Mirza Teletović
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Teletović with the Bucks
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| No. 35 – Milwaukee Bucks | |
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| Position | Power forward |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
September 17, 1985 Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Bosnian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2007 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2002–present |
| Career history | |
| 2002–2004 | Sloboda Tuzla |
| 2004–2006 | Telindus Oostende |
| 2006–2012 | Saski Baskonia |
| 2012–2015 | Brooklyn Nets |
| 2015–2016 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2016–present | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Mirza Teletović (born September 17, 1985) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents and captains the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he plays at the power forward position.
Teletović lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War of the 1990s. He grew up in Mostar, a city the subject to an 18-month siege when he was a child. When Teletović shared his account of the war, he said,
I was seven years old when the war started. First you start seeing that there's no food, then grenades come down, the whole city is shaking, and you hear people screaming. Every day, your parents come in and say 'our neighbor died, our cousin died'. Always somebody dying. One day, I asked my mother, 'Is anybody alive?' It was very, very rough for us. It left, I will say, a memory...All my friends and me are playing [basketball] and then you hear the sirens like the grenades start falling down and just run to your house and hide. If I have to die, I die. For basketball, I will do anything.
As a youth, Teletović spent some of his time playing soccer, as well as learning kickboxing and karate. However, he felt most comfortable with playing basketball, as he played the sport at a local basketball court not far from his home.
Teletović made his professional debut with the club Sloboda Tuzla, of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the 2002–03 season. In his first season with the club, he averaged 7.2 points and 2.7 rebounds per game, while in his second season, he increased his stats to 26.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game over 17 games in the league.
In 2004, Teletović moved to the Belgian Basketball League club Telindus Oostende and stayed for two seasons. He also played in Europe's second-tier level, continental-wide ULEB Cup competition, averaging 6.7 points and 2 rebounds.
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