Nationality Serbian Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Name Marko Jaric | Listed weight 224 lb (102 kg) Role Basketball player Pro career 1996–2013 Height 2.01 m | |
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NBA draft 2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 30th overall Children Valentina Lima Jaric, Sienna Lima Jaric Parents Leposava Jaric, Srecko Jaric Siblings Nikola Jaric, Tamara Jaric Similar People Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Valentina Lima Jaric, Miranda Kerr, Gisele Bundchen Profiles | ||
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Marko Jarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Јарић, [mâːrko jǎːritɕ]; born October 12, 1978) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he played the shooting guard position. He also represented the Yugoslavian national basketball team internationally. Jarić was an All-EuroLeague First Team member in 2002.
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- Professional career
- International career
- Career statistics
- Personal life
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Professional career
Jarić began his professional career in 1996, with the Greek Basket League club Peristeri. He became the first player ever to win back-to-back Italian League championships on two different teams. He won the Italian League championship in 2000, with Fortitudo Bologna, and in 2001, with Virtus Bologna.
Jarić was selected as the 30th overall pick, by the Los Angeles Clippers, in the 2000 NBA draft. He was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves on August 12, 2005, along with Lionel Chalmers by the Clippers, in exchange for Sam Cassell and a future first-round draft pick. He was traded to the Grizzlies on June 26, 2008, in an eight-player deal involving rookie guard O. J. Mayo and rookie forward Kevin Love.
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. He then signed with Spanish club Real Madrid on December 22, 2009. On January 14, 2011, he signed with Italian club Montepaschi Siena, through the end of the 2010–11 season.
In October 2012, Jarić signed with the Chicago Bulls. However, he was waived on October 24. In September 2013, he signed with the Brooklyn Nets. However, he was waived on October 15.
International career
As a junior national team player, Jarić won the gold medal at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. As a member of the senior FR Yugoslavia national basketball team, Jarić won gold medals at both the EuroBasket 2001 and the 2002 FIBA World Championship.
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.
Personal life
Marko Jarić is the son of Srećko Jarić, a retired Serbian professional basketball player, who played as a guard for KK Radnički Belgrade, and was regarded by coach Dušan Ivković as the "biggest talent he ever had under his charge". Marko has an older sister named Tamara, and a younger brother named Nikola (b. 1987), who lives and plays basketball in Switzerland.
Jarić also holds Greek citizenship, under the name Marko Latsis (Greek: Μάρκο Λάτσης), which was the name he played basketball under in Greece.
On June 12, 2008, Jarić became engaged to Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima, after proposing to her on her 27th birthday. The couple wed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, on Valentine's Day 2009. The couple have two daughters: Valentina Lima Jarić (Serbian: Валентина Лима Јарић; born November 15, 2009) and Sienna Lima Jarić (Serbian: Сијена Лима Јарић; born September 12, 2012). The couple announced their separation on May 2, 2014, after five years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in March 2016.