Erazem Lorbek

Erazem Lorbek
Player information
birthday	21st February 1984 (age 36)
place of birth	Ljubljana , Yugoslavia
size	210 cm
Weight	113 kg
position	Power Forward / Center
college	Michigan State
NBA draft	2005 , 46th Pick, Indiana Pacers
Clubs as active
2003–2006 Fortitudo Bologna 2006–2007 Unicaja Málaga 2007 Benetton Treviso 2007–2008 Lottomatica Roma 2008–2009 CSKA Moscow 2009–2014 FC Barcelona 2018 KK Union Olimpija 00000 00000
National team
00000 0000	Slovenia

Erazem Lorbek (born February 21, 1984 in Ljubljana , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a former Slovenian basketball player. His brothers Domen and Klemen are also professional basketball players, and their father, Radovan, is president of the Adriatic Basketball Association .

career

Club career

Lorbek played college basketball for Michigan State University in the NCAA before moving to Fortitudo Bologna in 2003. He was active there until 2006 and became Italian champion in 2005. He also reached the final of the Euroleague with Fortitudo in 2004 and was awarded the first ever Rising Star Trophy the following season .

After playing for Unicaja Málaga for half a year , Lorbek returned to Italy in 2007 and signed with Benetton Treviso . By using Lorbeks, however, the club exceeded the maximum number of players used per season in Serie A and were punished with a point deduction, which is why Lorbek changed club again after almost two months and went to Lottomatica Roma .

The following year he signed a contract with CSKA Moscow . With this club he became Russian champions and reached the final of the 2008/09 Euroleague season , in which he was also elected to the All Euroleague Second Team .

After a year Lorbek moved to FC Barcelona . With Barcelona he won the Euroleague in 2010 and was again nominated for the All Euroleague Second Team , in 2011 he was Spanish champions with the Catalan club.

In the following season Lorbek was elected to the All Euroleague First Team for the first time and reached the Final Four of the competition with Barcelona . He also won again the Spanish championship and was voted Most Valuable Player of the final series. After the third championship title in 2014, Lorbek left the club.

National team

Lorbek was a player in the Slovenian national team and took part in the European Championships in 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011. At the EM 2009 he was also elected to the All Tournament Team .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Star Turn, Q & A: Erazem Lorbek - Regal FC Barcelona (April 28, 2010)
2. ↑ La gloria múltiple del campeón múltiple (73-69) Report on acb.com from June 16, 2012, last accessed on June 21, 2012

Web links

Commons : Erazem Lorbek  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Profile on the official website of FC Barcelona (English)
• Profile on the official website of the Slovenian Association (Slovenian)