Isaac Haas

Isaac Haas (born October 2, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers.

Isaac Haas

Haas playing for Purdue
No. 44 – Salt Lake City Stars
Position	Center
League	NBA G League
Personal information
Born	(1995-10-02) October 2, 1995 Birmingham, Alabama
Nationality	American
Listed height	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Listed weight	295 lb (134 kg)
Career information
High school	Hokes Bluff (Hokes Bluff, Alabama)
College	Purdue (2014–2018)
NBA draft	2018 / Undrafted
Playing career	2018–present
Career history
2018–present	Salt Lake City Stars
Career highlights and awards
Third-team All-Big Ten (2018)
Medals Men’s basketball Representing  United States Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei Team competition

High school career

Haas is the son of Rachel and Danny Haas and grew up in Hokes Bluff, Alabama. He attended Hokes Bluff High School and averaged 18.5 points and 11 rebounds as a junior.[1] Haas committed to Purdue on November 18, 2013.[2] Haas' primary reason for committing to Purdue was due to the university's ability to develop its tall players, saying "It's great exposure, and under Matt Painter, almost every 7-footer who went to Purdue went to the NBA." Haas, who originally committed to Wake Forest, was a four star and top 100 recruit.[3]

College career

Haas began his collegiate career entering games with much energy but tiring easily. He was a backup to A. J. Hammons for his first two years as he improved his conditioning. As a sophomore, Haas averaged 9.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.[1]

As a junior, Haas was named a Big Ten Honorable Mention by the coaches and media.[4][5] He averaged 12.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per game playing alongside Caleb Swanigan in the frontcourt.[6] Haas and Vincent Edwards declared for the 2017 NBA Draft, but also did not sign with an agent.[7] On May 16, 2017, Haas announced he would withdraw from the NBA Draft.[6]

As a senior, Haas was named to the preseason watchlist of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar award.[8] He was named Big Ten player of the week on December 4, after scoring a career high 26 points, including the go-ahead bucket with 43 seconds left, versus Northwestern.[9] He also had 21 points and four blocks to lead the Boilermakers to a win against Maryland.[10] Haas scored 15 points in 16 minutes in Purdue's 82-67 win over Butler on December 16, but was limited by four fouls.[11] He was named to the Third Team All-Big Ten. In the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Cal State Fullerton, Haas fractured his elbow and ended his career at Purdue.[12] On May 17, during the 2018 NBA Draft Combine, it revealed that Haas was not only the tallest player at the event that year, being near 7'3" in shoes, but he was also the heaviest player at the event at 303 pounds.[13]

College career statistics

Cited from Sports Reference.[14]

College	Year	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Purdue	2014–15	34	14.6	.535	.713	4.1	0.3	0.1	0.7	7.6
Purdue	2015–16	35	14.3	.594	.713	3.7	0.5	0.1	0.8	9.8
Purdue	2016–17	35	19.5	.587	.781	5.0	0.6	0.3	0.7	12.6
Purdue	2017–18	25	22.4	.615	.781	5.7	0.8	0.2	1.3	14.5

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft Haas signed with Utah Jazz to join their Summer League team.[15][16] On October 13, 2018, Haas was waived by the Jazz.[17] He was subsequently added to the roster of their G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars.[18] On March 2, 2020, Haas contributed 14 points and 12 rebounds in a win over the South Bay Lakers.[19]

National team career

Haas was a part of the Purdue team chosen to represent the United States in the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan. The U.S. received a silver medal after losing in the title game to Lithuania, with Haas contributing 17 points in the loss.[20]

References

1. O'Neill, Dana (November 30, 2016). "Purdue's Isaac Haas playing for sister who has epilepsy". ESPN. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
2. "Isaac Haas Recruiting Profile". 247 Sports. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
3. Baird, Nathan (November 19, 2013). "Purdue basketball's development of big men lured Alabama center Isaac Haas". Indy Star. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
4. "Men's Basketball Postseason Honors: Purdue's Swanigan named Big Ten Player of the Year". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. March 6, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
5. "2016-17 All-Big Ten Men's Basketball Team" (PDF). CSTV.com. March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
6. "Purdue's Isaac Haas returning for senior year". USA Today. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
7. "Purdue's Haas latest to explore NBA Draft". Journal & Courier. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
8. "Watch list released for Abdul-Jabbar award". CollegeBasketballTalk. October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
9. "Purdue, Ohio State Earn Weekly Men's Basketball Honors: Boilermakers' Isaac Haas earns Player of the Week honor; Buckeyes' Kaleb Wesson named Freshman of the Week". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. December 4, 2017. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
10. Baird, Nathan (December 3, 2017). "Isaac Haas powers Purdue basketball past Northwestern". The Journal & Courier. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
11. Doyel, Gregg (December 16, 2017). "Only the referees can stop Purdue's Isaac Haas". Indy Star. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
12. Medcalf, Myron (March 23, 2018). "Injured Purdue center Isaac Haas has elbow brace cleared by NCAA". ESPN. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
13. "Draft Combine Anthro". NBA.com. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
14. "Isaac Haas Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
15. Baird, Nathan (June 22, 2018). "Former Purdue center Isaac Haas reaches summer league deal with Utah Jazz". Lafayette Journal & Courier. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
16. "Jazz Announce Mini-Camp Roster for 2018 Summer League". NBA.com. June 29, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
17. "Jazz waive Isaac Haas". NBA.com. October 13, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
18. Rueckert, Daniel (October 31, 2018). "Stars Finalize Opening Night Roster". NBA.com. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
19. "Isaac Haas: Double-doubles in victory". CBS Sports. March 3, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
20. Botkin, Mike (August 29, 2017). "Medal Up". Indianapolis Monthly. Retrieved January 22, 2018.

External links

• Purdue Boilermakers bio
• NBA G League stats