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For the Serbian basketball player, see Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball).
Bojan Bogdanović
Bogdanović with Fenerbahçe
No. 44 – Brooklyn Nets
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1989-04-18) April 18, 1989 (age 35)
Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2011: 2nd round, 31st overall pick
Selected by the Miami Heat
Playing career2004–present
Career history
2004–2005Zrinjski Mostar (Bosnia)
2005–2009Real Madrid (Spain)
2005–2006→Zrinjski Mostar (Bosnia)
2008–2009→Murcia (Spain)
2009–2011Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
2011–2014Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey)
2014–presentBrooklyn Nets
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Bojan Bogdanović (born April 18, 1989) is a Croatian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets 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.

Professional career

Early years

Born in Mostar, 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. In 2008, he was loaned to CB Murcia for the 2008–09 season. In January 2009, he re-joined Real Madrid's junior team. Following the 2008–09, he parted ways with Real Madrid.[1]

Cibona Zagreb

In August 2009, Bogdanović signed a four-year deal with Cibona Zagreb.[1] In July 2010, he signed a three-year contract extension with Cibona.[2] Following the 2010–11 season, he parted ways with Cibona.[3]

Fenerbahçe Ülker

On June 19, 2011, Bogdanović signed a multi-year deal with Fenerbahçe Ülker.[4] On June 23, 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.[5][6]

In September 2012, Fenerbahçe confirmed Bogdanović would return for the 2012–13 season.[7] 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.[8]

Brooklyn Nets

On July 22, 2014, Bogdanović signed with the Brooklyn Nets[9] to a reported three-year, $10 million contract.[10] After starting the first 19 games of the 2014–15 season alongside Joe Johnson on the wing, Bogdanović lost his starting spot on December 10 against the Chicago Bulls in favor of Sergey Karasev.[11] He later regained his starting spot on January 10 against the Detroit Pistons.[12] 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.[13]

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  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Brooklyn 78 28 23.8 .453 .355 .821 2.7 .9 .4 .1 9.0
Career 78 28 23.8 .453 .355 .821 2.7 .9 .4 .1 9.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015 Brooklyn 6 5 34.3 .390 .333 .714 3.8 1.7 .7 .3 10.3
Career 6 5 34.3 .390 .333 .714 3.8 1.7 .7 .3 10.3

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08 Real Madrid 1 0 1.8 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
2009–10 Cibona 15 3 23.3 .436 .387 .435 2.9 .5 .7 .1 8.1 6.4
2010–11 10 10 35.5 .411 .309 .765 3.5 1.8 1.7 .2 18.0 15.3
2011–12 Fenerbahçe 16 7 24.3 .463 .411 .813 2.2 .7 .4 .2 13.0 11.3
2012–13 21 16 28.3 .489 .405 .839 2.1 1.2 .6 .5 15.9 15.5
2013–14 24 21 30.6 .468 .298 .817 2.4 1.9 .5 .4 14.8 12.3
Career 87 57 27.9 .459 .359 .787 2.5 1.2 .7 .3 13.8 12.1

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, Croatian national team head coach, Jasmin Repeša, kicked Bogdanović from the team for disciplinary reasons.[14] He re-joined Croatia for the 2013 EuroBasket and the 2014 FIBA World Cup. He also represented Croatia at the 2015 EuroBasket,[15] where they were eliminated in the eighth finals by Czech Republic.[16] Over 6 tournament games, he averaged 10.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists on 31.5% shooting from the field.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b Cibona bags young forward Bojan Bogdanovic
  2. ^ Cibona adds two, extends two
  3. ^ Bojan Bogdanovic to sign with Fenerbahce?
  4. ^ Fenerbahce announces Bogdanovic and Gist
  5. ^ "Wolves Complete Five Draft-Night Trades". NBA.com. June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  6. ^ "NETS Acquire Draft Rights to Bojan Bogdanovic". NBA.com. June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  7. ^ Pianigiani, Dincer: 'Bojan Bogdanovic will stay with us'
  8. ^ Zeljko Obradovic: 'Bojan Bogdanovic told me that he'll stay'
  9. ^ Brooklyn Nets Sign Bojan Bogdanovic
  10. ^ Nets agree to sign Bojan Bogdanovic to 3-year deal
  11. ^ Bojan Bogdanovic continues to ride the pine
  12. ^ Jennings' 20 in 2nd half helps Pistons down Nets, 98-93
  13. ^ Nets clinch playoff spot after win, Pacers loss
  14. ^ "Bojan Bogdanovic kicked out of Croatian National Team". Sportando.com. July 29, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  15. ^ "CROATIA UNVEIL AMBITIOUS EUROBASKET SQUAD". eurobasket2015.org. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  16. ^ "CZECHS MAKE FIRST QUARTER-FINAL TRIP". .eurobasket2015.org. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  17. ^ "Bojan Bogdanovic". eurobasket2015.org. FIBA Europe. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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