Rade Zagorac
| No. 25 – Mega Leks | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||
| League |
ABA League Basketball League of Serbia Champions League | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
August 12, 1995 Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35th overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Boston Celtics | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| 2012–present | Mega Leks | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Smederevo 1953 | ||||||||||||
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Rade Zagorac (Serbian Cyrillic: Раде Загорац, born 12 August 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Mega Leks of the Basketball League of Serbia. Standing at 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in), he plays at the small forward position.
Professional career
Mega Basket (2012–present)
Zagorac began his professional career with Mega Vizura starting with 2012–13 season. He spent the 2013–14 season on loan to Smederevo 1953.
He returned to Mega for the 2014–15 season. In April 2015, he declared himself eligible for the 2015 NBA draft,[1] only to withdraw later.[2]
On October 1, 2015, in the Round 1 game of the Adriatic League against Crvena zvezda, he broke his left arm.[3] He returned to the court on January 17, in a game against Tajfun. Until the end of the season he played a total of 13 Adriatic League games, averaging 13.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. Mega Leks made it to the Finals where it lost to Crvena zvezda.
On June 23, 2016, Zagorac was selected in the NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics (2nd round, 35th overall).[4] His draft rights were later traded to the Memphis Grizzlies for a future first round pick.[5]
On July 2, 2016, Zagorac signed a new two-year contract with Mega Leks.[6]
References
- ↑ "Rade Zagorac will declare for the 2015 NBA Draft". sportando.com. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ "NBA release official NBA Draft Early-Entry/Withdrawal List". sportando.com. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ "Zagorac tri meseca van terena". b92.net (in Serbian). 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ "2016 NBA Draft Board". NBA.com. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
- ↑ "Grizzlies acquire Draft Rights to Deyonta Davis and Rade Zagorac from Celtics". NBA.com. June 24, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ↑ "Rade Zagorac signs a two-year contract extension with Mega Leks". Sportando.com. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.