Marko Jarić

Marko Jarić

No.  -  team
Shooting Guard
Personal information
Born                           October 12, 1978 (1978-10-12)                                     Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality                 Serbian
Listed height            6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight           224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
NBA Draft                 2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 30th
Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Pro career               1996-present (29 years)
Career history
1996-1998                Peristeri (Greece)
1998-2000                Fortitudo Bologna (Italy)
2000-2002                Virtus Bologna (Italy)
2002-2005                Los Angeles Clippers
2005-2008                Minnesota Timberwolves
2008-2009                Memphis Grizzlies
2009-2010                Real Madrid (Spain)
2011                Montepaschi Siena (Italy)
Career highlights and awards
All-Euroleague First Team (2002)
NBA.com profile profile (active) profile (retired)

Marko Jarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Јарић, Serbian pronunciation: [mâːrko jǎːritɕ]; born October 12, 1978) is a Serbian professional basketball player.

Professional Career

Jarić is the only player ever to win back-to-back Italian Championships on two different teams. He won it in 2000 with Fortitudo Bologna and in 2001 with Virtus Bologna.

Jarić was selected as the 30th overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2000 NBA Draft. He was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves on August 12, 2005, along with Lionel Chalmers by the Clippers, in exchange for Sam Cassell and a future first-round draft pick. He was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies on June 26, 2008 in an eight-player deal involving rookie guard O. J. Mayo and rookie forward Kevin Love.

For the 2009–10 NBA season, Marko and the Grizzlies mutually agreed that Jarić would not attend training camp or any of the preseason games. Jarić was granted permission to seek a new team and a possible contract buyout for the remaining 2 years and $15 million of his contract. He then signed with Real Madrid on December 22, 2009. On January 14, 2011 he signed with Montepaschi Siena until the end of the 2010–11 season.

In October 2012, Jarić signed with the Chicago Bulls. However, he was waived on October 24. In September 2013, he signed with the Brooklyn Nets, but he was waived on October 15.

National team

As a junior national team player, Jarić won the gold medal at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. As a member of the senior FR Yugoslavia national basketball team, Jarić won gold medals at both the EuroBasket 2001 and the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

Personal

Marko Jarić is the son of Srećko Jarić, a retired Serbian professional basketball player, who played as a guard for KK Radnički Belgrade. Dušan Ivković regarded Marko's father as the "biggest talent that he ever had under his charge". He has an older sister named Tamara and a younger brother named Nikola (b. 1987), who lives and plays basketball in Switzerland.

Jarić also holds Greek citizenship, under the surname Latsis, which was the name he played basketball under in Greece.

On June 12, 2008, Jarić became engaged to Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima after proposing to her on her 27th birthday. The couple wed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA on Valentine's Day 2009. The couple have two daughters: Valentina Lima Jarić (Serbian: Валентина Лима Јарић; born November 15, 2009) and Sienna Lima Jarić (Serbian: Сијена Лима Јарић; born September 12, 2012).

Career Stats

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	Bold	Career high

NBA

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002–03	L.A. Clippers	66	12	20.9	.401	.319	.752	2.4	2.9	1.5	.2	7.4
2003–04	L.A. Clippers	58	50	30.3	.388	.340	.733	3.0	4.8	1.6	.3	8.5
2004–05	L.A. Clippers	50	41	33.1	.414	.371	.720	3.2	6.1	1.7	.3	9.9
2005–06	Minnesota	75	49	28.0	.399	.301	.688	3.1	3.9	1.4	.3	7.8
2006–07	Minnesota	70	13	22.2	.418	.376	.761	2.6	2.1	1.1	.2	5.3
2007–08	Minnesota	75	56	29.2	.430	.362	.742	3.0	4.1	1.3	.4	8.3
2008–09	Memphis	53	0	11.4	.331	.393	.707	1.2	1.4	.5	.2	2.6
Career		447	221	25.2	.404	.344	.730	2.7	3.6	1.3	.3	7.1

Euroleague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2000–01	Bologna	22	16	28.7	.439	.309	.697	3.0	2.3	2.0	.2	10.4	10.2
2001–02	Bologna	21	20	28.2	.482	.268	.595	4.3	2.5	2.2	.1	13.4	14.6
2009–10	Real Madrid	12	10	25.8	.378	.440	.692	5.2	1.7	1.3	.2	7.1	7.7
2010–11	Montepaschi	12	3	12.5	.433	.158	.750	1.4	1.3	1.0	.0	5.1	3.9
Career		67	49	25.1	.448	.294	.656	3.3	2.1	1.8	.1	9.8	10.0