Darko Miličić
Serbian basketball player (born 1985) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Darko Miličić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Миличић, Serbian pronunciation: [ˈdarko ˈmilit͡ʃit͡ɕ]; born 20 June 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He is 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in), and played the center position. Miličić played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2003 to 2013. He is the fifth youngest player and the youngest foreign player to have played in the NBA, the youngest player to have played in an NBA Finals game, and the youngest player to win the NBA championship.
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Born | (1985-06-20) 20 June 1985 (age 38) Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2003: 1st round, 2nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2001–2012, 2019–2020 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
Number | 13, 31, 99, 26 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Hemofarm | ||||||||||||||
2003–2006 | Detroit Pistons | ||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Orlando Magic | ||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Memphis Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | New York Knicks | ||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Minnesota Timberwolves | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | I Came to Play | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||||
Points | 2,813 (6.0 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
Rebounds | 1,971 (4.2 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
Blocks | 613 (1.3 bpg) | ||||||||||||||
Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Miličić was selected by the Detroit Pistons as the second overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft; he was chosen after number one pick LeBron James and ahead of other future NBA superstars including Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. Selected with a high draft pick, Miličić never played at the level expected of him in the NBA and is widely regarded as a draft bust. While he won an NBA championship with the Pistons in 2004, Miličić never received significant playing time during his 2+1⁄2 seasons with the team and was traded to the Orlando Magic in 2006. Following stints with the Magic, the Memphis Grizzlies, and the New York Knicks, Miličić was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2010 and signed a four-year contract with the team that summer. After being released by Minnesota in 2012, he played one regular-season game for the Boston Celtics later that year before being released. Miličić announced his retirement from the NBA in June 2013; he retired with career averages of 6.0 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.
In international play, Miličić played for the Serbian national team.