Mario Hezonja
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Hezonja with Barcelona B in October 2012
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| No. 8 – Orlando Magic | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
February 25, 1995 Dubrovnik, Croatia |
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| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 218 lb (99 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Orlando Magic | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012–2015 | FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | →FC Barcelona B | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Orlando Magic | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||||||
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Mario Hezonja (Croatian pronunciation: [ˌmâːrio ˈxêzoɲa]; born 25 February 1995) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Croatian national team internationally. He primarily plays at the shooting guard position, but he can also play as a small forward. He was selected with the fifth overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic.
Hezonja was promoted to the club level in his native Croatia when he was 12 years old, and at the age of 13, he stayed for two seasons with Dubrovnik. In 2010, Hezonja signed a contract with Croatian club, Zagreb. In 2011, he won the Nike International Junior Tournament with Zagreb. He was also named to the All-Tournament team, alongside teammate, Dario Šarić. He was forced to sit out the 2011/2012 season because of mononucleosis.
In July 2012, Hezonja signed a three-year contract with Spanish club Barcelona at the age of 17. He also had an option to extend for additional four years with the club. His former club Zagreb also got 150,000 euros in the name of buyout, as he was still under contract. For the 2012–13 season, he was loaned to the reserve team of the club: Barcelona B of the LEB Oro, Spanish second division. In 2012, Hezonja was nominated for the FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year Award, but Jonas Valančiūnas eventually won the award.
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