Zoran Planinić
Planinić playing with Khimki in 2010.
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| Free agent | |
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| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
September 12, 1982 Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22nd overall |
| Selected by the New Jersey Nets | |
| Playing career | 1999–2015 |
| Career history | |
| 1999–2000 | Benston Zagreb |
| 2000–2003 | Cibona Zagreb |
| 2003–2006 | New Jersey Nets |
| 2006–2008 | TAU Cerámica |
| 2008–2010 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2010–2013 | Khimki |
| 2013–2014 | Anadolu Efes |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Zoran Planinić (born September 12, 1982) is a Croatian professional basketball player.
Planinić was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia. He started his basketball career at HKK Brotnjo Čitluk from Čitluk, Bosnia and Herzegovina and was noticed by KK Cibona Zagreb where he continued his junior career.
In the 1999–2000 season, he started his professional career on loan to Benston Zagreb.
He returned to Cibona Zagreb in 2000 and he was named the Croatian League MVP in 2001. He stayed with Cibona until 2003.
In the 2003 NBA draft, the 6 ft 7 in 210 lbs. point guard–shooting guard was drafted 22nd overall by the New Jersey Nets. In three NBA seasons he averaged 4 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. Planinić's three NBA seasons were not notable, with his only distinguishing moment coming in the 2005–06 season, when he hit a spectacular full court, 77-foot, 3rd quarter-ending buzzer beater at a November 9, 2005, home win against the Utah Jazz.
In the summer of 2006, Planinić and the New Jersey Nets agreed to a buyout, in which he was sent back to Europe to spend the season with TAU Cerámica of the Spanish ACB League, a team that also featured talented NBA prospect Tiago Splitter. With TAU Cerámica, Planinić won the Spanish Supercup championship in both 2006 and 2007, and the Spanish League championship in 2008.
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