Emir Preldžić

Emir Preldžić
Preldžić with Fenerbahçe
No. 55 – Orlovik Žepče
PositionForward
LeagueBasketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Personal information
Born (1987-09-06) 6 September 1987 (age 37)
Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian / Slovenian / Turkish
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2009: 2nd round, 57th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career2003–present
Career history
2003–2004Čelik Zenica
2004–2005Triglav Kranj
2005–2007Geoplin Slovan
2007–2015Fenerbahçe Ülker
2015–2016Darüşşafaka
2016–2018Galatasaray
2018–2019Bahçeşehir
2019–presentKK Orlovik Žepče
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Slovenia
European U-20 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turkey

Emir Preldžić (born 6 September 1987) is a Bosnian-Turkish professional basketball player for KK Orlovik Žepče of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also represented the Turkish national basketball team. He is 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) tall and he mainly plays the small forward position, but he also has the ability to play as a power forward, shooting guard and point guard.

Professional career

Early years

Preldžić began his career playing with Čelik Zenica youth teams in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He made his pro debut with Čelik Zenica in the Bosnia and Herzegovina League during the 2003–04 season. In the 2004–05 season he played with Triglav Kranj. He then moved to the Adriatic League club Geoplin Slovan for the 2005–06 season.

Fenerbahçe Ülker

In 2007, he signed a four-year contract with the Turkish EuroLeague team Fenerbahçe Ülker.[1]

On 27 January 2011, in the EuroLeague match against Power Electronics Valencia, he double blocked Rafa Martínez in only one second.[2] He played with 10 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks performance in a victory against Power Electronics Valencia.

On 13 February 2011, in Turkish Cup final match against Beşiktaş Cola Turka, he played with 35 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists as MVP performance.[3]

On 28 February 2011, the official page of the team declared that he had signed a three-year contract with the team.[4]

On 20 March 2011, he played with 10 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assist performance against Olin Edirne which he did his first triple double in the team.[5] This triple double is second in Turkish Basketball League history after Mark Dickel played with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists performance against Galatasaray in the 2002–03 season.[6]

On 11 October 2012, his stat line was 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in a performance against BC Khimki in 2012–13 Euroleague first week match which made him Euroleague Weekly MVP by 31 ratings.[7]

Darüşşafaka

On 25 August 2015 Preldžić signed with Darüşşafaka.[8]

Galatasaray

On 9 September 2016 Preldžić signed a two-year deal with Galatasaray.[9]

NBA rights

In the 2009 NBA draft, Preldžić was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round, with the 57th draft pick. His draft rights were then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers,[10] and later to the Washington Wizards in a February 2010 trade that sent Antawn Jamison from Washington to Cleveland.[11] On 17 July 2014 the Dallas Mavericks acquired Preldžić's rights from the Wizards in a sign-and-trade deal for DeJuan Blair.[12][13] On 8 July 2016 the rights to Preldžić, along with Jeremy Evans, were traded to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for the rights to Stanko Barać.[14] On 14 July 2017 the rights to Preldžić were traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Cory Joseph.[15] On 6 February 2019 his rights were again traded, this time to the Philadelphia 76ers.[16] On 25 March 2021 his rights were traded to the New York Knicks.[17]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08 Fenerbahçe 20 10 18.1 .376 .255 .500 2.3 1.1 .5 .1 4.8 3.5
2008–09 16 7 22.6 .358 .245 .806 3.8 2.5 1.1 .3 7.3 7.4
2009–10 10 1 25.2 .362 .188 .667 4.1 2.3 .9 .1 6.8 7.7
2010–11 16 1 16.3 .494 .438 .679 2.4 2.3 .3 .3 7.3 8.1
2011–12 16 4 21.5 .310 .250 .750 3.3 3.1 .6 .1 6.7 7.5
2012–13 22 4 22.5 .504 .333 .704 2.1 3.5 .6 .1 8.1 10.5
2013–14 23 18 29.0 .452 .317 .696 4.7 4.7 1.1 .3 10.2 15.5
2014–15 29 7 22.0 .447 .345 .742 2.7 3.1 .9 .1 5.8 8.2
2015–16 Darüşşafaka 20 5 18.1 .345 .273 .579 3.4 2.9 .5 .2 4.6 7.5
2016–17 Galatasaray 18 3 16.5 .395 .385 .684 2.4 2.3 1.0 .0 5.1 7.9
Career 152 57 21.7 .413 .294 .690 3.1 2.9 .7 .2 6.8 8.6

