Marko Jaric was born on 12 October 1978 in Belgrade, Serbia and is the son of Yugoslav basketball legend Srecko Jaric. He began his career in 1996 with Greece’s Peristeri and two years later withdrew his name from the NBA draft to move to Italy.
He first Lega Seria A destination was Fortitudo Bolonia and in only his second year he led the team to the title. The following season he won another Lega title but with Virtus Bolonia. After winning the 2002 World Championship with Serbia, Jaric packed his bags and joined the Los Angeles Clippers. He has spent the last seven years in the NBA, where he has also played for the Minnesota Timberwolves and most recently, the Memphis Grizzlies.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Euroleague - Risults
- Il Real di Messina vince ad Athene
- RISULT -
Panathinaikos - Real Madrid: 67-76
Atene: Tepic 2, Spanoulis 6, Perperoglu 8, Batiste 10, Fotsis 9, Nicholas 12, Tsartsaris, Pekovic 10, Calathes 10, Shermanidi ne., Jasikevicius ne. Allenatore: Obradovic
Madrid: Prigioni 11, Hansen, Lavrinovic 8, Reyes 4, Van Den Spiegel 2, Kaukenas 12, Velickovic 11, Garbajosa 13, Vidal, Bullock 15. Allenatore: Messina
Thursday, December 17, 2009
K.C. Rivers to sign with Benetton?
The top scorer of LegaDue, K.C. Rivers (2.00-SG/SF) is rumored to sign with Benetton Treviso according to solobasket.it and the deal is going to be announced soon. Rivers has gone on a scoring spree in LegaDue in Italy averaging 24.5 points 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 12 games and he will be replacing Cartier Martin(2.01-SF) who returned to the NBDL.
The Clemson graduate chose the LegaDue to start his pro career in Europe after going undrafted last summer and passing through the Portsmouth Invitational tournament. He is known for his ability to score behind the arc. In Clemson he averaged 14.2 points in 32 games in his last season and he kept a 38.5% career average in 4 season in the NCAA by playing in 132 games.
Monday, December 13, 2009
Weekend europeo - Risults
- Spagna: Cade il Real, ora la vetta è una cosa a due
RISULT - SPAGNA
Xacobeo - Real Madrid: 78-68.
Clamoroso. Commentiamo solo con questa parola. La cenerentola Xacobeo piega il Real capolista immacolato e riapre la lotta al vertice. Partita pazzesca, bellissima, con i minuti finali del quarto quarto che rimarranno nella storia della pallacanestro iberica: Vasileiadis segna da tre punti e porta i suoi sul +4, ma dall'altra parte Bullock mette la tripla del -1 e poi in penetrazione segna i due punti del pareggio, dimostrando di essere davvero un grande giocatore. Poi nel supplementare il Real crolla, forse troppo stanco, ed è un monologo dei padroni di casa. Venendo alle prove dei singoli il Real, oltre ad un Bullock stellare da 27 punti ed un Prigioni da 12 marcature senza assist, non ha quasi nulla dagli altri. Velickovic produce solo 4 punti, mentre Kaukenas non va oltre i 6. Anche per Hansen e Lavrinovic è una brutta giornata, con 5 punti a testa.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Wafer heading to Memphis?
Wafer’s European agents are working today to rescind his contract with the Greek powerhouse. The 6-foot-5 guard could soon afterwards join the Grizzlies for the rest of the season, the source said.
Wafer’s departure is apparently of mutual agreement. Wafer was due to make $2 million with Olympiakos this year but the team’s coach, Greek legend Panagiotis Giannakis, wasn’t playing him for the last few games. Management didn’t want to have that type of investment sitting on the bench, according to the source, so both sides decided to come to a quick resolution.
Wafer had his best season in the NBA last year with averages of 9.7 ppg and 1.8 rpg.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Hutson to face the music?
According to tuttobasket.net, head coach Nando Gentile is not happy at all about the performance of Andre Hutson both in offense and defense. Hutson has recently been a shadow of his former self and doesn't seem to seem to help Roma in the Euroleague of the LegaA1. Funny enough Hutson has averaged 11.4 points and 4.4 rebounds in 8 games in Italy so far.
