Luka_Žorić

Luka Žorić

Luka Žorić

Croatian basketball player

Luka Žorić (born November 5, 1984) is a former Croatian professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he played at the center position.

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Professional career

In March 2011, Žorić received the award for Most Valuable Player of the NLB Adriatic League while playing for KK Zagreb.[1]

On June 9, 2011, Žorić signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team Unicaja Málaga.[2] On July 26, 2013, Žorić signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahçe Ülker.[3][4] Unicaja received 850,000 euros of buyout from Fenerbahçe, as he was still under contract.[5]

On July 28, 2015, Žorić returned to Croatia and signed with Cedevita for the 2015–16 season.[6]

On August 10, 2016, he signed with Spanish club Baloncesto Sevilla.[7] On November 22, 2016, he parted ways with Sevilla.[8] On January 5, 2017, he returned to his former club Cibona for the rest of the season.[9] On July 8, 2017, he re-signed with Cibona.[10] On December 29, 2018, Žorić signed a contract with Zadar until the end of the season.[11]

In September 2019, Žorić signed with Samobor playing in the second-tier Croatian First League.[12]

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

Euroleague

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References

  1. [1]
    "Luka Žorić MVP lige". hrsport.net (in Croatian). 17 March 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Unicaja lands big man Zoric for three years". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Fenerbahçe Ülker sign Neman Bjelica, Luka Zoric and Linas Kleiza". Sportando.net. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Bjelica, Zoric ve Kleiza için imza töreni". fenerbahce.or (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Fenerbahce increased the offer to buyout [sic] Zoric's contract to €850,000". sportando.net. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Cedevita lands experienced forward Zoric". Euroleague.net. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  7. [7]
    "Baloncesto Sevilla lands Luka Zoric". Sportando.com. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Luka Zoric, Real Betis Energia Plus part ways". Sportando.com. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Luka Zoric has signed with Cibona Zagreb". Sportando.com. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  10. [10]
    "KK Cibona Zagreb keeps Luka Zoric and Marin Rozic". Sportando.com. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  11. [11]
    "Luka Žorić signs with Zadar". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  12. [12]
    "Samobor lands Luka Zoric". eurobasket.com. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
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