Zoran Planinić

Zoran Planinić (born September 12, 1982) is a Croatian former professional basketball player.

Zoran Planinić
Planinić playing with Khimki, in 2010.
Personal information
Born (1982-09-12) 12 September 1982
Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2003: 1st round, 22nd overall pick
Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Playing career1999–2014
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
Number10, 34
Career history
1999–2000Benston Zagreb
2000–2003Cibona
2003–2006New Jersey Nets
2006–2008TAU Cerámica
2008–2010CSKA Moscow
2010–2013Khimki
2013–2014Anadolu Efes
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
FIBA U-19 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Portugal U-19 Team
European U-18 Championship
Silver medal – second place2000 CroatiaU-18 Team

Early years

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 where he continued his junior career.[1][2]

Professional career

In the 1999–2000 season, he started his professional career on loan to Benston Zagreb.[1]

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-foot-7-inch-tall (201 cm) (in shoes),[3] 210-pound (95 kg) 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 home win, on 9 November 2005, against the Utah Jazz.[4]

Planinić's final NBA game was Game 2 of the 2006 Eastern Conference Semi-finals on 10 May 2006 against the Miami Heat. New Jersey would lose the game 89 - 111 with Planinić recording 1 assist and 1 steal. Miami then won the next 3 games and eliminated the Nets from the playoffs.

Zoran Planinić warming up in the second game of the 2008 Spanish ACB League Finals

In the summer of 2006, Planinić and the 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.

On 25 June 2008 Planinić signed a two-year contract with the Russian Superleague A club CSKA Moscow.[5] On 17 June 2010 he decided to sign a 2+1 contract with the Russian PBL club BC Khimki.[6]

On 27 July 2013 he signed a two-year contract with Anadolu Efes.[7][8] In January 2014, he hit a long-range buzzer beater in the last second of the game to defeat Olimpia Milano by a score of 61–60.[9] In his first season with the team, he averaged 8.4 points and 3.7 assists, over 23 EuroLeague games. In the summer of 2014, Dušan Ivković was appointed as Efes' head coach, and Planinić lost his place in the team. Despite that, he was still under contract for the 2014–15 season.[10]

EuroLeague 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
Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2000–01 Cibona 5116.8.294.000.0001.41.2.2.22.0-1.4
2001–02 Cibona 8724.8.508.500.6832.32.41.1.412.111.0
2002–03 Cibona 18922.2.430.235.5932.82.8.8.17.87.2
2006–07 Baskonia 181124.2.457.281.6772.73.81.3.39.311.6
2007–08 Baskonia 252324.7.515.375.6622.83.1.9.210.612.1
2008–09 CSKA 19418.7.447.341.6801.82.1.5.37.07.2
2009–10 CSKA 211721.4.455.295.6492.92.11.1.17.58.1
2010–11 Khimki 10629.0.488.290.7104.23.1.9.211.113.2
2012–13 Khimki 222230.8.447.164.6673.96.31.1.112.415.2
2013–14 Anadolu Efes 23923.5.394.298.7372.43.7.9.08.47.4
Career 16910923.9.453.289.6682.83.3.9.29.39.8

Croatian national team

Planinić was part of the Croatian junior national teams that won the bronze medal at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Cup and the silver medal at the 2001 FIBA Under-21 World Cup.

Planinić was also a part of the senior men's Croatian national basketball teams at EuroBaskets 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009.

Personal life

Ivica Zubac, who plays for the Los Angeles Clippers as of 2023, is Planinić's cousin.[11]

References
  1. "Njegov doprinos vrlo važan" (in Croatian). hrsport.net. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  2. "Zoran Planinić". Brotnjo Sport. brotnjo-sport.info. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. NBA.com Official Player Profile.
  4. Carter scores 21 as Nets cruise past Jazz.
  5. CSKA Moscow signs Planinic to 2 year deal.
  6. Zoran Planinic will continue his career in Khimki
  7. Anadolu Efes officially sign Zoran Planinic
  8. "ANADOLU EFES plans future with Planinic". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  9. "Zoran Planinic scores the most incredible game winning buzzer beater you'll ever see". sportando.com. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  10. "OTAC DARIJA ŠARIĆ U ŠOKU 'Ivkovićevi potezi su suludi, možda ćemo tražiti raskid!'". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  11. "Ivica Zubac credits cousin Zoran Planinic for his motivation". 11 May 2020.
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