Beno Udrih

Beno Udrih

No. 19   Milwaukee Bucks
Point guard / Shooting guard
Personal information
Date of birth	July 5, 1982 (1982-07-05)
Place of birth	Celje, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Slovenian
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	203 lb (92 kg)
Career information
NBA Draft	2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Pro career	1997–present
Career history
1997–2000	KK Kovinotehna Polzela (Slovenia)
2000–2002	Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia)
2002–2003	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
2003–2004	Avtodor Saratov (Russia)
2004	Breil Milano (Italy)
2004–2007	San Antonio Spurs
2007–2011	Sacramento Kings
2011–present	Milwaukee Bucks
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA Champion (2005, 2007)
Stats at NBA.com

Beno Udrih (born July 5, 1982 in Celje, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. He was traded to the Bucks on June 23, 2011 after spending four seasons in Sacramento.

Early career

Beno Udrih is left-handed, and comes from a family of basketball players. His father Silvo played for Rudar Trbovlje. Udrih made his professional debut with a brief stint in the Slovenian secondary league in 1997, followed by three seasons in that country's premier league, the UPC Telemach League. He was named the 2000 Slovenian League Rookie of the Year, and has played for the Slovenian national team since that same year. He played for Olimpija Ljubljana in 2000–2002 season where he made great improvement and played in Euroleague for the first time. Udrih played for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 2002–2003 season, and split the 2003–2004 season among Avtodor Saratov (Russia) and Breil Milano (Italy). From 2004 to 2007 he played with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.

Prior to his NBA debut, he appeared in the Southern California Summer Pro League for the Spurs, and also appeared in three games with the Spurs squad in the 2004 Reebok Rocky Mountain Revue while averaging 10.3 PPG, 5 APG, 4.7 RPG, 1.33 SPG, 24.7 MPG, and shooting .542 (13–24).

NBA career

Udrih signed with the San Antonio Spurs in the summer of 2004 after being drafted with the 28th overall pick of the 2004 NBA Draft, signing a 3-year, US$2.4 million contract, and served as a key backup for starting point guard Tony Parker. In Udrih's rookie season, he won a Rookie of the Month award. Following that achievement, he was selected for the Rookie Team for the Rookie Challenge during All Star Weekend. In the 2005 NBA playoffs he won the championship with the Spurs. However, Udrih's playing time dropped significantly in the 2005–06 season with the Spurs signing Nick Van Exel during the off-season, but increased again after the All-Star break due to an injury to Van Exel's elbow. In the following 2006–07 NBA season and playoffs (where the Spurs won another NBA championship) his minutes were very limited, as the Spurs signed veteran point guard Jacque Vaughn to back up Tony Parker.

On October 27, 2007, Udrih was sent, along with cash considerations, by the Spurs to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for a protected 2008 second-round draft pick. The Wolves immediately waived him. He was later signed by the Sacramento Kings as a fill in for starting point guard Mike Bibby, who was out with an injured thumb for an estimated two months. He stepped up well in his new role as starting point guard, scoring a career-high of 27 points on November 26, 2007 in a 112–99 win against his former team, the San Antonio Spurs. He averaged 12.8 points, 4.3 assists, 3.3 rebounds in 32 minutes per game in 65 games with the Kings in 2007–08.

On July 1, 2008, Udrih agreed to a 5-year contract with the Sacramento Kings after being courted by the Los Angeles Clippers.

On June 23, 2011 he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks as part of a three-way deal among the Sacramento Kings and Charlotte Bobcats.

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
2004–05	San Antonio	80	2	14.4	.444	.408	.753	1.0	1.9	.5	.1	5.9
2005–06	San Antonio	55	3	10.7	.455	.343	.780	1.0	1.7	.3	.0	5.1
2006–07	San Antonio	73	1	13.0	.369	.287	.883	1.1	1.7	.4	.0	4.7
2007–08	Sacramento	65	51	32.0	.463	.387	.850	3.3	4.3	.9	.2	12.8
2008–09	Sacramento	73	72	31.1	.461	.310	.820	3.0	4.7	1.1	.2	11.0
2009–10	Sacramento	79	41	31.4	.493	.377	.837	2.8	4.7	1.1	.1	12.9
2010–11	Sacramento	79	64	34.6	.500	.357	.864	3.4	4.9	1.2	.1	13.7
Career		503	234	24.3	.466	.358	.835	2.3	3.5	.8	.1	9.6

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004–05	San Antonio	21	0	11.5	.359	.270	.857	.8	1.0	.4	.1	3.7
2005–06	San Antonio	7	0	6.7	.333	.167	.800	.6	1.1	.0	.0	3.6
2006–07	San Antonio	8	0	2.5	.000	.000	1.000	.1	.1	.0	.0	.3
Career		36	0	8.6	.333	.244	.857	.6	.9	.2	.0	2.9

External links

• Beno Udrih at NBA.com
• Beno Udrih at Basketball-Reference.com
• Euroleague.net Profile
• Basketpedya.com Profile