Position Center Name Ognjen Kuzmic Salary 816,482 USD (2015) Nationality Serbian / Bosnian Role Basketball player | Listed height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Height 2.13 m Pro career 2007 Listed weight 251 lb (114 kg) Weight 118 kg | |
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League Greek Basket League
Euroleague Born May 16, 1990 (age 33)
Doboj, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
SFR Yugoslavia ( 1990-05-16 ) NBA draft 2012 / Round: 2 / Pick: 52nd overall Similar People Nemanja Nedovic, Festus Ezeli, Miroslav Raduljica, Marreese Speights, Brandon Rush | ||
Current team Panathinaikos B.C. (#21) | ||
Warriors Center Ognjen Kuzmic NBA D-League Highlights: March 2015
Ognjen Kuzmić (Serbian Cyrillic: Огњен Кузмић, [ǒɡɲen kûzmit͡ɕ]; born May 16, 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Basketball League of Serbia. Standing at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), he plays at the center position. He was selected with the 52nd overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors.
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Professional career
Kuzmić started his senior career in Borac Banja Luka and the first basketball steps began in Findo Doboj. After one season, he left to play for Korihait in the Finnish league. In 2010, he returned to Bosnia to play for KK Čelik Zenica.
In 2011, he signed with Unicaja Málaga but played the 2011–12 season with farm team, Clínicas Rincón Benahavís of the Spanish Second League. He also played two games with Unicaja.
In 2012, Unicaja Málaga loaned him to Joventut Badalona.
On September 27, 2013, he signed with the Golden State Warriors. During his rookie and sophomore seasons, he had multiple assignments with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League, earning a mention to the All-NBA Development League Defensive Third Team and winning a D-League championship during the 2014–15 season. To add to his D-League title, he was part of Golden State's championship winning team who defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2015 NBA Finals. Kuzmić failed to appear in any post-season action due to a recurring left ankle injury.
On July 27, 2015, he signed a two-year deal with the Greek club Panathinaikos. On April 21, 2016, he left PAO.
On July 19, 2016, Kuzmić signed a three-year contract with Crvena zvezda.
International career
Being a Bosnian Serb, Kuzmić was eligible to play either for Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia.
In May 2013, he turned down a call-up from Bosnia and Herzegovina's head coach Aleksandar Petrović for EuroBasket 2013 training camp.
In May 2014, Kuzmić publicly stated his desire to play for the Serbian national team. In June 2014, national team head coach Aleksandar Đorđević included him on the preliminary list of 29 players being considered for the twelve roster spots for the 2014 World Cup. Three weeks later, in early July 2014, Kuzmić further made Đorđević's shortened list of 20 players invited for the training camp, however, a fibula injury he picked up during the 2014 NBA Summer League ruled him out.
Kuzmić represented Serbia for the first time at the EuroBasket 2015 under head coach Aleksandar Đorđević. In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the toughest Group B with 5-0 record, and then eliminated Finland and Czech Republic in the round of 16 and quarterfinal game, respectively. However, they were stopped in the semifinal game by Lithuania with 67–64, and eventually lost to the host team France in the bronze-medal game with 81–68. Over 9 tournament games, Kuzmić averaged 3.1 points and 3.0 rebounds on 50% shooting from the field.