Ivan Ramljak (203-F-90) will stay with Siroki WWin for the next season. The player verbally agreed terms with Cibona Zagreb earlier this summer, but the Croatian champion had deadline until August 1st to pay the buy-out fee and they didnt do it, according to Sirokis Head Coach Ivan Velic. Also, it seems that Darko Planinic (211-C-90) stays with the club, despite he was in contact with Cibona and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Ivan Ramljak played 26 games in Adriatic league last season averaging 7.8 points and 5.1 rebounds. The player also added 7.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg and 2.6 spg in domestic championship. Ramljak and Siroki won three Bosnian league titles together and two Cup trophies. He joined the club in 2009 from Posusje. Darko Planinic is a product of Siroki. He had 11.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg and 3.2 spg last season in Bosnia. Planinic was named Eurobasket.com All-Bosnia and Herzegovina League Center of the Year -12.
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Ante Tomic selected the top Croatian playing abroad in last week's games - May 21, 2013
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Here is the weekly review of the top performing Croatian players, who play currently abroad. This week's number one is former international center Ante Tomic (217-87, agency: XL Basketball Agency). He led Regal FC Barcelona to a victory over the ninth-ranked Unicaja Malaga in the Spanish ACB in Sunday night's game.
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Here is the weekly review of the top performing Croatian players, who play currently abroad.
#1. This week's number one is former international center Ante Tomic (217-87, agency: XL Basketball Agency, currently plays in Spain). He led Regal FC Barcelona to a victory over the ninth-ranked Unicaja Malaga (18-16) 57-50 in the Spanish ACB in Sunday night's game.
Tomic was MVP of the game. He recorded 11 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists in 28 minutes on the court.
Regal FC Barcelona (23-11) is placed third in the ACB.
It was his team's third consecutive victory in a row.
There are only two games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game will be critical.
It's Tomic's first season with the team.
Tomic belongs to league's best rebounders and is ranked #3 with 6.6rpg.
He also averaged so far 11.9ppg, 1.4apg, 2FGP: 61.5%(174-283) and FT: 62.4% in the 34 games he played so far.
Tomic played for the Croatian senior national team two years ago.
#2. Second place goes to former international forward Kresimir Loncar (210-83, agency: Alti Sport, currently plays in VTB United League). He was the major contributor in Khimky's victory against the fourth-ranked VEF Riga (11-7) crushing them 82-60 in the VTB United League last Sunday.
Loncar scored 14 points, had 7 rebounds and dished 3 assists.
BC Khimky Moscow Region (14-4) is placed first in group A.
It was his team's fourth consecutive victory in a row.
This season Loncar averages: 8.5ppg, 3.3rpg, 2FGP: 62.9%(66-105) and FT: 84.1%.
He played for the Croatian national team in 2010.
#3. The Croatian player who performed third best last week abroad was former international point guard Jakov Vladovic (187-83, also represented by XL Basketball Agency, currently plays in Slovenia). Vladovic was the main contributor in Krka's victory against the second-ranked Un.Olimpija (7-3) 81-68 in the Slovenian Telemach League on Monday night.
He was the best player in that game. Vladovic recorded 15 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in 31 minutes.
It was the game of the round between two top 3 ranked teams in group Places 1-6. Krka Novo Mesto (9-1) is placed first.
It was his team's ninth consecutive victory in a row.
Vladovic is ranked fifth on the list of the best passers in the league with 4.1apg.
This year his other stats are: 9.8ppg, 3.6rpg, 2FGP: 52.5%, 3FGP: 39.3% and FT: 91.7%(22-24) in the 16 games.
Vladovic played for the Croatian national team four years ago.
#4. Forward Damir Markota (209-85, currently plays in Turkey), who plays in the Turkish TBL could not help Besiktas (19-11) in their last game on Friday. Despite his very good performance Besiktas was edged 68-65 on the road by the higher-ranked Banvit BK (#3).
Markota was the top scorer with 18 points. He also added 9 rebounds.
Markota's overall stats this season are: 8.3ppg, 5.8rpg and 1.7apg.
He has a dual citizenship: Croatian and Swedish.
Markota is also Croatian national team player.
#5. Former U20 international forward Drazen Bubnic (206-86, currently plays in Slovenia), who plays in the Slovenian Telemach League was not able to help Un.Olimpija (7-3) in their last game. Despite his good performance the second-placed Un.Olimpija was edged 79-77 at home by the leading Krka in the Places 1-6 group.
