Daniel Gadzuric (Serbian: Даниел Гаџурић, romanized: Daniel Gadžurić; born 2 February 1978) is a Dutch-Serbian former professional basketball player.
 Gadzuric with the Bucks | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 2, 1978 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Governor Dummer Academy (Byfield, Massachusetts) |
| College | UCLA (1998–2002) |
| NBA draft | 2002: 2nd round, 34th overall pick |
| Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Playing career | 2002–2014 |
| Position | Center |
| Career history | |
| 2002–2010 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2010–2011 | Golden State Warriors |
| 2011 | New Jersey Nets |
| 2011 | Jiangsu Dragons |
| 2012 | Texas Legends |
| 2012 | New York Knicks |
| 2013 | Marinos de Anzoátegui |
| 2014 | Petrochimi Bandar Imam |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 2,465 (4.7 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 2,326 (4.4 rpg) |
| Assists | 196 (0.4 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Gadzuric, a center, attended preparatory school at The Governor's Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, before playing college basketball for the Bruins at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Professional career
editGadzuric was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks during the 2002 NBA draft.
On June 22, 2010, Gadzuric and Charlie Bell were traded to the Golden State Warriors for Corey Maggette[1] after spending eight years with the Bucks.
On February 23, 2011, Gadzuric was traded to the New Jersey Nets along with Brandan Wright in exchange for Troy Murphy and a second round pick.[2]
In October 2011, he signed with the Jiangsu Dragons in China.[3]
He was signed by the New York Knicks on April 20, 2012.[4] This ended up being his final season in the NBA, as Gadzuric's final game was on April 26, 2012, in a 104–84 win over the Charlotte Bobcats where he recorded 3 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block.
On July 16, 2012, Gadzuric, Jared Jeffries, the rights to Giorgos Printezis and Kostas Papanikolaou and a 2016 second round pick were traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for Kurt Thomas and Raymond Felton.[5]
On July 19, 2012, Gadzuric was waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.[6] In September 2012, he joined the Philadelphia 76ers for their training camp.[7] However, he did not make their final roster.[8]
In February 2013, he joined the Marinos de Anzoátegui of the Venezuelan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (LPB).[9] With Marinos, he went on to lose the LPB finals to Cocodrilos de Caracas after a seven-game series.
On September 27, 2013, he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.[10] However, he was waived on October 9.[11]
National team career
editGadzuric played for the Netherlands. He made his debut on December 26, 1997, in an exhibition game against Cuba at the Haarlem Basketball Week.[12] He went scoreless in 10 minutes of play, and it took ten years until he played another game with the Netherlands. In 2011, he played in another friendly game at the EuroJam 2011 tournament.[13] Gadzuric only played a few FIBA official games for his national team.
Family
editGadzuric's mother is from Belgrade, Serbia[14] and his father is from Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.[15]
Accomplishments
editGadzuric was named to the McDonald's All-American Team.
NBA career statistics
edit| 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
edit| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | Milwaukee | 49 | 30 | 15.5 | .483 | .000 | .518 | 4.0 | .2 | .4 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| 2003–04 | Milwaukee | 75 | 0 | 16.8 | .524 | .000 | .492 | 4.6 | .4 | .7 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| 2004–05 | Milwaukee | 81 | 81 | 22.0 | .539 | .000 | .538 | 8.3 | .4 | .6 | 1.3 | 7.3 |
| 2005–06 | Milwaukee | 74 | 0 | 12.0 | .553 | .000 | .461 | 3.1 | .3 | .3 | .6 | 5.2 |
| 2006–07 | Milwaukee | 54 | 8 | 15.6 | .474 | .000 | .467 | 4.6 | .5 | .4 | .6 | 4.8 |
| 2007–08 | Milwaukee | 51 | 4 | 10.5 | .416 | .000 | .524 | 2.8 | .2 | .4 | .5 | 3.2 |
| 2008–09 | Milwaukee | 67 | 26 | 14.0 | .480 | .000 | .544 | 3.8 | .6 | .5 | .6 | 4.0 |
| 2009–10 | Milwaukee | 32 | 6 | 9.8 | .438 | .000 | .400 | 2.9 | .4 | .3 | .4 | 2.8 |
| 2010–11 | Golden State | 28 | 4 | 10.6 | .420 | .000 | .357 | 3.1 | .4 | .4 | .6 | 2.8 |
| 2010–11 | New Jersey | 14 | 5 | 11.9 | .415 | .000 | .385 | 3.5 | .2 | .2 | .8 | 2.8 |
| 2011–12 | New York | 2 | 0 | 6.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 2.5 | .0 | .5 | .5 | .0 |
| Career | 527 | 164 | 14.8 | .500 | .000 | .498 | 4.4 | .4 | .5 | .9 | 4.7 | |
Playoffs
edit| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Milwaukee | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .0 | 4.0 |
| 2006 | Milwaukee | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | .889 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .3 | 4.3 |
| 2010 | Milwaukee | 7 | 0 | 10.9 | .529 | .000 | .250 | 3.4 | .1 | .1 | .7 | 2.7 |
| Career | 12 | 0 | 8.3 | .633 | .000 | .286 | 2.4 | .3 | .2 | .5 | 3.3 | |
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ "Warriors Acquire Charlie Bell And Dan Gadzuric From Milwaukee". NBA.com. 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ^ "NETS Acquire F Wright and C Gadzuric from Golden State". NBA.com. 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ Dan Gadzuric inks with Jiangsu
- ^ "Amare back, Gadzuric added". ESPN.com. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ^ "Trail Blazers Acquire Jared Jeffries From New York". iamatrailblazersfan.com. 2012-07-16. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
- ^ Blazers Officially Waive C Dan Gadzuric
- ^ Sixers Announce 2012 Training Camp Roster
- ^ "Sixers waive center Dan Gadzuric". Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
- ^ Dan Gadzuric signs with Anzoátegui
- ^ "Lakers add Dan Gadzuric to training camp". Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
- ^ Lakers Waive Eric Boateng and Dan Gadzuric
- ^ "Gadzuric speelt eerste Oranje interland sinds 1997 - NFLEurope.nl". Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Rentree Gadzuric hoogtepunt EuroJam 2011 - NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl". www.nu.nl. 15 August 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ Milwaukee Bucks (20 February 2009). "Chat with Dan Gadzuric". Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ Carolyn White. "Netherlands teen makes big move in basketball". USA Today. February 4, 1998. 7C.
External links
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- Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
- UCLA Bruins bio
- Gadzuric Foundation