Predrag Drobnjak

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Predrag Drobnjak
Sacramento Kings
PositionInternational Scout
League
Iraklis
Career highlights and awards
  • 2×
    FIBA EuroStar
    (1996, 1997)
  • Spanish Cup
    winner (2006)
  • 2×
    Turkish President's Cup
    winner (1998, 2000)
  • 2×
    Turkish Cup
    winner (2001, 2009)
  • 3× Yugoslavian League champion (1995–1997)
  • 2×
    Yugoslavian Cup
    winner (1994, 1995)
  • ABA League champion (2007)
  • Serbian League champion (2007)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  
Yugoslavia
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1998 Greece
Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 United States
Team
FIBA Eurobasket
Gold medal – first place 2001 Turkey
Team
European Championship for Men '22 and Under'
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Turkey Team

Predrag "Peđa" Drobnjak (

power forward and center positions. Throughout his nineteen-year career, Drobnjak has spent three full seasons playing in the NBA
.

Professional career

Europe

Drobnjak started his professional career with

Kinder Bologna, and in the third-place game against Benetton Treviso.[1]

Before the 1998–99 season, Drobnjak signed with Efes Pilsen, in Turkey. Drobnjak stayed for the next three seasons with Efes.[2]

NBA

Drobnjak was a second-round draft choice of the

expansion draft.[4] After his selection by the Bobcats, Drobnjak was subsequently traded to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for a 2005 second-round draft pick before playing a game for Charlotte.[5]

Return to Europe

In July 2005, Drobnjak signed a three-year contract with Tau Cerámica in Spain.[6] However, he was released after only a year, which followed by his signing a one-year contract with his former team Partizan.[7]

In July 2007, he signed with

Iraklis until the end of the season.[12] However, he decided to retire later that month.[13]

National team career

Drobnjak won gold medals at both the

Yugoslav national team.[14]

Post-playing career

In 2015, Drobnjak was named a

scout for the Sacramento Kings.[15][16]

NBA 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  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 Seattle 64 12 18.3 .461 .000 .753 3.4 .8 .3 .5 6.8
2002–03 Seattle 82 69 24.2 .412 .353 .791 3.9 1.0 .6 .5 9.4
2003–04 L.A. Clippers 61 14 15.6 .393 .306 .849 3.2 .6 .4 .4 6.3
2004–05 Atlanta 71 1 20.2 .438 .352 .800 3.4 .7 .6 .3 8.4
Career 278 96 19.9 .425 .340 .799 3.5 .8 .5 .4 7.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002
 Seattle 3 1 12.7 .333 .000 .500 2.7 .7 .3 .0 3.3

See also

References

  1. ^ "Euroleague Final Four 1998". Euroleague.net. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  2. ^ "Predrag Drobnjak – Turkish Basketball League". TBLStat.net. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "NBA Draft history: 1997 Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  4. ^ Crowe, Jerry (June 15, 2004). "Clippers Expose Drobnjak, Dooling to Expansion Draft". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  5. ^ "Drobnjak Traded to Hawks". fibaeurope.com. August 17, 2004. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  6. ^ "Drobnjak signs contract with Tau Ceramica". ESPN.com. July 27, 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  7. ^ "Drobnjak goes back to Partizan". Eurosport.com. September 19, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  8. ^ "Akasvayu upgrades frontline with Drobnjak". Eurocupbasketball.com. July 29, 2007. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  9. ^ Ture, Gokhan (December 22, 2007). "Besiktas adds Drobnjak from Akasvayu". Euroleague.net. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  10. ^ Ture, Gokhan (November 28, 2008). "Efes brings back Drobnjak". Euroleague.net. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  11. ^ "Drobnjak opet u crno-belom dresu". Sportskacentrala.com (in Serbian). August 28, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  12. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (February 3, 2011). "Iraklis agreed to terms with Predrag Drobnjak". Sportando.com. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  13. ^ Freeman, Eric (February 21, 2011). "Say goodbye to Predrag Drobnjak and his Manjaks". Yahoo.com. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  14. ^ "Predrag Drobnjak – FIBA.com Profile". fiba.com. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  15. ^ "Divac Offers Scouting Position to Predrag Drobnjak". sactownroyalty.com. August 17, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  16. ^ "Kings BASKETBALL OPERATIONS". nba.com/kings. Retrieved April 17, 2018.

External links

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