Predrag Drobnjak

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Predrag Drobnjak
Sacramento Kings
TitleInternational Scout
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1975-10-27) October 27, 1975 (age 50)
Bijelo Polje, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
NationalityMontenegrin
Listed height2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight132 kg (291 lb)
Career information
NBA draft1997: 2nd round, 48th overall pick
Drafted byWashington Bullets
Playing career1992–2011
PositionPower forward / center
Number14
Career history
1992–1998Partizan
1998–2001Efes Pilsen
2001–2003Seattle SuperSonics
2003–2004Los Angeles Clippers
2004–2005Atlanta Hawks
2005–2006Tau Cerámica
2006–2007Partizan
2007Akasvayu Girona
2007–2008Beşiktaş Cola Turka
2008–2009Efes Pilsen
2009–2010PAOK
2011Iraklis
Career highlights
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Stats at Basketball Reference
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
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 (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг "Пеђа" Дробњак; born 27 October 1975) is a Montenegrin professional basketball scout and former player. At 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in), he played at the power forward and center positions. Throughout his nineteen-year career, Drobnjak has spent three full seasons playing in the NBA.

Professional career

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Europe

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Drobnjak started his professional career with Partizan in the 1992–93 season. He played six seasons for Partizan, winning three national titles in a row (1995, 1996 and 1997). In his last year with the club, Drobnjak played in the EuroLeague Final Four, where they finished fourth, after losing in the semifinals to 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

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Drobnjak was a second-round draft choice of the Washington Bullets in the 1997 NBA draft.[3] During his time in the NBA, Drobnjak played two seasons for the Seattle SuperSonics, one season for the Los Angeles Clippers, and one season for the Atlanta Hawks. In 2004, the Clippers made him available for selection by the Charlotte Bobcats in 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

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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 Akasvayu Girona.[8] In December 2007, he left Girona and signed with Beşiktaş Cola Turka for the rest of the season.[9] In November 2008, Drobnjak returned to Efes Pilsen for the 2008–09 season.[10] In the 2009–10 season, Drobnjak played in the Greek Basket League with PAOK.[11] In February 2011, he signed with Iraklis until the end of the season.[12] However, he decided to retire later that month.[13]

National team career

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Drobnjak won gold medals at both the 1998 and 2002 FIBA World Championships, and he also won a gold medal at the EuroBasket 2001, while playing with the senior Yugoslav national team.[14]

Post-playing career

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In 2015, Drobnjak was named a scout for the Sacramento Kings.[15][16]at the moment, he lives in Belgrade, Serbia and he is active in popular podcast "NBA bounce" being a coauthor with Luka Spasovski.

NBA career statistics

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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

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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

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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

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References

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