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Kim Tillie (born 15 July 1988) is a French professional basketball player who last played for Cholet Basket of the French LNB Pro A. He played college basketball at the University of Utah. He is a 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) tall power forward, who can also play as a small ball center.

Early years

Tillie graduated from Lycee Jean de la Fontaine High School, in Paris, France, where he played high school basketball. As a youth, he also played basketball with the junior teams of the club Paris Basket Racing.

College career

Tillie played 4 seasons of college basketball at the University of Utah, with the Utah Utes, from 2006 to 2010. He wasn't drafted in the 2010 NBA draft.

Professional career

After his college basketball career, Tillie returned to France, in May 2010, and signed a two-year deal with ASVEL. In July 2011, he extended his contract with ASVEL. He played with the Washington Wizards' summer league squad in the 2012 NBA Summer League.

In July 2012, he left France, and signed a two-year deal with UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB. In July 2014, he signed a one-year deal with the Spanish EuroLeague club Baskonia. In July 2017, he signed a two-year deal with the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos. However, he was waived on 5 July 2018.

On 25 July 2018 Tillie signed a one-year deal with Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. On 8 July 2019 Tillie signed a one-year deal with AS Monaco of the LNB Pro A.

On 6 February 2020 he signed with Budućnost of the Adriatic League. Tillie signed with Ryukyu Golden Kings on 6 July 2020.

On August 2, 2021, Tillie returned to Greece, signing with Kolossos Rodou. In 22 games, he averaged 8.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.8 steals, playing around 24 minutes per contest.

On July 25, 2022, he returned to France, signing with Cholet Basket.

National team career

Tillie was a member of the junior national teams of France. With France's junior national teams, he played at the 2006 Albert Schweitzer Tournament, where he won a gold medal, the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a gold medal, the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, where he won a bronze medal, and the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Tillie has also been a member of the senior French national basketball team. With France's senior national team, he has played at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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

EuroLeague


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2014–15	Baskonia	24	1	18.1	.452	.385	.773	4.6	1.0	.8	.1	5.5	6.8
2015–16	Baskonia	29	21	22.4	.456	.267	.717	3.8	.9	1.0	.2	6.0	6.3
2016–17	Baskonia	32	15	19.1	.549	.407	.912	3.8	1.1	.7	.2	6.9	8.2
2017–18	Olympiacos	10	3	16.1	.481	.571	.571	2.4	.5	.2	.2	3.8	3.1
Career		95	40	19.6	.489	.387	.780	3.9	.7	.2	.2	5.9	6.7

Personal life

Tillie's father, Laurent Tillie, is a former professional volleyball player and coach of the French national volleyball team. He is also the brother of Kevin Tillie, a professional volleyball player, and Killian Tillie, who previously played in the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies.

References

Kim TILLIE (FRA) Height: 211 cm (6 ft 11 in) Position: Center.
"Kim Tillie-Utah Utes Bio". utahutes.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
"ASVEL inks former Utes Kim Tillie". Sportando.com. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
"Asvel confirms Kim Tillie". Euroleague.net. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
"UCAM Murcia tabs forward Kim Tillie". Sportando.com. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
"Laboral Kutxa, Kim Tillie agree". Euroleague.net. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
"Olympiacos officially signs Kim Tillie". Eurohoops.net. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
"Olympiacos, Kim Tillie part ways". Sportando. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
"Herbalife Gran Canaria reaches an initial agreement with Kim Tillie - Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria". Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria. 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
"Monaco bolsters frontcourt with Tillie". EuroCupBasketball.com. 8 July 2019. Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
Borghesan, Ennio Terrasi (February 6, 2020). "Buducnost tabs Kim Tillie". Sportando. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
Skerletic, Dario (July 6, 2020). "Sources: Kim Tillie to join Ryukyu Golden Kings Okinawa". Sportando. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
"Kim Tillie à Cholet".
Kim TILLIE (FRA).
umdf. "Killian Tillie : nouvelle pépite du basket français". SportsSpirit. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2016-02-06.

External links

Kim Tillie at acb.com (in Spanish)
Kim Tillie at esake.gr (in Greek)
Kim Tillie at eurobasket.com
Kim Tillie at euroleague.net
Kim Tillie at fiba.com (archive)
Kim Tillie College Stats at espn.com
Kim Tillie on Twitter

France squads

v t e France squad – 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup – Bronze medal
4 Heurtel 5 Batum 6 Diot 7 Lauvergne 8 Lombahe-Kahudi 9 Jackson 10 Fournier 11 Piétrus 12 Gobert 13 Diaw 14 Tillie 15 Gelabale Coach: Collet

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