Dalibor Bagarić

Dalibor Bagarić
	Dalibor Bagarić with Cibona in 2010.
Personal information
Born	7 February 1980 (age 44); Munich, West Germany
Nationality	Croatian / German
Listed height	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Listed weight	290 lb (132 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2000: 1st round, 24th overall pick
	Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career	1996–2016
Position	Center
Number	44, 11
Career history
1996–1997	Karlovac
1997–1998	Benston Zagreb
1998–1999	Cibona
1999–2000	Benston Zagreb
2000–2003	Chicago Bulls
2003–2004	Olympiacos
2004–2006	Fortitudo Bologna
2006–2007	Akasvayu Girona
2007–2009	Fortitudo Bologna
2009–2010	Cibona
2010	Dubrava
2010–2011	Maroussi
2011	Blancos de Rueda Valladolid
2011–2012	Cedevita
2012	Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2012–2013	Amchit Club
2013	KK Zabok
2013	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
2014	KK Zabok
2014	Al-Ahli Benghazi
2014–2015	Brose Baskets Bamberg
Career highlights and awards
	2× Croatian League champion (1999, 2010); 2× Croatian Cup winner (1999, 2012); Italian League champion (2005); Italian Supercup winner (2005); German League champion (2015); FIBA EuroCup champion (2007);
Career NBA statistics
Points	251 (2.6 ppg)
Rebounds	238 (2.5 rpg)
Assists	37 (0.4 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Men's basketball
Representing Croatia
European U-18 Championship
European Championship for Cadets

Dalibor Bagarić (born 7 February 1980)^[1] is a Croatian former professional basketball player. He had a stint with the NBA's Chicago Bulls from 2000 to 2003.

Professional career

A 7'1" (2.17 m) center born in Munich, West Germany, Bagarić had averaged 18.3 points and 10.4 rebounds per game for the Croatian team Benston Zagreb before the Bulls selected him with the 24th pick in the 2000 NBA draft. Bagarić never averaged more than 2.6 points and 2.5 rebounds per game during his time with the Bulls.

He returned to Europe after the Bulls bought out his contract in 2003, and began playing for the Greek club Olympiacos. He played only 10 games with the Bulls during the 2002 - 2003 season, with his final NBA game ever being on 15 April 2003 in a 115 - 106 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Bagarić played for 3 minutes and the only stat he recorded was 2 points.

In 2004, he moved to Italian club Fortitudo Bologna. In the summer of 2006, he transferred to CB Girona of the Spanish ACB league. In September 2007 he returned to Fortitudo Bologna after signing on a one-year contract.^[2] In November 2010 he signed with Maroussi.^[3] At the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Bagarić signed with CB Valladolid, but left the club in late November, returning to Croatia and signing with Cedevita. In September 2012, he signed a one-month deal with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut in Lebanon.^[4] In December 2012, he signed with the Lebanese club Amchit. In the 2013–14 season, he played for Étoile Sportive du Sahel in Tunisia, KK Zabok in Croatia and Al-Ahli Benghazi in Libya.^[5] In 2014, he signed with Brose Baskets Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga where he signed, on 2 December 2014, a contract extension.^[6]