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2011 Playoffs Statistics

PPG
1.7
RPG
1.70
APG
0.3
EFF
+ 3.29
Born: Jul 25, 1983
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight: 240 lbs. / 108.9 kg.
From: Kraljevo, Serbia
Years Pro: 6

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Background

Position: Center
Height: 7-0
Weight: 240
NBA Years: Six NBA Seasons
From: Serbia
Birthdate: 7/25/85
Birthplace: Kraljevo (Serbia)
Aquired: Signed as a free-agent with Oklahoma City on 12/30/08...Originally selected by New Jersey in the first round (No. 24 overall) of the 2002 NBA Draft.

CAREER AVERAGES: 10.4 ppg and 5.5 rpg in 25.8 mpg (348 career games).

2009-10 SEASON AVERAGES: 8.4 ppg and 5.0 rpg in 22.9 mpg.

2009-10: Appeared in 76 games (all starts) and averaged 8.4 points and 5.0 rebounds in 22.9 minutes per contest...Scored in double-figures 29 times including season-high 20 points vs. Sacramento (10/28)...Grabbed 10-plus rebounds four times...Tallied three double-doubles...Missed six contests due to injury.

NBA CAREER:
2008-09:
Appeared in 46 games (29 starts) and averaged 9.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.07 blocks in 24.8 minutes…One double-double…10 or more points 19 times including two efforts of 20-plus points…10 or more rebounds four times…Posted season-high 26 points vs. Dallas (3/2)…Matched career-high with three steals 2/4 at DEN…Matched season-high with three blocks (3x) 4/8 at DEN…Tied career-high 15 rebounds at Sacramento (3/10)…Four games on inactive list.

2007-08 (New Jersey):
Averaged 6.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg, and 18.0 mpg in 45 games (38 starts)…In 18.0 minutes per contest shot .410 (123-of-300) from the field and .754 (52-of-69) from the free throw line…Scored in double figures 12 times, with one 20+ point performance…Recorded three double-doubles on the season and led the Nets in rebounds seven times, in blocks three times and in steals once…Missed 33 games due to injury (30 due to left knee rehab, 12/2 to 2/1 and three due to an upper respiratory infection, 3/15 to 3/19)…Registered four DNP-Coach’s Decisions
2006-07 (New Jersey):
Averaged 16.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.8 apg and 32.6 minutes in 26 games (26 starts)…Shot 52.6% from the field…Grabbed 10 or more rebounds five times…five double-doubles…10 or more points 23 times…20 or more points 10 times…Missed final 56 games after tearing ACL in left knee
2005-06 (New Jersey):
Averaged 13.5 ppg and 6.4 rpg and 30.9 minutes per game in 80 games (80 starts)…Shot 50.7% from the field…Has recorded 61 games with 10+ points and 12 games with 20 or more points…Grabbed double-figure rebounds 12 times…Led the Nets in rebounds 17 times and in blocks 28 times…Recorded 12 double-doubles this season…Notched 17 points and a season-high 14 rebounds in 33 minutes on 4/4 vs. Atlanta…Recorded a career-high eight offensive rebounds and tied the Nets individual game high for offensive rebounds this season on 4/4 vs. Atlanta…Registered a career-high 29 points and pulled down 13 boards in 45 minutes on 3/7 at Chicago…Set a new career-high in blocked shots (5) in 34 minutes on 11/2 vs. Milwaukee
2004-05 (New Jersey):
Averaged 10.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 0.8 bpg in 75 games (57 starts)...Named to got milk? NBA All-Rookie Second Team...Averaged 11.7 ppg, 6.2 rpg in 30.8 mpg in 57 starts…Tallied 41 games in which he scored 10+ points...Totaled 10 games with 10+ rebounds...Missed a total of two games due to bronchitis (2/22 vs. Toronto and 2/23 at Milwaukee)...Recorded a DNP- Coach’s Decision in five games...Ranked 5th in the NBA for rookies in blocks per game (0.84), 7th in the NBA for rookies in scoring (10.0) and T-6th in the NBA for rookies in rebounds per game (5.3)...Recorded a season-high 28 points and 11 rebounds on 4/2 vs. Orlando...Recorded 15 points and a season-high 15 rebounds on 3/28 at Charlotte.

CAREER PLAYOFFS:
Has career playoff averages of 15.7 ppg and 7.0 rpg in 15 games…2006: Started in all 11 playoff games, posting averages of 14.7 ppg and 6.8 rpg…Recorded three postseason double-doubles…Tallied a career playoff high 10 field goals made, scoring 21 points in Game 4 at Indiana…Scored 20 points and grabbed a career playoff high 14 rebounds in Game 4 vs. Miami…2005: Averaged 18.3 ppg and 7.5 rpg while shooting 56.3% from the field in four First Round playoff games vs. the Miami Heat...Set a career playoff-high of 27 points in Game 2 on 4/26.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER:
A member of the Serbia/Montenegro National Team, which competed in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2009 EuroBasket Championships in Poland. This past summer, posted averages of 13.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 23.4 minutes per game during EuroBaket competition...Played primarily at the junior level before the 2002 season, when he was elevated full-time to KK Partizan, the top team in Serbia/Montenegro...Lists career averages of 10.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg and 0.7 spg in 69 games with Partizan…2003-04: Averaged 16.0 ppg, 6.1 rpg and 1.20 spg in 24 games...2002-03: Averaged 15.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg and 0.95 bpg in 19 games...Shot 60.0 % from the floor and 80.5% from the free throw line...2001-02: Played in 21 games as an 18-year-old playing his first full season at the top level in Serbia/Montenegro...Averaged 8.1 ppg and 5.7 rpg per game while playing about 19 mpg... Shot over 55 percent from the field and 78 percent from the line...Prior to the 2000-01 season, played for Partizan’s junior team in Serbia/Montenegro.


Personal

  • Grew up in the same hometown in his native Serbia as his boyhood hero and former NBA center, Vlade Diva
  • Even played for four years in Belgrade for a team that was owned by Divac
  • Lists “Gladiator” as his favorite American movie and Rap/R&B as his favorite kinds of American music, but overall, prefers Serbian music and movies because they remind him of hom
  • If he were not a basketball player, says that he likely would have followed in his father’s footsteps into building construction
  • Growing up played soccer and was also involved in karate.

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