Bubnic was the second best scorer with 14 points. He also added 4 rebounds in 35 minutes.
This year Bubnic's overall stats are: 6.1ppg and 2.4rpg in the 16 games.
He used to play for the Croatian U20 national team
seven years ago.
#6. Point guard Dontaye Draper (180-84, college: Charleston, currently plays in Spain) contributed to an easy victory against one of league's weakest teams Lagun Aro GBC (8-26) crushing them 100-67 in the Spanish ACB on Sunday night.
Draper recorded 6 points.
Real Madrid (30-4) is placed first in the ACB.
It was his team's fifth consecutive victory in a row.
There are only two games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game is very crucial.
Draper's total stats this season are: 4.1ppg, 1.2rpg and 1.8apg.
He is a naturalized American.
Draper is a former international player as he played for the Croatian senior team two years ago.
He used to play for Cedevita Zagreb in Croatian league.
#7. An experienced former U21 international forward Jasmin Perkovic (205-80, currently plays in Slovenia) is a teammate of previously mentioned Drazen Bubnic. But that was another game of his team in Slovenian Telemach League which we would like to mention.
Perkovic contributed to Un.Olimpija's victory against the leader Krka (9-1) 73-68.
He scored 11 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 29 minutes.
It was the game of the round between two top 3 ranked teams in group Places 1-6. Union Olimpija Ljubljana (7-3) is placed second.
This year Perkovic's total stats are: 8.4ppg, 3.5rpg and 1.5apg in the 15 games.
He used to play for the Croatian U21 national team
twelve years ago.
#8. Forward Damjan Rudez (203-86, agency: FCM, currently plays in Spain) contributed to an easy victory against the 13th-ranked UCAM Murcia (13-21) crushing them 108-74 in the Spanish ACB last Sunday.
Rudez recorded 16 points.
CAI Zaragoza (21-13) is placed fifth in the ACB.
It was his team's third consecutive victory in a row.
There are only two games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game will be important.
Rudez has relatively good stats this season: 10.9ppg, 1.8rpg and 1.2apg.
He plays currently for the Croatian national team.
#9. Former U20 international center Jure Lalic (210-86, another player represented by XL Basketball Agency, currently plays in Slovenia) is a teammate of previously mentioned Jakov Vladovic and both played together in the last Slovenian Telemach League game.
Lalic contributed to Krka's victory against the second-ranked Un.Olimpija (7-3) 81-68.
He recorded 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in 25 minutes.
Lalic has averaged so far 8.7ppg and 3.3rpg in the 15 games.
He used to play for the Croatian U20 national team
seven years ago.
#10. Point guard Roko-Leni Ukic (196-84, another player represented by XL Basketball Agency, currently plays in Greece) contributed to Panathinaikos' victory against the closely-ranked PAOK (17-9) 71-61 in the Greek A1 in Saturday night's game.
Ukic scored 6 points.
It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. Panathinaikos Athens (21-1) is placed first in the A1.
It was his team's 16th consecutive victory in a row.
They will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And now that game is quite important.
Ukic has averaged so far 8.0ppg, 1.7rpg and 2.3apg.
He is an international player who is currently on the senior Croatian National Team roster.
#11. Former international power forward Mario Delas (207-90, another player represented by XL Basketball Agency, currently plays in VTB United League) was not able to secure a victory for Zalgiris in their game against BC Nizhny Novgorod in the VTB United League.
Delas scored only 4 points in 15 minutes.
His team was edged 60-59.
Delas has averaged so far 5.0ppg and 3.2rpg in the 21 games.
He used to play for the Croatian national team
four years ago.
#12. International center Luka Zoric (211-84, currently plays in Spain) faced previously mentioned Ante Tomic in the Spanish ACB last game.
Zoric couldn't help Unicaja Malaga in their game against Regal FC Barcelona.
He was the second best scorer with 7 points.
His team was defeated 57-50.
This season Zoric has relatively solid stats: 11.5ppg and 4.6rpg.
He is also in the roster of the Croatian national team.
#13. Former international power forward Tomislav Ruzic (207-79, another player represented by XL Basketball Agency, currently plays in Turkey) couldn't help Tofas in their game against Anadolu Efes in the Turkish TBL, despite his good performance in Monday night's game.
Ruzic scored 11 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 22 minutes.
But his team lost 72-86.
Ruzic has averaged so far 8.3ppg and 3.6rpg in the 33 games.
He used to play for the Croatian national team
thirteen years ago.
