DÃÂvis BertÃÂns (born 12 November 1992) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Dubai Basketball of the ABA League and the EuroLeague. Nicknamed the "Latvian Laser", he also represents the Latvian national team. He was the 42nd pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers.
In 2007âÂÂ08, BertÃÂns played for ASK Kadeti II.
Between 2008 and 2010, BertÃÂns played for BAA Riga of Latvia's second division. During this time, he also had two stints in the top division with ASK Riga at the end of the 2008âÂÂ09 season, and with BK Keizarmezs Riga at the start of the 2009âÂÂ10 season.
BertÃÂns started the 2010âÂÂ11 season with BK Barons.
In November 2010, BertÃÂns signed a multi-year deal with Slovenian club Union Olimpija. Following the 2010âÂÂ11 season, BertÃÂns was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 42nd overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. However, his rights were immediately traded to the San Antonio Spurs along with the rights to 15th overall pick Kawhi Leonard for George Hill.
In January 2012, BertÃÂns left Olimpija and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Serbian club Partizan Belgrade.
In the Serbian League finals series against Crvena zvezda in June 2013, he tore the ACL in his right knee, which sidelined him for nine months.
BertÃÂns returned to the court on 20 March 2014, against Maccabi Tel Aviv, helping his team get a hard-fought Euroleague Top 16 win against the favoured visitors by contributing two points, two rebounds and one assist in 15 minutes of action. Eight days later, on 28 March 2014, DÃÂvis scored team-high 20 points in a road Euroleague Top 16 loss to Lokomotiv-Kuban. Partizan ended the season by winning its 13th and DÃÂvis' third consecutive Serbian League title, defeating rivals Crvena zvezda 3âÂÂ1 in the finals series. On 3 July 2014, BertÃÂns terminated his contract with the club.
On 19 July 2014, BertÃÂns signed a three-year contract with Spanish club Laboral Kutxa Baskonia.
On 26 March 2015, in a game against Emporio Armani Milano, BertÃÂns tore the ACL in his right knee, the same injury that sidelined him in 2013. He was subsequently ruled out for six to eight months. Over 22 Euroleague games, he averaged 11.0 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, while also averaging 11.4 points in 25 games of the Spanish League. In Laboral Kutxa Baskonia's very next game following BertÃÂns's injury, a Spanish League contest versus Valencia BC, each Baskonia player wore BertÃÂns's number 42 in a show of support for their sidelined teammate.
On 14 July 2016, BertÃÂns and Baskonia agreed on a contract buyout.
On 14 July 2016, BertÃÂns signed with the San Antonio Spurs. He made his debut for the Spurs in their season-opener on 25 October 2016, scoring five points in four minutes off the bench in a 129âÂÂ100 win over the Golden State Warriors. On 25 November 2016, he set a career high in scoring, pitching in 15 of the Spurs' 56 bench points to help San Antonio defeat the Boston Celtics 109âÂÂ103. On 7 January 2017, he scored 21 points in a 102âÂÂ85 win over the Charlotte Hornets. He went 4-of-5 on three-pointers in leading the Spurs in scoring for the first time in 2016âÂÂ17. On 29 January 2017, against the Dallas Mavericks, BertÃÂns became just the fourth Spurs rookie with at least 35 three-pointers and 15 blocks in a season, joining Kawhi Leonard, Manu Ginóbili and Lloyd Daniels. On 11 March 2017, he had three three-pointers in a 107âÂÂ85 win over Golden State to reach 51 three-pointers on the season. He became just the sixth Spurs rookie to hit 50 in a season. During his rookie season, he had multiple assignments with the Austin Spurs of the NBA Development League.
Early on the 2017âÂÂ18 season, BertÃÂns was twice assigned to the Austin Spurs. On 8 January 2018, he scored a career-high 28 points on 11-of-15 shooting with six 3-pointers in a 107âÂÂ100 win over the Sacramento Kings. On 13 January 2018, he scored 18 points on a career-high six 3-pointers in a 112âÂÂ80 win over the Denver Nuggets.
On 11 July 2018, BertÃÂns re-signed with the Spurs for two years and $14 million. On 27 January 2019, he scored a season-high 21 points in a 132âÂÂ119 win over the Washington Wizards.
On 6 July 2019, BertÃÂns was traded from the San Antonio Spurs to the Washington Wizards in a three-team deal that also included the Brooklyn Nets, in which the Spurs received DeMarre Carroll via sign-and-trade. In his first game against San Antonio following the trade, on 26 October 2019, BertÃÂns made all seven of his field goal attempts, including five three-pointers, and scored 23 points. On 22 November, he made six three-pointers and scored 20 points against the Charlotte Hornets.
On 22 June 2020, three months into the NBA's hiatus, BertÃÂns decided to pull out of the NBA's Orlando restart; he was the first player to do so. This decision was made for personal reasons. BertÃÂns was entering free agency and viewed sitting out as a preventative measure. BertÃÂns also had two previous ACL injuries. If the Wizards did not advance past the seeding games in Orlando, he stood to lose $520,000. The Washington Wizards fully supported BertÃÂns's decision and as anticipated did not ultimately qualify for the playoffs.
On 21 November 2020, BertÃÂns agreed to a five-year, $80 million deal with the Washington Wizards.
