 Pelle with Pallacanestro Varese in 2016 | |
| No. 14 – Beirut Club | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| League | Lebanese Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 3, 1993 St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Nationality | American[1] / Antiguan / Lebanese |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | |
| NBA draft | 2014: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2014 | Delaware 87ers |
| 2014–2015 | Dacin Tigers |
| 2015 | Delaware 87ers |
| 2015–2016 | Homenetmen |
| 2016–2018 | Varese |
| 2018 | Auxilium Torino |
| 2018–2019 | Delaware 87ers |
| 2019 | Homenetmen |
| 2019–2020 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2019–2020 | →Delaware Blue Coats |
| 2021 | Brooklyn Nets |
| 2021 | Canton Charge |
| 2021 | Sacramento Kings |
| 2021 | New York Knicks |
| 2021–2022 | Cleveland Charge |
| 2022 | Utah Jazz |
| 2022 | Cleveland Charge |
| 2022–2023 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| 2023–2024 | Shahrdari Gorgan |
| 2024–present | Beirut Club |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Norvel Pelle Jr. (born February 3, 1993) is a Lebanese-Antiguan professional basketball player for Beirut Club of the Lebanese Basketball League. A 6-foot-10-inch (2.08 m), 231-pound (105 kg) center, he played at three different high schools in the Los Angeles area and was ranked as one of the top recruits in his class. He was prohibited from competing in college after failing to meet academic requirements, choosing to immediately turn professional in 2013.
Pelle spent his rookie year with the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League. He then moved to the Dacin Tigers in Taiwan, where he was named an All-Star, and returned to the 87ers at the end of the season. In 2015, Pelle joined Lebanese club Homenetmen Beirut, leading the league in blocks. In the next season, he began a two-year stint with Pallacanestro Varese in Italy, closing the 2017–18 season with Auxilium Torino. Pelle has played in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets, Sacramento Kings, New York Knicks, and Utah Jazz.
He holds Antiguan, American, and Lebanese citizenship, and has experience with the Lebanon national basketball team.
- ^ "Norvel Pelle - Player Profile". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved September 8, 2024.