National team career

Slovenian national team

Preldžić was a member of the Slovenian national basketball team and he competed for Slovenia at the 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, since he acquired Slovenian citizenship as a member of the Bosniak community in Slovenia.

Turkish national team

Through 2011, the Bosnian media speculated that Preldžić may play for the Bosnian national basketball team because of his birthplace Zenica, city in modern Bosnia and Herzegovina.[18] However, on 6 July 2011 the Turkish Basketball Federation announced Preldžić's name in its official nominated squad for the EuroBasket 2011 held in Lithuania.[19] Preldžić decided to change national team using the FIBA regulation on Eligibility and National Status of Players (Chapter I.22).[20]

He was later selected to the Turkish national team's EuroBasket 2011 roster by head coach Orhun Ene.[21] On 5 September 2011 in EuroBasket 2011 group match against Spain, he played with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal performance in a victory.[22] Over the tournament, he averaged 10.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.

He was once again called to play for the national team at the EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia.[23] He averaged 8.8 points, and 3.8 rebounds and assists over 5 tournament games.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Resmi Sitesi / Türkiye'nin En Gelişmiş Spor Kulübü Portalı". Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "Fenerbahçe Ülker 75-73 Power Electronics Valencia". Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Resmi İnternet Sitesi. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "Türkiye Kupası Fenerbahçe Ülker'in". Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Resmi İnternet Sitesi. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Resmi Sitesi". Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Resmi İnternet Sitesi. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "Olin Edirne 78-83 Fenerbahçe Ülker". Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Resmi İnternet Sitesi. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  6. ^ Bozkurt K. Yılmaz. "Fenerinbahçesi: Triple Double yapacak diye not düşüyorum..." Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  7. ^ "Euroleague'de ilk haftanın MVP'si Emir Preldzic". Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Resmi İnternet Sitesi. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  8. ^ "Emir Preldzic signs with Darussafaka Dogus". Sportando.com. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Emir Preldzic signs two-year deal with Galatasaray". Sportando.com. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Cavaliers Acquire the Rights to Emir Preldzic". NBA.com. 2009-06-25. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  11. ^ "Wizards Acquire Ilgauskas, Thornton and First-Round Pick In Three-Team Deal". NBA.com. 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  12. ^ "Wizards Acquire DeJuan Blair". NBA.com. July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  13. ^ "Mavs send DeJuan Blair to Wizards". ESPN.com. July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  14. ^ "Pacers Acquire Jeremy Evans in Trade with Dallas". NBA.com. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  15. ^ "Raptors Complete Trade With Indiana". NBA.com. July 14, 2017.
  16. ^ "Richardson, Preldžić, Second-Round Pick Acquired From Toronto". NBA.com. February 6, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  17. ^ "76ers Acquire George Hill, Ignas Brazdeikis in Three-Team Trade". NBA.com. March 25, 2021.
  18. ^ "Preldžić ipak igra za BiH?". radiosarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  19. ^ "Preldžić u Litvaniji igra u dresu Turske". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  20. ^ "Chapter I.22 - Eligibility and National Status of Players" (PDF). fiba.com. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 5, 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  21. ^ "Emir Preldzic Profile". eurobasket2011.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  22. ^ "Spain-Turkey game report". eurobasket2011.com. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  23. ^ "TURKEY ANNOUNCE AMBITIOUS SQUAD". eurobasket2013. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  24. ^ "EMIR PRELDZIC PROFILE". eurobasket2013.org. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
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