#14. Former international swingman Mario Stojic (198-80, agency: Interperformances, currently plays in Belgium) couldn't help Base Oostende in their game against Okapi Aalstar in the Belgian Ethias League. Despite his very good performance last Tuesday Stojic recorded 13 points.
Stojic has reliable stats this season: 11.0ppg, 2.8rpg and 1.7apg.
He used to play for the Croatian national team
back in 2009.
#15. International center Darko Planinic (211-90, currently plays in Israel) managed to help Maccabi Electra Tel-Aviv in a 2-point victoryagainst the second-ranked Hapoel Tel-Aviv 76-74 in a derby game in the Israeli Winner League on Thursday night.
Planinic scored only 4 points in 5 minutes on the court.
Planinic has averaged so far 3.7ppg and 2.4rpg in the 20 games.
He is also in the roster of the Croatian national team.
The list of other players, who all have Croatian passport but never been selected to any of Croatian national teams:
#1. Experienced Igor Milicic (194-G-76, agency: Alti Sport, currently plays in Poland), who plays in the Polish TBL could not help AZS Koszalin (18-14) to beat Stelmet ZG (20-12).
Milicic scored 7 points in 23 minutes.
AZS Koszalin lost 83-89 on the road to the lower-ranked (#3) Stelmet ZG in the Places 7-12 group.
Milicic has been at the team for five years.
He has averaged so far 4.7ppg, 1.6rpg and 1.8apg in the 26 games he played so far.
Milicic has a dual citizenship: Croatian and Polish.
#2.Marin Bavcevic (182-PG-88, college: TCU, currently plays in Switzerland), who plays in the Swiss LNA was not able to help Lugano Tigers (16-10) in their last game. Despite his good performance Lugano Tigers were crushed 93-65 in Geneve by the leading Lions.
Bavcevic recorded 10 points in 19 minutes.
It was Lugano Tigers' first loss after four consecutive victories.
Bavcevic has averaged so far 2.5ppg and 1.5apg in the 29 games.
He is another player who holds two passports: Croatian and Swiss.
KK Cibona VIP Zagreb is very satisfied with with 32-year-old PG, Jerel Blassingame (175-PG-81, college: UNLV), so they extended his contract for another season.Blassingame arrived to KK Cibona VIP Zagreb in January this year from Polish Asseco Prokom Gdynia.In the 8 games of Adriatic league, he averaged 14.5 points, 2.4 rebounds and 5 [read more]
Blassingame arrived to KK Cibona VIP Zagreb in January this year from Polish Asseco Prokom Gdynia. In the 8 games of Adriatic league, he averaged 14.5 points, 2.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists.
Jakov Vladovic and Jure Lalic taste the title abroad - May 21, 2013
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Jakov Vladovic (187-PG-83, agency: XL Basketball Agency) and Jure Lalic (210-C-86, agency: XL Basketball Agency) taste the title abroad as their Krka triumphs at 2012/2013 season! The team won the Final series against Olimpija 3-1 and clinched the title.
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Jakov Vladovic (187-PG-83, agency: XL Basketball Agency) and Jure Lalic (210-C-86, agency: XL Basketball Agency) taste the title abroad as their Krka triumphs at 2012/2013 season! The team won the Final series against Olimpija 3-1 and clinched the title. The game was mostly controlled by Krka. Un.Olimpija managed to win second period 19-18. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. They outrebounded Un.Olimpija 36-22 including 27 on the defensive glass. 24 personal fouls committed by Un.Olimpija helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. The former international forward Matjaz Smodis fired 21 points (on 8-of-10 shooting from the field) for the winners. Jakov Vladovic chipped in 9 points and 6 rebounds. Prepelic and Salin produced 14 points each for lost side. Omic, Blazic and J.Perkovic poured in 8 apiece. In 2012-2013 for Krka Novo Mesto (Slovenia-Telemach League, starting five) Jakov Vladovic averaged.7ppg, 4.8rpg, 3.5apg, 1.2spg, FGP: 50.0%, 3PT: 64.7%, FT: 71.4% in EuroChallenge. In Adriatic League his stats read 8.3ppg, 4.0rpg, Assists-3 (4.3apg), 1.0spg, FGP: 48.1%, 3PT: 29.5%, FT: 81.3%. Jure Lalic averaged 11.4ppg, 4.6rpg, FGP: 64.3%, FT: 63.6% in EuroChallenge, while in Adriatic League he showed 9.7ppg, 4.1rpg, FGP: 68.4%, 3PT: 14.3%, FT: 64.2%.
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