Ognjen Kuzmić
![]() Kuzmić with Crvena zvezda | |||||||||||||||
No. 32 – Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
League | Liga ACB EuroLeague | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Doboj, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina SFR Yugoslavia | May 16, 1990||||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian / Bosnian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 114 kg (251 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2012: 2nd round, 52nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Golden State Warriors | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2007–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Borac Banja Luka | ||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Korihait | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Lapuan Korikobrat | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Čelik Zenica | ||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Unicaja Málaga | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | →Clínicas Rincón Benahavís | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | →FIATC Joventut | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Golden State Warriors | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | →Santa Cruz Warriors | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||||
2017–present | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Ognjen Kuzmić (Serbian Cyrillic: Огњен Кузмић, IPA: [ǒɡɲen kûzmit͡ɕ]; born May 16, 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.14 m (7 ft 1⁄2 in), he plays at the center position. He was selected with the 52nd overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors.
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.[1]
On September 27, 2013, he signed with the Golden State Warriors.[2] During his rookie and sophomore seasons, he had multiple assignments with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League,[3][4] earning a mention to the All-NBA Development League Defensive Third Team and winning a D-League championship during the 2014–15 season.[5][6] 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.[7]
On July 27, 2015, he signed a two-year deal with the Greek club Panathinaikos.[8] On April 21, 2016, he left PAO.[9]
On July 19, 2016, Kuzmić signed a three-year contract with Crvena zvezda.[10] Kuzmić was named MVP for the month of January in the 2016–17 EuroLeague season.[11]
On July 26, 2017, Kuzmić signed a two-year deal with Real Madrid.[12] In October 2017, he tore the ACL in his left knee and was sidelined for the rest of the season.[13]
Career statistics
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 |
† | Denotes season in which Kuzmić won an NBA championship |
NBA
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2013–14 | Golden State | 21 | 0 | 4.4 | .385 | .000 | .455 | 1.0 | .1 | .1 | .2 | .7 |
2014–15† | Golden State | 16 | 0 | 4.5 | .667 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.1 | .4 | .1 | .1 | 1.3 |
Career | 37 | 0 | 4.4 | .520 | .000 | .600 | 1.0 | .2 | .1 | .1 | .9 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2014 | Golden State | 3 | 0 | 2.7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Career | 3 | 0 | 2.7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
EuroLeague
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2015–16 | Panathinaikos | 25 | 18 | 13.8 | .480 | .000 | .682 | 4.1 | .3 | .4 | .3 | 5.1 | 6.1 |
2016–17 | Crvena zvezda | 30 | 30 | 20.7 | .549 | .000 | .707 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .6 | 9.4 | 13.9 |
2017–18† | Real Madrid | 2 | 0 | 4.8 | .333 | .000 | .000 | 2.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 | .5 |
Career | 57 | 48 | 17.1 | .524 | .000 | .698 | 5.5 | .6 | .7 | .4 | 7.5 | 9.9 |
National team career
Being a Bosnian Serb, Kuzmić was eligible to play for either 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.[14]
In May 2014, Kuzmić publicly stated his desire to play for the Serbian national team.[15][16] In June 2014, national team head coach Aleksandar Đorđević included him on the preliminary 29 player list for the twelve 2014 World Cup roster spots.[17] Three weeks later, in early July 2014, Kuzmić further made Đorđević's shortened list of 20 players invited for the training camp,[18] however, a fibula injury he picked up during the 2014 NBA Summer League ruled him out.[19]
Kuzmić represented Serbia for the first time at EuroBasket 2015 under head coach Aleksandar Đorđević.[20] 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,[21] and eventually lost 68–81 to the host team France in the bronze-medal game.[22] Over 9 tournament games, Kuzmić averaged 3.1 points and 3.0 rebounds on 50% shooting from the field.[23]
Kuzmić also represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017 where they won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.[24] Over 9 tournament games, he averaged 7.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.
References
- ^ Badalona adds size with Ognjen Kuzmic
- ^ Warriors Sign 2012 Second Round Pick Ognjen Kuzmic to Contract
- ^ 2013-14 NBA Assignments
- ^ 2014-15 NBA Assignments Archived June 28, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "NBA Development League Announces 2014-15 All-League Teams". NBA.com. April 22, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ^ "Title Wave: Santa Cruz Wins NBA D-League Championship". NBA.com. April 26, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ^ Warriors C Ognjen Kuzmic cleared to play in conference finals
- ^ "Panathinaikos inks center Kuzmic to two-year deal". Euroleague.net. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Kuzmic and Pavlovic replaced and released". Eurohoops.net. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Novi centar Crvene zvezde - Ognjen Kuzmić!". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP for January: Ognjen Kuzmic, Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade". 30 January 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Real Madrid lands center Kuzmic". Euroleague.net. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ "Madrid's Kuzmic out long term". euroleague.net. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ Kuzmić ne želi nositi dres Bosne i Hercegovine u Sloveniji
- ^ NBA pojačanje: Ognjen Kuzmić igra za Srbiju!
- ^ Šljivak, M. (13 May 2014). "Kuzmić izabrao Srbiju ispred BiH". sportsport.ba (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "SP: Đorđević objavio širi spisak". B92.net. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Đorđevićevih 20 odabranih bez Bobija Marjanovića!". telegraf.rs. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ Pupovac, Mihael (21 July 2014). "Kuzmić otpao, Dangubića muči koleno!". MVP.rs. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "AMBITIOUS SERBIA UNVEIL POWERFUL 12-MAN SQUAD". eurobasket2015.org. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ "LITHUANIA END SERBIAN STREAK, RETURN TO FINAL". eurobasket2015.org. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "FRANCE REWARD HOME SUPPORT WITH BRONZE". eurobasket2015.org. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Player profile: Ognjen Kuzmic". eurobasket2015.org. FIBA Europe. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Slovenia overcome injuries to claim historic title in Dragic's swansong". FIBA.basketball. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
External links
- Ognjen Kuzmić on X
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Ognjen Kuzmić at acb.com
- Ognjen Kuzmić at draftexpress.com
- Ognjen Kuzmić at espn.com
- Ognjen Kuzmić at eurobasket.com
- Ognjen Kuzmić at euroleague.net
- Ognjen Kuzmić at feb.es
- 1990 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- Baloncesto Málaga players
- Basketball League of Serbia players
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Centers (basketball)
- Golden State Warriors draft picks
- Golden State Warriors players
- Joventut Badalona players
- KK Crvena zvezda players
- Liga ACB players
- National Basketball Association players from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- National Basketball Association players from Serbia
- Panathinaikos B.C. players
- People from Doboj
- Real Madrid Baloncesto players
- Santa Cruz Warriors players
- Serbia men's national basketball team players
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina