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Iva Slišković
Iva Slišković (born 4 September 1984) is a Croatian female basketball player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Croatia women's national basketball team in the Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women, women's event. She is tall. South Carolina statistics Source References 1984 births Living people Basketball players from Zagreb Croatian women's basketball players Centers (basketball) Olympic basketball players for Croatia Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball players Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Croatia Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball {{Croatia-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center (basketball)
The center (C), or the centre, also known as the five or the pivot, is one of the five Basketball position, positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well. In the NBA, the center is typically close to tall. They traditionally play close to the basket in the low post. Centers are valued for their ability to protect their own goal from high-percentage close attempts on defense, while scoring and rebounding with high efficiency on offense. In the 1950s and 1960s, George Mikan and Bill Russell were centerpieces of championship dynasties and defined early prototypical centers. With the addition of a three-point field goal for the 1979–80 NBA season, 1979–80 season, however, NBA basketball gradually became more perimeter-oriented and saw the importance of the center position diminished. The most recent center to win an NBA Most Valuable Player Award was Nikola Jokić, win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
