Zoran Planinić (born September 12, 1982) is a Croatian former professional

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player.

Early years

Planinić was born in

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, in the

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. He started his basketball career at HKK Brotnjo Čitluk from Čitluk, Bosnia and Herzegovina and was noticed by

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where he continued his junior career.

Professional career

In the 1999–2000 season, he started his professional career on loan to

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. He returned to

Cibona Zagreb Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes ...

in 2000 and he was named the Croatian League

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in 2001. He stayed with Cibona until 2003. In the

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, the (in shoes), point guard/ shooting guard was drafted 22nd overall by the

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. In three NBA seasons he averaged 4 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. Planinić's three NBA seasons were not notable, with his only distinguishing moment coming in the 2005–06 season, when he hit a spectacular full-court, 77-foot, 3rd-quarter-ending buzzer beater at a home win, on 9 November 2005, against the

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. Planinić's final NBA game was Game 2 of the 2006 Eastern Conference Semi-finals on 10 May 2006 against the

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. New Jersey would lose the game 89 - 111 with Planinić recording 1 assist and 1 steal. Miami then won the next 3 games and eliminated the Nets from the playoffs. ZoranPlaninic01

In the summer of 2006, Planinić and the Nets agreed to a buyout, in which he was sent back to Europe to spend the season with TAU Cerámica of the Spanish ACB League, a team that also featured talented NBA prospect

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. With TAU Cerámica, Planinić won the Spanish Supercup championship in both 2006 and 2007, and the Spanish League championship in 2008. On 25 June 2008 Planinić signed a two-year contract with the Russian Superleague A club

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. On 17 June 2010 he decided to sign a 2+1 contract with the Russian PBL club

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. On 27 July 2013 he signed a two-year contract with

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. In January 2014, he hit a long-range

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in the last second of the game to defeat

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by a score of 61–60. In his first season with the team, he averaged 8.4 points and 3.7 assists, over 23 EuroLeague games. In the summer of 2014,

Dušan Ivković Dušan "Duda" Ivković ( sr-cyrl, Душан "Дуда" Ивковић; 29 October 1943 – 16 September 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He served as head coach of the senior Serbian national basketball team from ...

was appointed as Efes' head coach, and Planinić lost his place in the team. Despite that, he was still under contract for the 2014–15 season.

EuroLeague career statistics

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2000–01 , style="text-align:left;", Cibona , 5 , , 1 , , 16.8 , , .294 , , .000 , , .000 , , 1.4 , , 1.2 , , .2 , , .2 , , 2.0 , , -1.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2001–02 , style="text-align:left;", Cibona , 8 , , 7 , , 24.8 , , .508 , , .500 , , .683 , , 2.3 , , 2.4 , , 1.1 , , .4 , , 12.1 , , 11.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2002–03 , style="text-align:left;", Cibona , 18 , , 9 , , 22.2 , , .430 , , .235 , , .593 , , 2.8 , , 2.8 , , .8 , , .1 , , 7.8 , , 7.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2006–07 , style="text-align:left;", Baskonia , 18 , , 11 , , 24.2 , , .457 , , .281 , , .677 , , 2.7 , , 3.8 , , 1.3 , , .3 , , 9.3 , , 11.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2007–08 , style="text-align:left;", Baskonia , 25 , , 23 , , 24.7 , , .515 , , .375 , , .662 , , 2.8 , , 3.1 , , .9 , , .2 , , 10.6 , , 12.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2008–09 , style="text-align:left;", CSKA , 19 , , 4 , , 18.7 , , .447 , , .341 , , .680 , , 1.8 , , 2.1 , , .5 , , .3 , , 7.0 , , 7.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2009–10 , style="text-align:left;", CSKA , 21 , , 17 , , 21.4 , , .455 , , .295 , , .649 , , 2.9 , , 2.1 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , 7.5 , , 8.1 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;",

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, 10 , , 6 , , 29.0 , , .488 , , .290 , , .710 , , 4.2 , , 3.1 , , .9 , , .2 , , 11.1 , , 13.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;", Khimki , 22 , , 22 , , 30.8 , , .447 , , .164 , , .667 , , 3.9 , , style="background:#CFECEC;", 6.3 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , 12.4 , , 15.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;",

, 23 , , 9 , , 23.5 , , .394 , , .298 , , .737 , , 2.4 , , 3.7 , , .9 , , .0 , , 8.4 , , 7.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 169 , , 109 , , 23.9 , , .453 , , .289 , , .668 , , 2.8 , , 3.3 , , .9 , , .2 , , 9.3 , , 9.8

Croatian national team

Planinić was part of the Croatian junior national teams that won the bronze medal at the 1999

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and the silver medal at the 2001

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. Planinić was also a part of the senior men's Croatian national basketball teams at EuroBaskets 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009.

References

External links

NBA.com Profile

Euroleague.net Profile

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