League NBA Name Bojan Bogdanovic Career start 2004 Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg) Weight 98 kg | Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Height 2 m Nationality Croatian Role Basketball player Pro career 2004 | |
 | ||
NBA draft 2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31st overall Similar People Bogdan Bogdanovic, Damjan Rudez, Mario Hezonja, Dario Saric, Luka Zoric Profiles | ||
Bojan bogdanovic nets 2015 season highlights
Bojan Bogdanović ([ˌbǒjan boɡˈdǎːnoʋit͜ɕ]) (born 18 April 1989) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Croatian national basketball team. Standing at 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was selected by the Miami Heat with the 31st overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft.
Contents
- Bojan bogdanovic nets 2015 season highlights
- Bojan Bogdanovic Leads The Pacers To A Game 3 Victory
- Early years
- Cibona Zagreb
- Fenerbahe lker
- Brooklyn Nets
- Washington Wizards
- Career statistics
- International career
- Personal life
- References
Bojan Bogdanovic Leads The Pacers To A Game 3 Victory!
Early years
Born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bogdanović started his basketball career in 2004 with his hometown club Zrinjski Mostar where he played for one season. In 2005, he signed a five-year deal with Real Madrid, but was loaned back to Zrinjski Mostar for the 2005–06 season. In 2006–07 and 2007–08, he played for Real Madrid's junior team, Real Madrid B, in Spain's 4th-tier league, the Liga EBA. In 2008, he was loaned to CB Murcia for the 2008–09 season. In January 2009, he re-joined Real Madrid's junior team, Real Madrid B. Following the 2008–09 season, he parted ways with Real Madrid.
Cibona Zagreb
In August 2009, Bogdanović signed a four-year deal with Cibona Zagreb. In July 2010, he signed a three-year contract extension with Cibona. Following the 2010–11 season, he parted ways with Cibona.
Fenerbahçe Ülker
On June 19, 2011, Bogdanović signed a multi-year deal with Fenerbahçe Ülker. On 23 June 2011, he was selected with the 31st overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Miami Heat. He was later traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, and then again to the New Jersey Nets on draft night.
In September 2012, Fenerbahçe confirmed Bogdanović would return for the 2012–13 season. In July 2013, following a breakdown in negotiations with the Brooklyn Nets on a possible contract buy-out, Bogdanović announced his decision to return to Fenerbahçe for the 2013–14 season.
Brooklyn Nets
On July 20, 2014, Bogdanović signed a three-year, $10 million contract with the Brooklyn Nets. After starting the first 19 games of the 2014–15 season alongside Joe Johnson on the wing, Bogdanović lost his starting spot on 10 December against the Chicago Bulls in favor of Sergey Karasev. He later regained his starting spot on 10 January against the Detroit Pistons. In the Nets' regular season finale on April 15 against the Orlando Magic, Bogdanović had a season-best game with 28 points on 12-of-17 shooting to help the Nets clinch the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference with a 101–88 win. The Nets lost to the Atlanta Hawks 4–2 in the first round of the playoffs.
On November 11, 2015, Bogdanović helped the Nets record their first win of the season, scoring a season-high 22 points in a 106–98 victory over the Houston Rockets. He topped that season high mark with 24 points on 25 February 2016 in a 116–106 win over the Phoenix Suns. On March 15, 2016, he scored a career-high 44 points in a 131–114 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. His total was the most for a Nets player since Deron Williams scored 57 on March 4, 2012, and the most by any Nets player since the team moved to Brooklyn prior to the 2012–13 season. In the Nets' regular season finale on 13 April, he tied his career high with seven three-pointers and scored 29 points in a 103–96 loss to the Toronto Raptors. The Nets lost their final 10 games of the season and finished with a 21–61 win/loss record.
In the Nets' season opener on October 26, 2016, Bogdanović scored a team-high 21 points in a 122–117 loss to the Boston Celtics.
Washington Wizards
On February 22, 2017, Bogdanović was traded, along with Chris McCullough, to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Andrew Nicholson, Marcus Thornton and a 2017 protected first round draft pick. Four days later, in his second game with Washington, Bogdanović scored 15 points in 33 minutes in a 102–92 loss to the Utah Jazz. On March 1, 2017, he had a 27-point effort in a 105–96 win over the Toronto Raptors.
Career statistics
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
International career
Bogdanović played for the Croatian U16 national team in 2005, the U18 team in 2006 and 2007, and the U20 team in 2009. In 2010, he joined the Croatian national team for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. In July 2012, the Croatian national team head coach, Jasmin Repeša, kicked Bogdanović off the team for disciplinary reasons.
He re-joined Croatia for the 2013 EuroBasket and the 2014 FIBA World Cup. He also represented Croatia at the 2015 EuroBasket, where they were eliminated in the eighth finals by Czech Republic. Over six tournament games, he averaged 10.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists on 31.5% shooting from the field.
Bogdanović also represented Croatia at 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He led all scorers with 25.3 points per game, while shooting 50.6 percent from the field and 45 percent from the 3-point line.
Personal life
In July 2016, Bogdanović was vacationing in Turkey's Bodrum Peninsula and escaped by boat from the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.