Nathan Jawai

Retired • Retired after 2024 season • C • 2 years of NBA experience

Height6'10
Weight280 lbs
Born10th October 1986 (age 39)
Nationality🇦🇺Australia
Pre-draft teamMidland College
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Agentn/a
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Representative Teams
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2010 roster
Cleveland Cavaliers
NBA Summer League - Orlando 2010 roster
Charlotte Bobcats
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2009 roster
Dallas Mavericks
NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2008 roster
Toronto Raptors

Stats
Year League Team GMPGPTS/GFGFGAFG% 3P3PA3P% FTFTAFT%ORBDRB TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
2008-09 D League Idaho Stampede 14 24.1 11.1 3.6 6.8 52.6% 0.0 0.0 – 4.0 5.1 77.8% 2.1 4.3 6.4 1.6 0.3 1.1 2.2 3.4
2008-09 NBA Toronto Raptors 6 3.2 0.3 0.2 0.7 25.0% 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 0.0 – 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5
2009-10 D League Sioux Falls Skyforce 4 21.0 8.3 3.5 7.8 45.2% 0.0 0.0 – 1.3 2.5 50.0% 1.8 2.8 4.5 1.0 0.3 0.0 2.8 3.5
2009-10 NBA Minnesota Timberwolves 39 10.6 3.2 1.3 2.8 44.1% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.7 1.0 68.4% 1.3 1.4 2.7 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.5
2010-11 EuroLeague Partizan Belgrade 16 22.9 9.1 3.2 6.9 45.9% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.8 3.5 78.6% 1.6 3.4 5.0 0.9 0.6 0.7 1.7 2.7
2011-12 EuroLeague UNICS Kazan 16 14.2 7.2 2.7 4.9 54.4% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.8 2.8 65.9% 1.5 2.8 4.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 3.1 2.4
2012-13 EuroLeague Barcelona 30 15.5 7.1 2.8 4.1 69.7% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.5 2.1 71.0% 1.7 3.0 4.7 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.4 2.5
2012-13 Spain Barcelona 31 15.3 6.9 2.6 3.9 67.8% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.6 2.4 69.9% 1.4 2.7 4.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.7 2.6
2013-14 EuroLeague Galatasaray 2 14.7 11.0 3.5 4.0 87.5% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 4.0 5.5 72.7% 0.0 2.5 2.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0
2013-14 Turkey Galatasaray 2 7.1 4.0 1.0 2.0 50.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.0 3.0 66.7% 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5
2014-15 EuroLeague Galatasaray 6 7.0 3.5 1.2 1.7 70.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.2 1.7 70.0% 1.0 1.2 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.7 1.3
2014-15 Spain Andorra 21 16.0 8.6 3.1 5.7 55.5% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.3 3.5 64.9% 1.5 2.0 3.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 2.0 2.5
2014-15 Turkey Galatasaray 9 8.6 3.2 0.9 2.1 42.1% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.4 1.7 86.7% 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.9
2015-16 Australia Perth Wildcats 32 19.9 10.3 4.2 7.6 54.9% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.0 3.6 55.3% 1.4 2.7 4.1 1.8 0.2 0.8 2.2 2.8
2016-17 Australia Cairns Taipans 29 19.6 10.1 4.0 7.2 55.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.2 3.6 60.6% 1.7 2.6 4.3 1.1 0.6 0.3 2.3 3.1
2017-18 Australia Cairns Taipans 7 13.9 5.4 2.1 3.9 55.6% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.1 2.0 57.1% 0.6 2.1 2.7 1.3 0.4 0.0 1.1 1.4
2018-19 Australia Cairns Taipans 27 21.4 10.1 4.1 7.0 58.2% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 2.0 2.7 75.0% 1.5 3.6 5.1 1.9 0.4 0.4 2.4 2.9
2018-19 France Levallois Metropolitans 14 13.0 5.8 2.4 3.7 63.5% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 1.1 1.6 65.2% 0.6 1.6 2.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.6 2.5
2019-20 Australia Cairns Taipans 31 14.8 8.0 3.2 5.5 58.0% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 1.7 2.5 68.4% 1.1 2.2 3.3 0.9 0.1 0.2 1.6 2.5
2020-21 Australia Cairns Taipans 36 15.2 8.3 3.4 6.1 54.8% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1.6 2.1 75.0% 1.4 2.4 3.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.8
2021-22 Australia Cairns Taipans 19 11.3 5.9 1.6 3.2 50.8% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 2.6 3.3 80.6% 0.8 1.8 2.7 0.8 0.3 0.4 1.5 1.9
2021-22 Australia Cairns Taipans 19 11.3 5.9 1.6 3.2 50.8% 0.0 0.1 0.0% 2.6 3.3 80.6% 0.8 1.8 2.7 0.8 0.3 0.4 1.5 1.9

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Nate Jawai - After three teams in two years, Jawai couldn't get so much as a qualifying offer from the Minnesota Timberwolves. They traded for him to fill out their roster in last year's training camp, and even gave him a couple of starts, but Jawai responded with bad foul and rebounding rates, and a PER of only 11.0. He then injured his ankle and played very sparingly after January; the team then saw fit to bring in Greg Stiemsma for the remainder of the season and did not extend Nate a qualifying offer. Those things do not bode well.
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2010 Summer League Rosters: Cleveland Cavaliers

Nathan Jawai

Nathan Jawai has just completed a two year minimum salary contract, and might have just completed his NBA career. In those two years, Jawai was a member of four teams, however briefly, and played only 431 minutes. The guy with supposed Shaq-like qualities demonstrated only propensities for fouls and turnovers, and while he is big and powerful, he struggled to finish that which wasn't a dunk. Jawai has a chance of getting another contract - after all, Randolph Morris and Patrick O'Bryant did, and they'd showed even less by this time. Cleveland might be a good spot for Jawai to get one, too, with the departures of both Shaq and Z. But he has a ways to go yet.
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2010 Summer League Rosters: Charlotte Bobcats

Nathan Jawai

[...] If Jawai proves to be healthy and in shape, that's one thing. Yet even if he does, Charlotte might not be the best place for him. Due to their insanely bad salary management, the Bobcats already have two backup centres earning over $6 million, one of whom (Lasagna Diop) is tied in for three more years. With Alexis Ajinca hanging around as the permanent project, Jawai doesn't seem to have a shot here.
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