Ognjen Jaramaz ( sr, Огњен Јарамаз; born September 1, 1995) is a Serbian professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player for
Bayern Munich of the
Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the
EuroLeague. Standing at , he plays at the
point guard and
shooting guard positions.
Professional career
He began playing basketball in a hometown based club
Napredak Kruševac Napredak may refer to:
*HKD Napredak, cultural society of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina
*FK Napredak Kruševac, Serbian football club
*FK Napredak Aleksinac, Serbian football club
*FK Napredak Banatska Topola
Fudbalski klub Napredak () is a f ...
where he stayed until 2006. He then moved to
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
, playing for the youth categories.
In the summer of 2013, Jaramaz signed a contract with
Mega Vizura. He was loaned to
Smederevo 1953 for the 2013–14 season, where he made his professional debut. He returned to Mega Vizura in the summer of 2014. He left the club after the end of the
2016–17 season. However, on January 3, 2018, Jaramaz returned to Mega.
In June 2018, Jaramaz signed a two-year contract with Spanish club
San Pablo Burgos.
Jaramaz was loaned to
Partizan Belgrade
Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, link ...
for the second half of the 2018–2019 campaign and then spent the subsequent two seasons with the Serbian powerhouse on a regular transfer.
On July 2, 2021, Jaramaz signed with
Bayern Munich of the German
Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the
EuroLeague.
NBA draft rights
On June 22, 2017, Jaramaz was selected with the 58th overall pick in the
2017 NBA draft
The 2017 NBA draft was held on June 22, 2017, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players.
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by the
New York Knicks. He played for the Knicks during the
2017 NBA Summer League
The 2017 NBA Summer League consisted of three pro basketball leagues organized by the National Basketball Association (NBA): the Orlando Pro Summer League, Utah Jazz Summer League, and Las Vegas Summer League.
Eight teams participated in the wee ...
.
Personal life
His older brother
Nemanja is also a professional basketball player.
See also
*
List of NBA drafted players from Serbia
*
New York Knicks draft history
References
External links
Ognjen Jaramazat aba-liga.com
Ognjen Jaramazat draftexpress.com
at fiba.com
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1995 births
Living people
ABA League players
Basketball League of Serbia players
CB Miraflores players
FC Bayern Munich basketball players
Liga ACB players
KK Mega Basket players
KK Smederevo players
New York Knicks draft picks
Point guards
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Serbian men's basketball players
Serbia men's national basketball team players
Shooting guards
Sportspeople from Kruševac