Marko Jarić

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Marko Jarić
Montepaschi Siena
Career highlights and awards
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Medals
Representing
FR Yugoslavia
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2002 Indianapolis
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2001 Turkey
'22 & under' European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Italy Under-22 Team

Marko Jarić (

All-EuroLeague First Team member in 2002
.

Early life

Jarić was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, the son of Srećko Jarić, a well-known Yugoslav professional basketball player,[1] who played as a point guard for Radnički Belgrade, and was regarded by head basketball coach Dušan Ivković as, the "biggest talent that he ever had under his charge".[2] Jarić began playing basketball with the youth teams of the Serbian club Red Star Belgrade.

Professional career

Europe

Jarić began his professional career with Radnički Belgrade in the 1995–96 season, before moving to Greek Basket League club Peristeri. With Peristeri, he played two seasons in the European-wide 3rd tier level FIBA Korać Cup. He then spent the next 4 seasons playing in Europe's top-tier level EuroLeague, with the Italian clubs Fortitudo Bologna and Virtus Bologna.

He became the first player ever to win back-to-back

Virtus Bologna
.

NBA

Jarić was selected as the 30th overall

power forward Kevin Love.[4]

For the 2009–10 NBA season, Jarić and the Memphis Grizzlies, mutually agreed that Jarić would not attend the team's training camp, or any of their preseason games. Jarić was granted permission to seek a new team, and a possible contract buyout, for the remaining 2 years and $15 million of his contract.[5] Jarić's final NBA game was played on April 15, 2009, in a 98–90 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. In his final game, he played for 23 minutes and recorded 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals but no points.[6]

Back to Europe

After securing his release from the

Montepaschi Siena, through the end of the 2010–11 season.[2]

NBA comeback attempt

In October 2012, Jarić signed with the

NBA's Chicago Bulls.[8] However, he was waived on 24 October.[9] In September 2013, he signed with the Brooklyn Nets.[10] However, he was waived on 15 October.[11]
He then retired from playing professional basketball.

National team career

FR Yugoslavia junior national team

As a junior FR Yugoslavia national team player, Jarić won the gold medal at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

FR Yugoslavia senior national team

As a member of the senior

2007 EuroBasket.[12]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high
† Denotes season in which Jarić won the
EuroLeague

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002–03
L.A. Clippers
 66 12 20.9 .401 .319 .752 2.4 2.9 1.5 .2 7.4
2003–04
L.A. Clippers
 58 50 30.3 .388 .340 .733 3.0 4.8 1.6 .3 8.5
2004–05
L.A. Clippers
 50 41 33.1 .414 .371 .720 3.2 6.1 1.7 .3 9.9
2005–06
Minnesota
 75 49 28.0 .399 .301 .688 3.1 3.9 1.4 .3 7.8
2006–07
Minnesota
 70 13 22.2 .418 .376 .761 2.6 2.1 1.1 .2 5.3
2007–08
Minnesota
 75 56 29.2 .430 .362 .742 3.0 4.1 1.3 .4 8.3
2008–09
Memphis
 53 0 11.4 .331 .393 .707 1.2 1.4 .5 .2 2.6
Career 447 221 25.2 .404 .344 .730 2.7 3.6 1.3 .3 7.1

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2000–01†
Bologna
 22 16 28.7 .439 .309 .697 3.0 2.3 2.0 .2 10.4 10.2
2001–02
Bologna
 21 20 28.2 .482 .268 .595 4.3 2.5 2.2 .1 13.4 14.6
2009–10 Real Madrid 12 10 25.8 .378 .440 .682 5.2 1.7 1.3 .2 7.1 7.7
2010–11
Montepaschi
 12 3 12.5 .433 .158 .750 1.4 1.3 1.0 .0 5.1 3.9
Career 67 49 25.1 .448 .294 .656 3.3 2.1 1.8 .1 9.8 10.0

Personal life

Jarić has an older sister named Tamara, and a younger brother named Nikola (b. 1987), who lives and plays basketball in Switzerland.[13]

On 12 June 2008, Jarić became engaged to Brazilian supermodel

Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, on Valentine's Day 2009.[15] They have two daughters.[16][17] The couple announced their separation on 2 May 2014, after five years of marriage.[18] The divorce was finalized in March 2016.[citation needed
]

Jarić also holds

Greek citizenship,[19] under the name Marko Latsis (Greek: Μάρκο Λάτσης), which was the name he played basketball under in Greece.[20]

See also

References

  1. NBA.com. January 1, 2009. Archived from the original
    on January 1, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Latest News | EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. October 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Timberwolves Acquire Guards Marko Jaric & Lionel Chalmers from the L.A. Clippers". www.nba.com.
  4. ^ Tribune, Jerry Zgoda Star. "McHale says Love-for-Mayo swap made sense for many reasons". Star Tribune.
  5. ^ "Grizzlies give Jaric permission to find new team". ESPN.com. September 29, 2009.
  6. ^ "Marko Jaric 2008-09 Stats per Game - NBA". ESPN. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "Real Madrid adds former Euroleague champ Jaric". Euroleague.net. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  8. ^ "Bulls add Ryan Allen, Vance Cooksey, Andre Emmett, Kyrylo Fesenko, Marko Jaric to training camp". Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  9. ^ "Bulls waive guards Ryan Allen and Marko Jaric". www.nba.com.
  10. NBA.com
    .
  11. ^ "Brooklyn Nets waive Marko Jaric – NBA Blog – NBA Basketball Blog". October 15, 2013.
  12. ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players".
  13. ^ "Marko Jarić Biography". story.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  14. ^ "Engagements". Peoplemag.
  15. ^ Supermodel Adriana Lima Elopes! People, February 23, 2009.
  16. ^ First Photo: Meet Adriana Lima’s Daughter Valentina! Archived August 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine May 5, 2010.
  17. ^ Adriana Lima Gives Birth to Daughter Sienna!. Us Weekly. September 12, 2012. Accessed 2012-09-12.
  18. ^ Pfeffer, Stephanie Emma. "Adriana Lima and Marko Jaric Separate". people.com. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  19. ^ "NBA Players".
  20. ^ "Lega A Basket". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved June 25, 2008.

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