Bruno Šundov

Bruno Šundov (born February 10, 1980) is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. Standing at 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in), he played the center position.[1] He played for five different NBA teams and over 20 clubs around the world.

Bruno Šundov
Personal information
Born (1980-02-10) February 10, 1980
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Listed height7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
Listed weight270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High schoolThe Winchendon School
(Winchendon, Massachusetts)
NBA draft1998: 2nd round, 35th overall pick
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Playing career1997–2018
PositionCenter
Career history
1997–1998Split
1998–2000Dallas Mavericks
2000Leones de Ponce
2000–2002Indiana Pacers
2002–2003Boston Celtics
2003Cleveland Cavaliers
2004New York Knicks
2004Gary Steelheads
2004Maccabi Tel Aviv
2004Verviers-Pepinster
2004–2005New York Knicks
2005–2007Lucentum Alicante
2007–2008AEL Limassol
2008Baloncesto León
2008ASK Riga
2009Cibona
2009Menorca Bàsquet
2009–2010BC Donetsk
2010Kavala
2010Valencia
2011–2012Lukoil Academic
2012Osječki sokol
2013Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2013–2014Al Shabab
2014Jászberényi KSE
2014–2015Lukoil Academic
2015–2016Al-Ahli
2016Toros del Norte
2016Petrochimi
2016Al-Ahli
2016–2017Al Shaab
2017Al Sharjah
2018Split
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Croatia
FIBA U-21 World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2001 Japan U-21 Team

Professional career

Šundov was a second-round draft pick of the Dallas Mavericks in the 1998 NBA draft, aged only 18, and played sparingly for a number of teams during a seven-year spell: the Mavericks (1998–2000), Indiana Pacers (2000–02), Boston Celtics (2002–03), Cleveland Cavaliers (2003–04) and the New York Knicks (January 2004 and 2004–05). He averaged 1.7 points and one rebound per game over his NBA career.

Šundov also played with the Israeli league club Maccabi Tel Aviv in February 2004, and with RBC Verviers-Pepinster in the Basketball League Belgium in May later that year.

In September 2005, after leaving the NBA, he signed with the Spanish club Etosa Alicante, and two seasons later he joined five times-in-a-row Cyprus national championship club Proteas EKA AEL, being crucial in the team's success in the Eurocup campaign, where the club finished in third place.

In February 2008, Šundov was signed by the Spanish ACB league club Grupo Begar León, which was eventually relegated after the 2007–08 ACB season. In September 2008, he joined ASK Riga in the Baltic League and, later that season moved to Adriatic League team Cibona Zagreb.[2] He ended that season with Menorca Bàsquet in Spain, then joined Donetsk. When the latter team went bankrupt in January 2010, Sundov signed with Kavala of the Greek League.[3]

In September 2010 he signed a one-month contract with Valencia BC[4] in Spain which was not extended.[5] In January 2011, Sundov signed with the Bulgarian team PBC Lukoil Academic.[6]

The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters selected Sundov as an import for the 2013 Philippine Basketball Association's Commissioner's Cup;[7] he is the first European (and European-born) player to play as an import in the PBA. Later in 2013, Sundov signed with Al Shabab in the United Arab Emirates.[8] In February 2014, he signed with Jászberényi KSE of Hungary.[9]

In November 2014, he signed with his former club Lukoil Academic for the 2014–15 season.[10] In late November 2015, he signed with Al-Ahli of the Bahraini Premier League.[11] After moving to the Nicaraguan Toros del Norte with whom he played in the 2016 FIBA Americas League, in January 2016 Šundov landed in Petrochimi of the Iranian League.[12]

On January 5, 2018, Šundov signed with KK Split and returned to the Croatian Premier League.[13]

National team career

Šundov won silver with the Croatia national basketball team at the 2001 FIBA Under-21 World Championship, averaging 10.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game during the tournament.[14]

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

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1998–99 Dallas 303.7.286--.0.3.0.01.3
1999–2000 Dallas 1404.4.387-1.000.9.1.1.11.9
2000–01 Indiana 11410.9.488.000.6002.1.2.2.43.9
2001–02 Indiana 2204.0.400-.0001.0.1.1.11.5
2002–03 Boston 2605.3.250.250.0001.1.3.2.11.2
2003–04 Cleveland 407.3.333-.5002.5.0.0.02.3
2003–04 New York 104.01.000--.01.0.0.02.0
2004–05 New York 2103.5.297.3331.000.6.1.1.11.2
Career 10245.1.356.208.5261.0.2.1.11.7

Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002 Indiana 102.01.000.000.000.0.0.0.02.0
Career 102.01.000.000.000.0.0.0.02.0

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2003–04 Maccabi 404.5.800.0001.0001.0.0.0.02.52.0
2008–09 Cibona 419.3.357.4001.0002.0.0.0.03.51.9
Career 817.1.473.4001.0001.5.0.0.03.01.9

References
  1. "Game Center | EuroCup". Euroleague Basketball. October 17, 2023.
  2. "Latest News | EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. October 16, 2023.
  3. "Kavala adds size with Bruno Sundov". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  4. "Euroleague Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com.
  5. "Šundov napustio Valenciju". Archived from the original on November 25, 2014.
  6. "Lukoil adds size with Bruno Sundov". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  7. "Giant issue for Painters: Team having problems finding bed big enough for 7-3 import Sundov". Spin.ph.
  8. "Al Shabab Dubai announced Croatian center Bruno Sundov".
  9. "Bruno Sundov signs in Hungary with Jaszberenyi KK".
  10. "Veteran big man Bruno Sundov signs with Lukoil Academic".
  11. "Bruno Sundov inks in Bahrain with Al Ahli".
  12. Bruno Šundov pronašao novi angažman, prvo iskustvo u iranskoj košarci
  13. "Bruno Sundov signs with KK Split". sportando.com. January 5, 2018.
  14. "FIBAEurope Profile".
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