Tadija Dragićević ( sr-cyr, Тадија Драгићевић; born 28 January 1986) is a retired Serbian professional

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player. Standing at , he played the

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position.

Professional career

Dragićević grew up with the KK Crvena zvezda youth teams, and patiently improved himself as a player, until he eventually became a

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and

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at the senior level. On 22 January 2010, after five years in the club's first team, he was released from the club, due to financial difficulties that the club had fallen into. On 25 January 2010 he signed with the Italian club

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, for the rest of the season. He spent the following season playing with

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, in the

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. In July 2011, he signed a two-year contract with the Italian club

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. In 30 games played in the

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, he averaged 10.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. In July 2012, he signed a one-year deal with the Ukrainian club Azovmash. In October 2013, he signed a two-month deal with the Turkish team

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. Later that same season, he didn't extend his contract with the team, so he was released. On 3 January 2014 he returned to his former club, Crvena zvezda, signing a contract with them for the rest of the season. On 15 September 2014 Dragićević signed a one-year deal with the French team

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. On 24 September 2015 he signed with the Montenegrin team Budućnost Podgorica. On 12 October 2016 Dragićević signed with the Greek club

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for the rest of the 2016–17 season. On 7 January 2018 Dragićević signed with Turkish club

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. On 29 December 2018 he signed with Spanish club Cafés Candelas Breogán.

NBA draft rights

Dragićević was drafted 53rd overall in the 2008 NBA draft, by the

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. His draft rights were traded in June 2012 to the

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. On 14 July 2014 Dragićević's rights were traded to the

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, in exchange for Greg Smith. On 22 January 2019 Dragićević's rights were traded to the

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, in exchange for

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, the rights to

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and cash considerations. On 27 November 2020 Dragićević's draft rights were traded to the

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EuroLeague career statistics

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Personal life

He is a twin brother of

Strahinja Dragićević Strahinja Dragićević ( sr-cyr, Страхиња Драгићевић, born 28 January 1986) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Personal life He is a twin brother of Tadija Dragićević Tadija Dragićević ( sr-cyr, Тади� ...

who is also a professional basketball player. He is also father of two sons Andrej and Maksim.

Professional career

NBA draft rights

EuroLeague career statistics

Personal life

See also

References

External links