Marko Jarić ( sr-cyr, Марко Јарић, ; el, Μάρκο Γιάριτς, Marko Yiarits; born 12 October 1978) is a Serbian former professional

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player. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he mainly played the

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position. He also represented the senior FR Yugoslavian national basketball team internationally. Jarić was an

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member in

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Early life

Jarić was born in

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, the son of

Srećko Jarić Srećko Jarić ( sr-cyr, Срећко Јарић, born 1951) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He played at the point guard position. Early career Jarić began playing youth club basketball with the youth teams of Radnički Bel ...

, a well-known Yugoslav professional basketball player, who played as a

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for Radnički Belgrade, and was regarded by

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basketball coach

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as, the "biggest talent that he ever had under his charge". Jarić began playing basketball with the youth teams of the Serbian club

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Professional career

Europe

Jarić began his professional career in the 1996–97 season, with the

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club

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. With Peristeri, he played two seasons in the European-wide 3rd tier level

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. He then spent the next 4 seasons playing in Europe's top-tier level EuroLeague, with the Italian clubs Fortitudo Bologna and Virtus Bologna. He became the first player ever to win back-to-back

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championships, on two teams. He won the Italian League championship in 2000, with

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, and in 2001, with

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NBA

Jarić was selected as the 30th overall

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, by the

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, in the 2000 NBA draft. After playing in 3

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seasons with the Clippers, he was traded to the

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, on 12 August 2005, along with

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, by the Clippers, in exchange for

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and a future first-round draft pick. He was traded to the Grizzlies, on 26 June 2008, in an eight-player deal, involving rookie

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, and rookie

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. For the

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, Jarić and the Memphis Grizzlies, mutually agreed that Jarić would not attend the team's training camp, or any of their preseason games. Jarić was granted permission to seek a new team, and a possible contract buyout, for the remaining 2 years and $15 million of his contract. Jarić's final NBA game was played on April 15th, 2009 in a 98 - 90 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. In his final game, he played for 23 minutes and recorded 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals but no points.

Back to Europe

After securing his release from the

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, Jarić then signed with Spanish

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club

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, on 22 December 2009. On 14 January 2011, he signed with the Italian LBA club

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, through the end of the 2010–11 season.

NBA comeback attempt

In October 2012, Jarić signed with the

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. However, he was waived on 24 October. In September 2013, he signed with the

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. However, he was waived on 15 October. He then retired from playing professional basketball.

National team career

FR Yugoslavia junior national team

As a junior FR Yugoslavia national team player, Jarić won the gold medal at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

FR Yugoslavia senior national team

As a member of the senior

FR Yugoslavia national basketball team The Serbia and Montenegro men's national basketball team ( sr, Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије и Црне Горе, Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije i Crne Gore ) also widely known as the FR Yugoslavia men's nati ...

, Jarić won gold medals at both the

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and the

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. He also played with them at the

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and the

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. He represented the senior

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at the

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Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 2002–03 , align="left" , L.A. Clippers , 66 , , 12 , , 20.9 , , .401 , , .319 , , .752 , , 2.4 , , 2.9 , , 1.5 , , .2 , , 7.4 , - , align="left" , 2003–04 , align="left" , L.A. Clippers , 58 , , 50 , , 30.3 , , .388 , , .340 , , .733 , , 3.0 , , 4.8 , , 1.6 , , .3 , , 8.5 , - , align="left" , 2004–05 , align="left" , L.A. Clippers , 50 , , 41 , , 33.1 , , .414 , , .371 , , .720 , , 3.2 , , 6.1 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , 9.9 , - , align="left" , 2005–06 , align="left" ,

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, 75 , , 49 , , 28.0 , , .399 , , .301 , , .688 , , 3.1 , , 3.9 , , 1.4 , , .3 , , 7.8 , - , align="left" , 2006–07 , align="left" ,

, 70 , , 13 , , 22.2 , , .418 , , .376 , , .761 , , 2.6 , , 2.1 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 5.3 , - , align="left" , 2007–08 , align="left" ,

, 75 , , 56 , , 29.2 , , .430 , , .362 , , .742 , , 3.0 , , 4.1 , , 1.3 , , .4 , , 8.3 , - , align="left" , 2008–09 , align="left" ,

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, 53 , , 0 , , 11.4 , , .331 , , .393 , , .707 , , 1.2 , , 1.4 , , .5 , , .2 , , 2.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 447 , , 221 , , 25.2 , , .404 , , .344 , , .730 , , 2.7 , , 3.6 , , 1.3 , , .3 , , 7.1

EuroLeague

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, 21 , , 20 , , 28.2 , , .482 , , .268 , , .595 , , 4.3 , , 2.5 , , 2.2 , , .1 , , 13.4 , , 14.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2009–10 , style="text-align:left;",

, 12 , , 10 , , 25.8 , , .378 , , .440 , , .682 , , 5.2 , , 1.7 , , 1.3 , , .2 , , 7.1 , , 7.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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Personal life

Jarić has an older sister named Tamara, and a younger brother named Nikola (b. 1987), who lives and plays basketball in Switzerland. On 12 June 2008, Jarić became engaged to Brazilian supermodel

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. The couple wed in

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, USA, on

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2009. They have two daughters. The couple announced their separation on 2 May 2014, after five years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in March 2016. Jarić also holds

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, under the name Marko Latsis (

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: Μάρκο Λάτσης), which was the name he played basketball under in Greece.Lega A Basket.
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