Bruno Šundov (born February 10, 1980) is a Croatian former professional

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player. Standing at 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in), he played the center position. He played for five

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teams and over 20 clubs around the world.

Professional career

Šundov was a second-round draft pick of the

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in the

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, aged only 18; after he was drafted the Mavericks placed him at The Winchendon School in Winchendon, Massachusetts for the majority of the season until he was activated by the Mavericks in February of 1999 at which time he became the only player in NBA history to play in a regular season high school & NBA basketball game in the same week. He played sparingly for a number of teams during a seven-year spell: the Mavericks (1998–2000),

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(2000–02),

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(2002–03),

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(2003–04) and the

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(January 2004 and 2004–05). He averaged 1.7 points and one rebound per game over his NBA career. Šundov also played with the Israeli league club

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in February 2004, and with RBC Verviers-Pepinster in the Basketball League Belgium in May later that year. In September 2005, after leaving the NBA, he signed with the Spanish club Etosa Alicante, and two seasons later he joined five times-in-a-row Cyprus national championship club Proteas EKA AEL, being crucial in the team's success in the Eurocup campaign, where the club finished in third place. In February 2008, Šundov was signed by the

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club Grupo Begar León, which was eventually relegated after the 2007–08 ACB season. In September 2008, he joined ASK Riga in the

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and, later that season moved to

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team

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. He ended that season with

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in Spain, then joined

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. When the latter team went bankrupt in January 2010, Sundov signed with

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of the Greek League. In September 2010 he signed a one-month contract with

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which was not extended. In January 2011, Sundov signed with the Bulgarian team

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. The

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selected Sundov as an import for the 2013

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's Commissioner's Cup; he is the first European (and European-born) player to play as an import in the PBA. Later in 2013, Sundov signed with Al Shabab in the United Arab Emirates. In February 2014, he signed with Jászberényi KSE of Hungary. In November 2014, he signed with his former club Lukoil Academic for the 2014–15 season. In late November 2015, he signed with Al-Ahli of the

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. After moving to the Nicaraguan Toros del Norte with whom he played in the 2016 FIBA Americas League, in January 2016 Šundov landed in Petrochimi of the Iranian League. On January 5, 2018, Šundov signed with

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and returned to the Croatian

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National team career

Šundov won silver with the

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at the 2001

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, averaging 10.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game during the tournament.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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EuroLeague

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