On 17 February 2021, BertÃÂns scored a career-high 35 points in a 130âÂÂ128 win over the Denver Nuggets. He logged a career-best nine 3-pointers becoming the third player in team history to do so.
On 10 February 2022, BertÃÂns, along with Spencer Dinwiddie, was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Kristaps Porzià Âãis.
On 6 July 2023, BertÃÂns, along with the 10th pick of the 2023 NBA draft, was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for the 12th pick of the draft.
On 8 February 2024, BertÃÂns was traded to the Charlotte Hornets, along with Tre Mann, Vasilije MiciÃÂ, a 2024 second-round pick, a 2025 second-round pick and cash considerations, in exchange for Gordon Hayward. On 6 July, he was waived by the Hornets.
On 9 September 2024, BertÃÂns signed with the newly created Dubai Basketball of the United Arab Emirates in the ABA League. Over 32 games, he averaged 12.2 points and 3.2 rebounds on 47.2% shooting from the field. Dubai finished the season with loss in the semifinals series to Partizan Belgrade.
BertÃÂns represented Latvia at EuroBasket 2011, averaging 5.6 points and 2 rebounds per game. He returned for EuroBasket 2017, now in a more prominent role, averaging 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game.
BertÃÂns' older brother, Dairis, is also a professional basketball player; he formerly played for the New Orleans Pelicans. Their father, Dainis, was a professional basketball player and is currently a youth coach. Their mother is a sports teacher and a former high-level rower. During his childhood, BertÃÂns was raised in Latvia's northernmost town, Rà «jiena, until his parents moved to Rëga, Latvia's capital. BertÃÂns is fluent in the Serbian language.
Due to a childhood wood-cutting accident, BertÃÂns is missing part of the ring finger on his right hand.
BertÃÂns is a former vegan who currently eats a dairy-free pescatarian diet; having difficulty with finding good vegan food when traveling with his team influenced BertÃÂns' decision to change his diet.
|- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio | 67 || 6 || 12.1 || .440 || .399 || .824 || 1.5 || .7 || .3 || .4 || 4.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio | 77 || 10 || 14.1 || .440 || .373 || .816 || 2.0 || 1.0 || .3 || .4 || 5.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio | 76 || 12 || 21.5 || .450 || .429 || .883 || 3.5 || 1.3 || .5 || .4 || 8.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 54 || 4 || 29.3 || .434 || .424 || .852 || 4.5 || 1.7 || .7 || .6 || 15.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 57 || 7 || 25.7 || .404 || .395 || .870 || 2.9 || .9 || .6 || .2 || 11.5 |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 34 || 0 || 14.7 || .351 || .319 || .933 || 1.8 || .5 || .3 || .2 || 5.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Dallas | 22 || 0 || 13.9 || .375 || .360 || .800 || 2.5 || .7 || .3 || .3 || 5.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Dallas | 45 || 1 || 10.9 || .431 || .390 || .867 || 1.2 || .5 || .2 || .2 || 4.6 |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| | style="text-align:left;"|Oklahoma City | 15 || 0 || 6.1 || .385 || .417 || .933 || .7 || .6 || .2 || .2 || 2.9 |-
| style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte | 28 || 1 || 20.8 || .394 || .375 || .889 || 1.8 || .9 || .8 || .3 || 8.8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 475 || 41 || 18.0 || .422 || .396 || .863 || 2.4 || .9 || .4 || .4 || 7.7
|- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio | 13 || 0 || 8.6 || .444 || .400 || .667 || 1.5 || .2 || .2 || .3 || 2.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio | 5 || 0 || 16.4 || .167 || .188 || .727 || 2.2 || 1.2 || .4 || .0 || 3.4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | San Antonio | 5 || 0 || 15.8 || .333 || .273 || .600 || 1.6 || 1.0 || .0 || .2 || 3.2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Washington | 4 || 2 || 26.5 || .407 || .348 || 1.000 || 2.8 || .3 || .3 || .5 || 9.3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Dallas | 18 || 0 || 10.7 || .400 || .373 || .833 || 1.4 || .3 || .4 || .1 || 4.1 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 45 || 2 || 12.7 || .373 || .339 || .780 || 1.7 || .5 || .3 || .2 || 4.0
|- | style="text-align:left;"|2011âÂÂ12 | style="text-align:left;"|Union Olimpija | 10 || 1 || 15.6 || .282 || .217 || 1.000 || 2.2 || .5 || .1 || .1 || 3.0 || .6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2012âÂÂ13 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Partizan | 10 || 1 || 20.0 || .385 || .471 || .625 || 2.3 || .7 || 1.1 || .2 || 6.6 || 4.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2013âÂÂ14 | 4 || 2 || 21.9 || .435 || .435 || || 3.8 || 1.3 || .8 || .5 || 12.5 || 8.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2014âÂÂ15 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Baskonia | 22 || 18 || 21.8 || .381 || .355 || .853 || 2.9 || .9 || .2 || .5 || 11.0 || 6.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2015âÂÂ16 | 15 || 8 || 20.7 || .514 || .474 || .905 || 1.9 || .9 || .4 || .4 || 7.9 || 6.9 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 61 || 30 || 20.2 || .400 || .388 || .824 || 2.5 || .8 || .4 || .4 || 8.3 || 5.4