Gordan Giriček

Gordan Giriček
Player information
birthday	June 20, 1977 (43 years and 73 days)
place of birth	Zagreb , SFR Yugoslavia
size	201 cm
position	Small Forward / Shooting Guard
NBA draft	1999 , 40th Pick, Dallas Mavericks
Clubs as active
1993–2001 KK Cibona Zagreb 2001–2002 PBK ZSKA Moscow 2002–2003 Memphis Grizzlies 2003–2004 Orlando Magic 2004–2007 Utah Jazz 2007–2008 Philadelphia 76ers 2008 Phoenix Suns 2008–2010 Fenerbahçe Ülker 2010–2011 KK Cibona Zagreb 00000
National team
1997-2005	Croatia

Gordan Giriček (born June 20, 1977 in Zagreb , SR Croatia ) is a former Croatian basketball player .

Career

Giriček started his career at KK Cibona Zagreb . While still at Cibona, Giriček was selected 40th in the 1999 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks , but stayed in Europe and in 2001 joined the Russian top club PBK CSKA Moscow . In this he scored an average of 22.9 points in 18 Euroleague games in the 2001/02 season . In 2002 he switched to the NBA to the Memphis Grizzlies , who now owned his rights. During the season he was transferred to the Orlando Magic , where he immediately got a lot of playing time. Giriček had a good rookie season and was called up to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team . After another year in Orlando, Giriček was swapped for DeShawn Stevenson at Utah Jazz . He played in jazz for almost four years, where he mostly came off the bench as a dangerous three-shooter. In December 2007 he was suspended after a dispute with coach Jerry Sloan and a few days later sold to the Philadelphia 76ers for Kyle Korver . At the Sixers Giriček was fired after twelve games and joined the Phoenix Suns for the remainder of the season . After that Giriček received no engagement in the NBA and returned to Europe. He played for the Turkish club Fenerbahçe Ülker , which he left again in May 2010. In December 2010 he returned to Cibona and ended his career after one season.

National team

Giriček took part with the Croatian national team at the European Championships in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005. At the EM tournaments in 2001 and 2003 he was the second best and in 2005 the best scorer of his team.

Web links

Commons : Gordan Giriček  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• NBA.com profiles
• Euroleague.net profiles

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Magic Send Giricek to Jazz for Stevenson
2. ↑ Sixers Trade Korver to Jazz for Giricek, Future First-Rounder ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Jazz deal Giricek, first-round pick for 3-point specialist Korver
4. ↑ Gordan Giricek profile, European Championship for Men 2003. Accessed October 12, 2019 .