206	.743	69	181	.381	296	3.7	183	2.3	101	7	129
2004-05	25	Boston Celtics	55	1125	415	7.5	137	320	.428	109	141	.773	32	99	.323	139	2.5	84	1.5	39	5	58
		Cleveland Cavaliers	16	192	46	2.9	12	51	.235	20	28	.714	2	11	.182	28	1.8	19	1.2	5	0	15
		Season	71	1317	461	6.5	149	371	.402	129	169	.763	34	110	.309	167	2.4	103	1.5	44	5	73
3 Season Totals			189	3730	1268	6.7	430	1058	.406	304	404	.752	104	295	.353	491	2.6	313	1.7	153	14	221

External links

* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=mal&pcode=AGQ Euroleague.net Player Profile]
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/jiri_welsch/ NBA.com Profile - Jiri Welsch]