Bruno Šundov
| Free agent | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 10, 1980 Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Listed height | 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) |
| Listed weight | 270 lb (122 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | The Winchendon School (Winchendon, Massachusetts) |
| NBA draft | 1998: 2nd round, 35th overall pick |
| Selected by the Dallas Mavericks | |
| Playing career | 1997–present |
| Career history | |
| 1997–1998 | KK Split (Croatia) |
| 1998–2000 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2000 | Leones de Ponce (Puerto Rico) |
| 2000–2002 | Indiana Pacers |
| 2002–2003 | Boston Celtics |
| 2003 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2003–2004 | New York Knicks |
| 2004 | Gary Steelheads (CBA) |
| 2004 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) |
| 2004 | Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium) |
| 2004–2005 | New York Knicks |
| 2005–2007 | Lucentum Alicante (Spain) |
| 2007–2008 | AEL Limassol (Cyprus) |
| 2008 | Baloncesto León (Spain) |
| 2008 | ASK Riga (Latvia) |
| 2009 | KK Cibona (Croatia) |
| 2009 | Menorca Bàsquet (Spain) |
| 2009–2010 | BC Donetsk (Ukraine) |
| 2010 | Kavala (Greece) |
| 2010 | Valencia (Spain) |
| 2011–2012 | Lukoil Academic (Bulgaria) |
| 2012 | Osječki sokol (Croatia) |
| 2013 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (Philippines) |
| 2013–2014 | Al Shabab (UAE) |
| 2014 | Jászberényi KSE (Hungary) |
| 2014–2015 | Lukoil Academic (Bulgaria) |
| 2015–2016 | Al-Ahli (Bahrain) |
| 2016 | Toros del Norte (Nicaragua) |
| 2016 | Petrochimi (Iran) |
| 2016 | Al-Ahli (Bahrain) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Bruno Šundov (born February 10, 1980) is a Croatian professional basketball player. He is a 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) tall center.[1] He played for five different NBA teams and over 20 clubs around the world.
Professional career
Šundov was a second-round draft pick of the Dallas Mavericks in the 1998 NBA Draft, aged only 18, and played sparingly for a number of teams during a seven-year spell: the Mavericks (1998–2000), Indiana Pacers (2000–02), Boston Celtics (2002–03), Cleveland Cavaliers (2003–04) and the New York Knicks (January 2004 and 2004–05). He averaged 1.7 points and one rebound per game over his NBA career.
Šundov also played with the Israeli league club Maccabi Tel Aviv in February 2004, and with RBC Verviers-Pepinster in the Basketball League Belgium in May later that year.
In September 2005, after leaving the NBA, he signed with the Spanish club Etosa Alicante, and two seasons later he joined five times-in-a-row Cyprus national championship club Proteas EKA AEL, being crucial in the team's success in the Eurocup campaign, where the club finished in third place.
In February 2008, Šundov was signed by the Spanish ACB league club Grupo Begar León, which was eventually relegated after the 2007-08 ACB season. In September 2008, he joined ASK Riga in the Baltic League and, later that season moved to Adriatic League team Cibona Zagreb.[2] He ended that season with Menorca Bàsquet in Spain, then joined Donetsk. When the latter team went bankrupt in January 2010, Sundov signed with Kavala of the Greek League.[3]
In September 2010 he signed a one-month contract with Valencia BC[4] in Spain which was not extended.[5] In January 2011, Sundov signed with the Bulgarian team PBC Lukoil Academic.[6]
The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters selected Sundov as an import for the 2013 Philippine Basketball Association's Commissioner's Cup;[7] he is the first European (and European-born) player to play as an import in the PBA. Later in 2013, Sundov signed with Al Shabab in the United Arab Emirates.[8] In February 2014, he signed with Jászberényi KSE of Hungary.[9]
In November 2014, he signed with his former club Lukoil Academic for the 2014–15 season.[10] In late November 2015, he signed with Al-Ahli of the Bahraini Premier League.[11] After moving to the Nicaraguan Toros del Norte with whom he played in the 2016 FIBA Americas League, in January 2016 Šundov landed in Petrochimi of the Iranian League.[12]
Croatian national team
Šundov first distinguished himself at the 1998 International Junior Tournament, which was won by the Croatian national junior team. He later won the silver medal at the 2001 FIBA Under-21 World Championship, averaging 10.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game during the tournament.[13]
References
- ^ Eurocup Profile
- ^ Cibona signs Šundov.
- ^ Kavala adds size with Bruno Sundov.
- ^ Power Electronics Valencia signs Bruno Sundov
- ^ Šundov napustio Valenciju Template:Hr icon
- ^ Lukoil adds size with Bruno Sundov
- ^ Giant issue for Painters: Team having problems finding bed big enough for 7-3 import Sundov
- ^ Al Shabab Dubai announced Croatian center Bruno Sundov
- ^ Bruno Sundov signs in Hungary with Jaszberenyi KK
- ^ Veteran big man Bruno Sundov signs with Lukoil Academic
- ^ Bruno Sundov inks in Bahrain with Al Ahli
- ^ Bruno Šundov pronašao novi angažman, prvo iskustvo u iranskoj košarci
- ^ FIBAEurope Profile.
External links
- 1980 births
- Living people
- AEL BC players
- Baloncesto León players
- BC Donetsk players
- Boston Celtics players
- CB Lucentum Alicante players
- Centers (basketball)
- Cleveland Cavaliers players
- Croatian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Croatian expatriates in Belgium
- Croatian expatriates in Cyprus
- Croatian expatriates in Greece
- Croatian expatriates in Israel
- Croatian expatriates in Latvia
- Croatian expatriates in Spain
- Dallas Mavericks draft picks
- Dallas Mavericks players
- Expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Greek Basket League players
- Indiana Pacers players
- Israeli Basketball Super League players
- Kavala B.C. players
- KK Split players
- Liga ACB players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Menorca Bàsquet players
- National Basketball Association players from Croatia
- New York Knicks players
- PBC Lukoil Academic players
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- Sportspeople from Split, Croatia
- Valencia BC players
- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters players