Ognjen Kuzmić

Ognjen Kuzmić
Kuzmić with Crvena zvezda
No. 32 – Real Madrid
Position Center
League Liga ACB
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1990-05-16) May 16, 1990
Doboj, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian / Bosnian
Listed height 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)
Listed weight 114 kg (251 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2012 / Round: 2 / Pick: 52nd overall
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career 2007–present
Career history
2007–2008 Borac Banja Luka
2008–2010 Korihait
2010 Lapuan Korikobrat
2010–2011 Čelik Zenica
2011–2013 Unicaja Málaga
2011–2012 →Clínicas Rincón Benahavís
2012–2013 →FIATC Joventut
2013–2015 Golden State Warriors
2013–2015 →Santa Cruz Warriors
2015–2016 Panathinaikos
2016–2017 Crvena zvezda
2017–present Real Madrid
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
EuroBasket
2017 Turkey

Ognjen Kuzmić (Serbian Cyrillic: Огњен Кузмић, IPA: [ǒɡɲen kûzmit͡ɕ]; born May 16, 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.14 m (7 ft 1⁄2 in), he plays at the center position. He was selected with the 52nd overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors.

Professional career

Kuzmić started his senior career in Borac Banja Luka and the first basketball steps began in Findo Doboj. After one season, he left to play for Korihait in the Finnish league. In 2010, he returned to Bosnia to play for KK Čelik Zenica.

In 2011, he signed with Unicaja Málaga but played the 2011–12 season with farm team, Clínicas Rincón Benahavís of the Spanish Second League. He also played two games with Unicaja.

In 2012, Unicaja Málaga loaned him to Joventut Badalona.[1]

On September 27, 2013, he signed with the Golden State Warriors.[2] During his rookie and sophomore seasons, he had multiple assignments with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League,[3][4] earning a mention to the All-NBA Development League Defensive Third Team and winning a D-League championship during the 2014–15 season.[5][6] To add to his D-League title, he was part of Golden State's championship winning team who defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2015 NBA Finals. Kuzmić failed to appear in any post-season action due to a recurring left ankle injury.[7]

On July 27, 2015, he signed a two-year deal with the Greek club Panathinaikos.[8] On April 21, 2016, he left PAO.[9]

On July 19, 2016, Kuzmić signed a three-year contract with Crvena zvezda.[10] Kuzmić was named MVP for the month of January in the 2016–17 EuroLeague season.[11]

On July 26, 2017, Kuzmić signed a two-year deal with Real Madrid.[12] In October 2017, he tore the ACL in his left knee and was sidelined for the rest of the season.[13]

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

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

† Denotes season in which Kuzmić won an NBA championship

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Golden State 2104.4.385.000.4551.0.1.1.2.7
2014–15† Golden State 1604.5.667.0001.0001.1.4.1.11.3
Career 3704.4.520.000.6001.0.2.1.1.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014 Golden State 302.7.000.000.0001.3.0.0.0.0
Career 302.7.000.000.0001.3.0.0.0.0

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2015–16 Panathinaikos 251813.8.480.000.6824.1.3.4.35.16.1
2016–17 Crvena zvezda 303020.7.549.000.7077.01.01.0.69.413.9
2017–18† Real Madrid 204.8.333.000.0002.0.0.0.01.0.5
Career 574817.1.524.000.6985.5.6.7.47.59.9

National team career

Being a Bosnian Serb, Kuzmić was eligible to play for either Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia.

In May 2013, he turned down a call-up from Bosnia and Herzegovina's head coach Aleksandar Petrović for EuroBasket 2013 training camp.[14]

In May 2014, Kuzmić publicly stated his desire to play for the Serbian national team.[15][16] In June 2014, national team head coach Aleksandar Đorđević included him on the preliminary 29 player list for the twelve 2014 World Cup roster spots.[17] Three weeks later, in early July 2014, Kuzmić further made Đorđević's shortened list of 20 players invited for the training camp,[18] however, a fibula injury he picked up during the 2014 NBA Summer League ruled him out.[19]

Kuzmić represented Serbia for the first time at EuroBasket 2015 under head coach Aleksandar Đorđević.[20] In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the toughest Group B with 5-0 record, and then eliminated Finland and Czech Republic in the round of 16 and quarterfinal game, respectively. However, they were stopped in the semifinal game by Lithuania with 67–64,[21] and eventually lost 68–81 to the host team France in the bronze-medal game.[22] Over 9 tournament games, Kuzmić averaged 3.1 points and 3.0 rebounds on 50% shooting from the field.[23]

Kuzmić also represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017 where they won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.[24] Over 9 tournament games, he averaged 7.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.

References

  1. ↑ Badalona adds size with Ognjen Kuzmic
  2. ↑ Warriors Sign 2012 Second Round Pick Ognjen Kuzmic to Contract
  3. ↑ 2013-14 NBA Assignments
  4. ↑ 2014-15 NBA Assignments Archived June 28, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "NBA Development League Announces 2014-15 All-League Teams". NBA.com. April 22, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Title Wave: Santa Cruz Wins NBA D-League Championship". NBA.com. April 26, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ Warriors C Ognjen Kuzmic cleared to play in conference finals
  8. ↑ "Panathinaikos inks center Kuzmic to two-year deal". Euroleague.net. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Kuzmic and Pavlovic replaced and released". Eurohoops.net. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Novi centar Crvene zvezde - Ognjen Kuzmić!". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP for January: Ognjen Kuzmic, Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade". 30 January 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "Real Madrid lands center Kuzmic". Euroleague.net. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "Madrid's Kuzmic out long term". euroleague.net. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  14. ↑ Kuzmić ne želi nositi dres Bosne i Hercegovine u Sloveniji
  15. ↑ NBA pojačanje: Ognjen Kuzmić igra za Srbiju!
  16. ↑ Šljivak, M. (13 May 2014). "Kuzmić izabrao Srbiju ispred BiH". sportsport.ba (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "SP: Đorđević objavio širi spisak". B92.net. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  18. ↑ "Đorđevićevih 20 odabranih bez Bobija Marjanovića!". telegraf.rs. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  19. ↑ Pupovac, Mihael (21 July 2014). "Kuzmić otpao, Dangubića muči koleno!". MVP.rs. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  20. ↑ "AMBITIOUS SERBIA UNVEIL POWERFUL 12-MAN SQUAD". eurobasket2015.org. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  21. ↑ "LITHUANIA END SERBIAN STREAK, RETURN TO FINAL". eurobasket2015.org. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "FRANCE REWARD HOME SUPPORT WITH BRONZE". eurobasket2015.org. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "Player profile: Ognjen Kuzmic". eurobasket2015.org. FIBA Europe. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  24. ↑ "Slovenia overcome injuries to claim historic title in Dragic's swansong". FIBA.basketball. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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