Offensive Game
Shooting range extends to three-point line — unusual for a seven-footer and genuinely disruptive to conventional defensive alignment. Skilled finisher around the rim off pick-and-roll.
Career Journey
Indiana Pacers
2019-2022
Orlando Magic
2022-present
2019 first-round pick (No. 18)
Selected by Indiana out of Georgia, among the highest-drafted Georgian players in league history.
Career-best efficiency (2025-26)
Posted a career-high true shooting mark as Orlando's backup center, averaging around 6 points and 5 rebounds over 64 games.
Established rotation big
Settled into a consistent reserve rim-protecting role behind Wendell Carter Jr., typically around 15 minutes a game.
Player Agent
2025-26 season · View contract
| Season | GP | PPG | RPG | APG | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 64 | 5.9 | 5 | 1.3 | 67.6% | 18.2% |
A first-round pick out of the Republic of Georgia's basketball pipeline, Bitadze went 18th to Indiana in 2019 and has since settled into a valuable role as a rim-protecting reserve center. In Orlando he carved out steady work behind Wendell Carter Jr., giving the Magic interior size, shot-blocking and screen-setting without needing plays run for him. His 2025-26 season was quietly his most efficient — a career-best true shooting mark on a diet of dunks, putbacks and short rolls, exactly the low-usage, high-value profile analytics models love in a backup big. He is not a floor-spacer, and his minutes stay capped around 15 a night, but his vertical rim presence and clean interior finishing make him a plug-and-play frontcourt insurance policy for a defense-minded roster.
Offensive Game
Shooting range extends to three-point line — unusual for a seven-footer and genuinely disruptive to conventional defensive alignment. Skilled finisher around the rim off pick-and-roll.
Defensive Game
Legitimate shot-blocker with positional intelligence from European training. Reads offensive actions quickly and challenges shots without excessive fouling.
Intangibles
Strong basketball IQ product of European development. Understands positional defense, knows where to be on the weak side, and communicates coverages effectively.
Personal Life & Family
Status
Single
Parents & Siblings
Off the Court
Youth basketball development in Georgia (the country)
NBA health and wellness advocacy
Did You Know?
Bitadze is from Gori, Georgia — a city best known internationally as the birthplace of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, a biographical footnote the 7-foot center handles with Georgian good humor in NBA media obligations.
He never played college basketball in the United States, developing entirely through European professional leagues — a pathway that produced one of the most skilled European centers of his draft class.
Bitadze managed a cardiac arrhythmia diagnosis during his early NBA career while continuing to play at the highest professional level — a testament to the medical support available to NBA players and his own resilience.
He is the highest-drafted Georgian basketball player in NBA history, and his success has increased basketball's visibility in the Republic of Georgia, where the sport is growing alongside football as a primary athletic culture.
Career Honors
2019 NBA Draft First Round Pick (18th overall)
Georgian Basketball League development honors
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