Janar Talts (born 7 April 1983) is a former Estonian professional basketball player who is the sporting director of University of Tartu basketball team. Standing at 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in), he played at the power forward and center positions. He represented the

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internationally.

Professional career

Talts began his professional career in 2001 with

TTÜ-A. Le Coq TTÜ-A. Le Coq was an Estonian professional basketball club founded in 1989 and dissolved in 2002. They played in the Estonian League. The team won 4 Estonian League championships and 1 Estonian Cup. The team played its home games at TTÜ Spo ...

of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga. In 2002, Talts signed for the Estonian champions

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. With Tallinna Kalev, he won his first Estonian Championship in the 2002–03 season, after Tallinna Kalev defeated TTÜ/A. Le Coq 4 games to 2 in the KML Finals. In 2004, Talts joined RheinEnergie Köln of the

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, where he signed for the next three seasons. RheinEnergie Köln won the German Championship in the 2005–06 season, after defeating

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3 games to 1 in the Finals. RheinEnergie Köln competed in the

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season, but failed to advance past the group stage with a 2–12 record. Talts averaged 2.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. In 2007, Talts returned to Estonia and signed for TÜ/Rock. TÜ/Rock reached Final Four in the

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season, but were defeated in the semifinals by

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82–88 and in the third place game by AEL Limassol 70–79. Talts won his second Estonian Championship in the 2007–08 season, after TÜ/Rock swept Kalev/Cramo in the KML Finals and was named to the

All-KML Team All-KML Team ( et, Korvpalli Meistriliiga tähtede viisik) is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Estonia, the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). It is the yearly selection of the league's top five basketball players, by pos ...

. After finishing the 2008–09 season as runners-up, TÜ/Rock won the 2009–10 Estonian League championship, defeating Kalev/Cramo in the Finals. Talts was named Finals Most Valuable Player and was also named to the All-KML Team. On 30 December 2010, Talts left TÜ/Rock to join

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of the Russian Professional Basketball League. Talts left Krasnye Krylya Samara after only three months and joined

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of the Serie A. On 15 August 2013, returned to TÜ/Rock. TÜ/Rock finished the 2013–14 season as runners-up. Talts averaged 10.81 points and 6.39 rebounds during the season and was named to the All-KML Team. He won his fourth Estonian Championship in the 2014–15 season, after TÜ/Rock defeated Kalev/Cramo in the KML Finals, winning the series 4 games to 1. Talts won the Best Defender Award and was named to the All-KML Team. TÜ/Rock failed to defend the title in the 2015–16 season, losing to Kalev/Cramo in the KML Finals, but Talts was once again named Best Defender.

Estonian national team

As a member of the senior

, Talts competed at the EuroBasket 2015, averaging 10.4 points, 0.4 assists, and 4 rebounds in 22.2 minutes per game. Estonia finished the tournament in 20th place.

Career statistics

Euroleague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2006–07 , style="text-align:left;", RheinEnergie , 13 , , 11 , , 16.3 , , .283 , , .172 , , .636 , , 3.2 , , .5 , , .3 , , .6 , , 2.9 , , 1.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" , Career , 13 , , 11 , , 16.3 , , .283 , , .172 , , .636 , , 3.2 , , .5 , , .3 , , .6 , , 2.9 , , 1.2

Awards and accomplishments

Professional career

;Tallinna Kalev * Estonian League champion:

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

;RheinEnergie Köln * German League champion:

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

* 2× German Cup champion: 2005, 2007 * German Super Cup champion:

;TÜ/Rock * 3× Estonian League champion:

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

* 4× Estonian Cup champion: 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 *

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champion: 2010

Individual

* KML Finals Most Valuable Player:

* 2× KML Best Defender:

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

* 6×

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

* 2× KML All-Star:

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

References

External links

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at basket.ee
Janar Talts
at euroleague.net

at fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Talts, Janar 1983 births Living people BC Krasnye Krylia players BC Tallinn Kalev players Estonian expatriate basketball people in Germany Estonian expatriate basketball people in Italy Estonian expatriate basketball people in Russia Estonian men's basketball players Köln 99ers players Korvpalli Meistriliiga players Pallacanestro Varese players Power forwards (basketball) Basketball players from Tallinn University of Tartu basketball team players