Vincent Poirier

Vincent Poirier
Poirier with Anadolu Efes in 2025
No. 17 – Anadolu Efes
PositionCenter
LeagueBSL
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1993-10-17) 17 October 1993 (age 31)
Clamart, France
Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight242 lb (110 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2015: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2017Paris-Levallois
2014–2015→Hyères-Toulon
2015–2016→Centre Fédéral
2017–2019Baskonia
2019–2020Boston Celtics
2019→Maine Red Claws
2020–2021Philadelphia 76ers
2021–2024Real Madrid
2024–presentAnadolu Efes
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  France
Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
FIBA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2019 China
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 2022 Germany
Poirier with Baskonia in 2017

Vincent Poirier (born 17 October 1993) is a French professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi and the EuroLeague. He also represents the French national team in international competition.

Professional career

Europe

Poirier started to play basketball in May 2010 at the Bussy Basket Club. In the 2013–14 season, he finished as the top rebounder of the Espoirs championship, averaging 12 points and 10.8 rebounds in 27 minutes over 30 games.

On 24 April 2014, he signed a three-year deal with Paris-Levallois, but was loaned to Hyères-Toulon of the Pro B. He started the season being a solid rotation player with Davante Gardner. On 14 February 2015, he contributed against Angers by finishing the game with 10 points and 4 rebounds in just 10 minutes.

For the 2015–16 season, he returned to Paris-Levallois. From December onward, he was subject to a special designation allowing him to be able to play both with Paris-Levallois, and with CFBB in National 1. In December 2015, Frédéric Fauthoux replaced Antoine Rigaudeau as coach, which allowed Poirier a greater chance to show his potential. In April 2016, he was named MVP of the Round after finishing the match against BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists in 25 minutes, when he started the game as a backup.

In July 2016, he participated in the NBA Summer League with Orlando Magic. In his first game, he finished with 6 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist in 15 minutes. Over five games, he averaged 4.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 0.4 blocks in 11.5 minutes per game. On 11 September 2016, as part of the pre-season, he and his team won the Sarthe/Pays de la Loire trophy in a three-team tournament by beating Le Mans and Antwerp.

On 14 June 2017, Poirier signed a three-year deal with Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.[1][2] In the 2018–19 season, Poirier led the EuroLeague in rebounding, averaging 8.3 per game. On 10 May 2019 Poirier earned a spot in the All-EuroLeague Second Team.[3]

NBA

On 15 July 2019, Poirier parted ways with Baskonia to sign a contract with the Boston Celtics.[4][5]

On 19 November 2020, Poirier was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a conditional future second-round pick.[6] On 8 December, Poirier along with Danny Green and Terrance Ferguson, were traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.[7]

On 25 March 2021, Poirier was traded to the New York Knicks in a three-team trade involving the Oklahoma City Thunder[8] and was waived four days later.[9]

Real Madrid

On 12 April 2021, Poirier signed a deal with Real Madrid until the end of the 2023–24 season.[10]

Anadolu Efes

On 25 June 2024 Poirier signed a three-year contract with Turkish powerhouse Anadolu Efes.[11]

Career statistics

Legend
  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  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019–20 Boston 22 0 5.9 .472 .500 .857 2.0 .4 .1 .4 1.9
2020–21 Philadelphia 10 0 3.9 .250 .000 .333 1.4 .2 .0 .3 0.8
Career 32 0 5.3 .417 .333 .615 1.8 .3 .1 .4 1.5

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2020 Boston 1 0 2.0 — — — .0 1.0 1.0 .0 .0
Career 1 0 2.0 — — — .0 1.0 1.0 .0 .0

EuroLeague

† Denotes season in which Tavares won the EuroLeague
* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2017–18 Baskonia 34 23 17.9 .573 — .725 5.2 1.0 .6 .9 8.2 10.9
2018–19 34 26 25.6 .617 — .731 8.3* 1.1 .8 .8 11.9 17.7
2021–22 Real Madrid 37 5 18.0 .571 .167 .768 5.5 .9 .8 .9 7.4 11.7
2022–23† 32 1 14.6 .603 .400 .727 4.0 .6 .3 .9 6.1 8.2
2023–24 37 5 18.4 .668 .400 .706 5.3 .6 .4 1.5* 9.0 13.4
Career 174 60 18.9 .609 .313 .732 5.7 .9 .6 1.0 8.5 12.4

Awards and accomplishments

Professional career

Individual awards

  • Best rebounder of the Espoirs championship: 2013–14
  • EuroLeague rebounding leader: 2018–19

References

  1. ^ "Baskonia signs Vincent Poirier to a three-year deal". Sportando.com. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Baskonia puts rookie Poirier in the paint". EuroLeague.net. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  3. ^ "2018-19 All-EuroLeague Second Team presented by 7DAYS". EuroLeague.net. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Vincent Poirier, Baskonia part ways". Sportando.basketball. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Celtics Sign Vincent Poirier". NBA.com. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Thunder Acquires Vincent Poirier". NBA.com. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Team Acquires Green, Ferguson, and Poirier". NBA.com. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  8. ^ "76ers Acquire George Hill, Ignas Brazdeikis in Three-Team Trade". NBA.com. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  9. ^ NY_KnicksPR (29 March 2021). "Knicks have waived Terrance Ferguson and Vincent Poirier". Twitter.com. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Vincent Poirier signs for Real Madrid". realmadrid.com. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Vincent Poirier Anadolu Efes'te". anadoluefessk.org (in Turkish). 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.