Rade Zagorac (Раде Загорац; born 12 August 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Kaohsiung Aquas of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he plays at the small forward and power forward positions.
Professional career
Zagorac began his professional career with Mega Vizura starting with 2012–13 season. He spent the 2013–14 season on loan to Smederevo 1953. He returned to Mega for the 2014–15 season. On 1 October 2015, in the Round 1 game of the Adriatic League against Crvena zvezda, he broke his left arm.
He returned to the court on 17 January in a game against Tajfun. Until the end of the season he played a total of 13 Adriatic League games, averaging 13.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. Mega Leks made it to the Finals where it lost to Crvena zvezda. In April 2015, Zagorac declared himself eligible for the 2015 NBA draft,
only to withdraw later.
On 2 July 2016, Zagorac signed a new two-year contract with Mega Leks.
Over 26 games in the 2016–17 ABA League season, he averaged 15 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
On 23 June 2016, Zagorac was selected with the 35th overall pick in the NBA draft by the Boston Celtics.
On 28 November 2017, Zagorac signed with Spanish club CB Sevilla until the end of the 2018–19 season.
On 30 June 2018, Zagorac signed a two-year deal with KK Partizan.
On 24 September 2022, Zagorac signed a one-year contract with Russian club BC Avtodor of the VTB United League.
On November 28, 2024, he signed with ONVO Büyükçekmece of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
On December 17, 2025, Zagorac signed with the Kaohsiung Aquas of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).
3x3 basketball career
Zagorac won the
gold medal at the 2012 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships representing Serbia national 3x3 under-18 team together with Luka Anđušić, Miloš Janković, and Mihajlo Andrić.
Off the court
Zagorac and Nenad Miljenović established the ABA League Players Union in July 2020.
The Union is a non-profit organization and
trade union based in
Belgrade, Serbia, that represents
ABA League players.
See also
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List of NBA drafted players from Serbia
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Boston Celtics draft history
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