Daniel Gadzuric (; born 2 February 1978) is a Netherlands- former professional basketball player.
Gadzuric, a center, attended preparatory school at The Governor's Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, before playing college basketball for the Bruins at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Professional career
Gadzuric was drafted by the
Milwaukee Bucks during the 2002 NBA draft.
On June 22, 2010, Gadzuric and Charlie Bell were traded to the Golden State Warriors for Corey Maggette
On February 23, 2011, Gadzuric was traded to the New Jersey Nets along with Brandan Wright in exchange for Troy Murphy and a second round pick.
In October 2011, he signed with the Jiangsu Dragons in China.[ Dan Gadzuric inks with Jiangsu]
He was signed by the New York Knicks on April 20, 2012.
On July 16, 2012, Gadzuric, Jared Jeffries, the rights to Giorgos Printezis and Kostas Papanikolaou and a 2016 second round pick were traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for Kurt Thomas and Raymond Felton.
On July 19, 2012, Gadzuric was waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.[ Blazers Officially Waive C Dan Gadzuric] In September 2012, he joined the Philadelphia 76ers for their training camp.[ Sixers Announce 2012 Training Camp Roster] However, he did not make their final roster.
In February 2013, he joined the Marinos de Anzoátegui of the Venezuelan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (LPB).[ Dan Gadzuric signs with Anzoátegui] With Marinos, he went on to lose the LPB finals to Cocodrilos de Caracas after a seven-game series.
On September 27, 2013, he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.[ Lakers Waive Eric Boateng and Dan Gadzuric]
National team career
Gadzuric played for the . He made his debut on December 26, 1997, in an exhibition game against at the Haarlem Basketball Week.
He went scoreless in 10 minutes of play, and it took ten years until he played another game with the Netherlands. In 2011, he played in another friendly game at the EuroJam 2011 tournament.
Gadzuric only played a few
FIBA official games for his national team.
Family
Gadzuric's mother is from
Belgrade,
Serbia and his father is from
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
[Carolyn White. "Netherlands teen makes big move in basketball". USA Today. February 4, 1998. 7C.]
Accomplishments
Gadzuric was named to the McDonald's All-American Team.
NBA career statistics
Regular season
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Milwaukee
| 49 || 30 || 15.5 || .483 || .000 || .518 || 4.0 || .2 || .4 || 1.1 || 3.4
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Milwaukee
| 75 || 0 || 16.8 || .524 || .000 || .492 || 4.6 || .4 ||
.7 ||
1.4 || 5.7
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Milwaukee
|
81 ||
81 ||
22.0 || .539 || .000 || .538 ||
8.3 || .4 || .6 || 1.3 ||
7.3
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Milwaukee
| 74 || 0 || 12.0 ||
.553 || .000 || .461 || 3.1 || .3 || .3 || .6 || 5.2
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Milwaukee
| 54 || 8 || 15.6 || .474 || .000 || .467 || 4.6 || .5 || .4 || .6 || 4.8
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Milwaukee
| 51 || 4 || 10.5 || .416 || .000 || .524 || 2.8 || .2 || .4 || .5 || 3.2
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Milwaukee
| 67 || 26 || 14.0 || .480 || .000 ||
.544 || 3.8 ||
.6 || .5 || .6 || 4.0
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Milwaukee
| 32 || 6 || 9.8 || .438 || .000 || .400 || 2.9 || .4 || .3 || .4 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | Golden State
| 28 || 4 || 10.6 || .420 || .000 || .357 || 3.1 || .4 || .4 || .6 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | New Jersey
| 14 || 5 || 11.9 || .415 || .000 || .385 || 3.5 || .2 || .2 || .8 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" |
| align="left" | New York
| 2 || 0 || 6.5 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 2.5 || .0 || .5 || .5 || .0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 527 || 164 || 14.8 || .500 || .000 || .498 || 4.4 || .4 || .5 || .9 || 4.7
Playoffs
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Milwaukee
| 1 || 0 || 9.0 || .500 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 ||
2.0 ||
1.0 || .0 || 4.0
|-
| align="left" | 2006
| align="left" | Milwaukee
| 4 || 0 || 4.0 ||
.889 || .000 ||
.500 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .3 ||
4.3
|-
| align="left" | 2010
| align="left" | Milwaukee
|
7 || 0 ||
10.9 || .529 || .000 || .250 ||
3.4 || .1 || .1 ||
.7 || 2.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 12 || 0 || 8.3 || .633 || .000 || .286 || 2.4 || .3 || .2 || .5 || 3.3
See also
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List of European basketball players in the United States
External links