A possible candidate that has been named is Sharrod Ford(2.06-PF/C) who is of similar build to Hutson but a player who is more oriented to defense and rebounding rather than scoring. Ford started the season in Russia with Spartak St. Petersburg but was released after head coach Aleksandar Trifunovic resigned. Ford is no stranger to Italy having played for Montegranaro and Virtus Bologna and he has also topped the league in rebounds and blocks more than once!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Zalgiris renewed Marcus Brown for one more season
Marcus Brown(1.93-SG), one of the most prolific scorers the Euroleague has ever seen will be staying with Zalgiris Kaunas until the end of season 2010-2011. This was announced today via the official website of Zalgiris Kaunas. Marcus Brown has accumulated 2588 points in 162 games in the Euroleague so far which puts him at the top of the scorers' table in the history of the league.
GM of Zalgiris, Paulius Motiejunas said that he is very pleased that they have secured Marcus Brown for another season. He is an inspiration to the younger athletes of the club and his experience is invaluable.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Weekend europeo - Risults
- Turchia: Al Fenerbahce Markoski al posto di Tanjevic ?
- Spagna: Il Real batte anche il Valencia
- Grecia: Il Panathinaikps fatica contro il Paok
- Russia: Scariolo espugna Rostov e Kazan
- L. Adriatica: L'Olimpija Lubiana ferma il Cibona
RISULT - SPAGNA
Granada vs. Regal Barcelona 62-72
G: Hendrix 16, Hunter e Gianella 12, Ingles 10
B: Morris 16, Mickeal 15, Navarro e Vazquez 11, Lakovic 10
Real Madrid vs. Power Elec. 77-66
M: Velickovic 14, Lavrinovic e Llull 12, Hansen 11
V: Nielsen e De Colo 19, Martinez 12
RISULT - GRECIA
Panathinaikos vs. PAOK 83-78
Pan: Diamantidis 22, Spanoulis e Pekovic 11, Batiste 10
Pao: Gregory 21, Monroe 20, Papadopoulos, Demertzis e Gecevski 9
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Kolossos (Greece) replaced Edwards with Monds
Kolossos BC replaced John Edwards(2.11-C) with David Monds(2.03-PF/C)
announced today via the official website of Kolossos BC. John Edwards suffered from a sprained ankle injury and was already sidelined but the reason that he was replaced was that the head coach of Kolossos, coach Sferopoulos, wanted a different type of player in the center position. He wanted a player that could contribute in scoring and so David Monds was signed to help the Greek team reach the playoffs again as they did last season. Monds is a physical player who attacks the basket from close range and will rarely take a shot from long range.
Monds comes from a good season in the NBDL with the Albuquerque Thunderbirds and the Dakota Wizards. He also played briefly in Puerto Rico for Grises de Humacao. His best streak was with Albuquerque where he averaged 13.4 points 6.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 30 games in the NBDL.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Peristeri to sign Nelson and Wilkinson
According to most Greek media the decision has already been taken and the administration of Peristeri will be releasing Will Daniels and Shaun Pruitt due to their lack of performance. Daniels didn't perform as the team expected after a good last season and Shaun Pruitt didn't seem to be adjusting to the Greek League.
Their replacements will be Spencer Nelson and Gary Wilkinson. Nelson played for Aris last season in Greece and Gary Wilkinson started the season in South Korea but it seems that he will be returning to Europe for Peristeri. Nelson has played for Bamberg, Benetton Treviso, Fortitudo Bologna and last season in Aris he averaged 9.4 points 7.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 32 games. Gary Wilkinson graduated from Utah State last season and in South Korea he averaged 9.2 points and 4.1 rebounds in 14 games.
Its worth mentioning here that both Wilkinson and Nelson graduated from Utah State, have the same agent and are both Mormons.
Thursday, December 1, 2009
Napoli signed Travis Best
This time they announced veteran NBA star, Travis Best(1.81-PG) who comes to Italy at the age of 37 to try and rescue the ailing team of Napoli from relegation.
Best was drafted 23rd in the 1st round of the 1995 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers. He has played for the Pacers, the Chicago Bulls, the Miami Heat, the Dallas Mavericks and the New Jersey Nets, with career averages of 7.6 points 1.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in a total of 708 games in the NBA.
He has also played for Unics Kazan, Virtus Bologna and briefly for Prokom Trefl. Last season he played for Avellino in the Euroleague and the Lega A1. In the Euroleague he averaged 9.6 points 2.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 10 Euroleague games and in Italy he averaged 8.9 points 2.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 28 games.
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