Christian Erik Maråker (born 24 September 1982) is a Swedish basketball player for Borås Basket of the

Basketligan Svenska Basketligan, or the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), is the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden. The league was originally established in 1992 as Basketligan and was known as that prior to the season of 2006–07, but whe ...

. A 6'9" center/ power forward, he played college basketball in the United States at the

University of the Pacific University of the Pacific may refer to: *University of the Pacific (Colombia) *University of the Pacific (Ecuador) *University of the Pacific (Peru) * University of the Pacific (United States) *University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh * University of ...

from 2002 to 2006.

Career

Maråker attended Sanda Gymnasium in Huskvarna, Sweden. After his second season at Sanda, he moved to the Sodertalje Club Team. He earned all-star honors at both the Under 20 Swedish Championships in 2001 and the Junior Swedish Championships in 2000. He also earned Stadium Cup Most Valuable Player honors in 2001. At the 2001 Stockholm Club Tournament, Maråker scored 26 points in the championship game against the Solna Club team from Stockholm. He played for two years with the Swedish Under 20 National Team. At Pacific he averaged 17.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. He was the 2005-2006 Big West Conference Player of the Year, and was only the sixth player to be named first-team All-Big West three times in his career. He was listed as a sleeper pick in the 2006 NBA draft. Some experts thought he might get picked up by the Utah Jazz, but went undrafted. Shortly after the 2006 NBA Draft, Maråker was invited as an undrafted free agent to play for the Sacramento Kings team in the

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in Las Vegas, Nevada. He ended up playing in seven games over two seasons for the Kings in the

, scoring a total of 27 points. On August 16, 2006, Maråker signed to play in the EuroLeague with

Union Olimpija Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...

Honours

Pacific Tigers *Big West Conference Champion **2004, 2006 *All-Big West Player of the Year **2006 *Big West All-Tournament Team **2006

References

External links

Euroleague player pageUnion Olimpija bio

Official Swedish national team stats
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