Tanner Groves

Last updated
Tanner Groves
No. 22–Cairns Taipans
Position Power forward / center
League NBL
Personal information
Born (1999-05-22) May 22, 1999 (age 25)
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school Shadle Park
(Spokane, Washington)
College
NBA draft 2023: undrafted
Playing career2023–present
Career history
2023–2024 Anwil Włocławek
2024 Xinjiang Flying Tigers
2024 SC Rasta Vechta
2024–present Cairns Taipans
Career highlights and awards

Tanner John Groves (born May 22, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Cairns Taipans of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Eastern Washington Eagles and Oklahoma Sooners.

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Early life

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

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

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]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2017–18 Eastern Washington Redshirt.svg Redshirt
2018–19 Eastern Washington 2828.6.417.385.6502.1.3.1.62.8
2019–20 Eastern Washington 3019.9.589.424.6362.8.3.1.65.1
2020–21 Eastern Washington 242427.0.560.349.7788.01.3.31.117.2
2021–22 Oklahoma 343425.0.532.381.7295.81.6.4.411.6
2022–23 Oklahoma 323225.4.508.286.7247.21.4.81.110.2
Career1489319.3.532.353.7335.11.0.3.79.2

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References

  1. ↑ "Tanner Groves". goeags.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022.
  2. ↑ "All in the family: Groves name synonymous with Shadle Park athletics". The Spokesman-Review . January 24, 2018.
  3. ↑ "EWU's Groves brothers thriving as each other's biggest fans on the court". 8 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Tanner Groves the latest Eastern Washington player to be named Big Sky MVP". The Spokesman-Review . March 8, 2021.
  5. ↑ Borzello, Jeff (April 18, 2021). "Eastern Washington transfer Tanner Groves commits to Oklahoma to play basketball, sources say". ESPN . Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Taipans welcome Tanner Groves". Taipans.com. May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Two Former Oklahoma Players Land NBA Free Agent Deals". SI.com. June 23, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Tanner Groves" . eurobasket.com. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  9. ↑ "NEUE POWER AUF FORWARD: TANNER GROVES KOMMT!". rasta-vechta.de (in German). February 21, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
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