Nationality Icelandic Listed weight 260 lb (118 kg) Playing career Weight 118 kg | Listed height 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) Height 2.18 m | |
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NBA draft 1981, Portland Trail Blazers (Round: 3 / Pick: 61) | ||
Pétur Karl Guðmundsson (born October 30, 1958) is a retired Icelandic professional basketball player from Reykjavík. He was the first Icelander ever to play in National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a 2.18 m (7'2"), 118 kg (260 lb) center and played college basketball at the University of Washington, in Seattle, United States.
Pétur was selected in the third round of the 1981 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, for whom he played during the 1981-82 season. In August 1983 the Blazers traded him to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for a 1984 third-round draft pick. He played with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1985-86 but was traded to the San Antonio Spurs along with Frank Brickowski, two draft picks and an undisclosed amount of money in exchange for Mychal Thompson.
In 1986, Pétur was set to play for the American CBA's Kansas City Sizzlers but was denied a work permit by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
He also coached Icelandic basketball team Valur/Fjolnir.
In 2001 Pétur was voted the Icelandic basketball player of the century and as one of the twelve players on the team of the 20th century.
