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Emir Preldžić (born 6 September 1987) is a Bosnian-Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Orlovik Žepče of the A2 League of FBiH, third level of basketball in 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.

Emir Preldžić

Preldžić with Fenerbahçe
Free agent
Position	Forward
Personal information
Born	(1987-09-06) 6 September 1987 (age 35) Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Bosnian / Slovenian / Turkish
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 57th overall
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career	2003–present
Career history
2003–2004	Čelik Zenica
2004–2005	Triglav Kranj
2005–2007	Geoplin Slovan
2007–2015	Fenerbahçe Ülker
2015–2016	Darüşşafaka
2016–2018	Galatasaray
2018–2019	Bahçeşehir
2019–2020	Orlovik Žepče
Career highlights and awards
4× Turkish League champion (2008, 2010, 2011, 2014) 3× Turkish Cup winner (2010, 2011, 2013) Turkish President's Cup winner (2013) Turkish Cup MVP (2011)
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men’s basketball Representing  Slovenia European U-20 Championship 2006 Turkey

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

Galatasaray

On September 9, 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 July 17, 2014, the Dallas Mavericks acquired Preldžić's rights from the Wizards in a sign-and-trade deal for DeJuan Blair.[12][13] On July 6, 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 July 14, 2017, the rights to Preldžić were traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Cory Joseph.[15] On February 6, 2019, his rights were again traded, this time to the Philadelphia 76ers.[16] On March 25, 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 July 6, 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

External links

• Emir Preldžić at draftexpress.com
• Emir Preldžić at eurobasket.com
• Emir Preldžić at euroleague.net
• Emir Preldžić at nba.com
• Emir Preldžić at tblstat.net

На других языках

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[de] Emir Preldžić

Emir Preldžić (* 6. September 1987 in Zenica, SR Bosnien und Herzegowina) ist ein bosnisch-türkischer Basketballspieler, der zudem die slowenische Staatsbürgerschaft besitzt. Preldžić feierte früh Erfolge mit der slowenischen Juniorenauswahl und spielte auch noch in der Olympia-Qualifikation zunächst für die slowenische Herrenauswahl, doch nach seinem Vereinswechsel 2007 nahm der Bosniak die türkische Staatsbürgerschaft an und wurde schließlich Nationalspieler seiner Wahlheimat, für die er bei EM-Endrunden und der WM-Endrunde 2014 antrat. Mit seiner Vereinsmannschaft Fenerbahçe Ülker wurde Preldžić viermal türkischer Meister, bevor er zur Saison 2015/16 zum Lokalrivalen Darüşşafaka Doğuş in Istanbul wechselte.

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- [en] Emir Preldžić

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