Edin Bavčić (born 6 May 1984) is a retired Bosnian professional

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player.

Professional career

Europe

Edin played for KK Bosna, which was the champion of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Basketball League in 2006. At the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Bavčić joined TBL team Antalya Kepez Belediyesi but later in the season, he joined the

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team

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. On 10 June 2009 he signed with Union Olimpija where he averaged 11.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in the Slovenian league, 5.7 points in the Adriatic League and 5.2 points and 4 rebounds at the Euroleague. In 2011, he joined

Aris BC Aris Basketball Club (, transliterated into English Aris B.S.A.) known in European competitions as Aris Thessaloniki, is the professional basketball team of the major Thessaloniki-based Greece, Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki, A.C. Ar ...

, after having played for

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, in Italy, and BC Khimik, in Ukraine. In August 2011, he signed a one-year contract with

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, however, they released him on December 6. The next day, he signed with Greek team KAOD. On 16 August 2012 he signed with

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where he averaged 2.3 points and 2.1 rebounds in 7 games. On 22 November he was released by Limoges. On 4 December he re-signed with KAOD. On 2 September 2014 he signed with Sigal Prishtina. On September 15, 2015, he signed with

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of the Hungarian League after averaging 17 points and 10 rebounds per game at Kosovo. On 17 August 2016 he signed with

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of the

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. On 16 August 2017 he signed with Klosterneuburg Dukes of the

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. Bavčić announced his retirement from professional basketball in June 2022.

NBA

In June 2006, he was selected by the

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with the 56th pick of the

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. On 11 July 2012 the

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agreed to a three-team trade acquiring the rights for Bavčić, while sending Jarrett Jack to the

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and Darryl Watkins to the

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. On 21 January 2014 the

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traded Bavčić's rights to the

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for Tyshawn Taylor. On 10 July 2014 the Nets traded his rights to the

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References

External links

Eurobasket.com Profile

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