Bobi Klintman

Bobi Klintman, born on March 6, 2003, in Malmö, Sweden, began his basketball career in his home country, playing for RIG Mark Academy in Kinna in the third-tier Basketettan during the 2019–20 season, and later in the second-tier Superettan. He also had a stint with Borås Basket in the top-tier Basketligan before moving to the United States. Klintman attended Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas, for a U.S. high school year. He was a four-star recruit and initially committed to play college basketball for Maryland, then Colorado, before ultimately signing with Wake Forest.

During his freshman year in the 2022–23 season at Wake Forest, Klintman participated in 33 games, starting five of them. He averaged 5.3 points and 4.5 rebounds over 20.5 minutes per game. Following his college career, Klintman declared for the NBA draft and joined the Cairns Taipans of Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL) in 2023 as part of their Next Stars program. In the 2023–24 NBL season, he averaged 9.7 points and 4.8 rebounds across 23 games.

Klintman was selected as the 37th overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2024 NBA draft. He was subsequently traded to the Detroit Pistons, signing a four-year deal. Throughout his tenure with the Pistons from 2024 to 2026, he was assigned multiple times to the G League’s Motor City Cruise. He played 20 NBA games with the Pistons, averaging 1.9 points and 1.3 rebounds. After being waived by the Pistons in April 2026, Klintman signed a multi-year contract with Virtus Bologna in Italy to play in Lega Basket Serie A and the EuroLeague, continuing his professional career.