Predrag Drobnjak

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Predrag Drobnjak

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| position = International Scout

| height_m = 2.11

| weight_kg = 132

| team = Sacramento Kings

| league = NBA

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|10|27}}

| birth_place = Bijelo Polje, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia

| nationality = Montenegrin

| draft_year = 1997

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 48

| draft_team = Washington Bullets

| career_position = Power forward / center

| career_number = 14

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2011

| years1 = 1992–1998

| team1 = Partizan

| years2 = 1998–2001

| team2 = Efes Pilsen

| years3 = {{nbay|2001|start}}–{{nbay|2002|end}}

| team3 = Seattle SuperSonics

| years4 = {{nbay|2003|full=y}}

| team4 = Los Angeles Clippers

| years5 = {{nbay|2004|full=y}}

| team5 = Atlanta Hawks

| years6 = 2005–2006

| team6 = Tau Cerámica

| years7 = 2006–2007

| team7 = Partizan

| years8 = 2007

| team8 = Akasvayu Girona

| years9 = 2007–2008

| team9 = Beşiktaş Cola Turka

| years10 = 2008–2009

| team10 = Efes Pilsen

| years11 = 2009–2010

| team11 = PAOK

| years12 = 2011

| team12 = Iraklis

| highlights =

2× FIBA EuroStar (1996, 1997)
Spanish Cup winner (2006)
2× Turkish President's Cup winner (1998, 2000)
2× Turkish Cup winner (2001, 2009)
3× Yugoslavian League champion (1995–1997)
2× Yugoslavian Cup winner (1994, 1995)
ABA League champion (2007)
Serbian League champion (2007)

| bbr = drobnpr01

| medal_templates =

{{MedalCountry|{{FR-YUG}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship for Men '22 and Under'}}

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Predrag "Peđa" Drobnjak ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Предраг "Пеђа" Дробњак}}; born 27 October 1975) is a Montenegrin professional basketball scout and former player. At {{height|m=2.11}}, he played at the power forward and center positions. Throughout his nineteen-year career, Drobnjak has spent three full seasons playing in the NBA.

Professional career

=Europe=

Drobnjak started his professional career with Partizan in the 1992–93 season. He played six seasons for Partizan, winning three national titles in a row (1995, 1996 and 1997). In his last year with the club, Drobnjak played in the EuroLeague Final Four, where they finished fourth, after losing in the semifinals to Kinder Bologna, and in the third-place game against Benetton Treviso.{{cite news|title=Euroleague Final Four 1998|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/9105/all-the-final-fours-1988-2011#98|access-date=March 15, 2015|work=Euroleague.net}}

Before the 1998–99 season, Drobnjak signed with Efes Pilsen, in Turkey. Drobnjak stayed for the next three seasons with Efes.{{cite news|title=Predrag Drobnjak – Turkish Basketball League|url=https://www.tblstat.net/player/303|access-date=March 15, 2015|work=TBLStat.net}}

=NBA=

Drobnjak was a second-round draft choice of the Washington Bullets in the 1997 NBA draft.{{cite news|title=NBA Draft history: 1997 Draft|url=http://www.nba.com/history/draft/1997-draft/|access-date=March 15, 2015|work=NBA.com}} During his time in the NBA, Drobnjak played two seasons for the Seattle SuperSonics, one season for the Los Angeles Clippers, and one season for the Atlanta Hawks. In 2004, the Clippers made him available for selection by the Charlotte Bobcats in the expansion draft.{{cite news|last1=Crowe|first1=Jerry|title=Clippers Expose Drobnjak, Dooling to Expansion Draft|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jun-15-sp-newswire15-story.html|access-date=March 16, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 15, 2004}} After his selection by the Bobcats, Drobnjak was subsequently traded to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for a 2005 second-round draft pick before playing a game for Charlotte.{{cite news|title=Drobnjak Traded to Hawks|url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/nfID_390.coid_qYFP8Qz7GL6-Hrj1jBOEi2.articleMode_on.html|access-date=March 16, 2015|work=fibaeurope.com|date=August 17, 2004}}

=Return to Europe=

In July 2005, Drobnjak signed a three-year contract with Tau Cerámica in Spain.{{cite news|title=Drobnjak signs contract with Tau Ceramica|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2118110|access-date=March 15, 2015|work=ESPN.com|date=July 27, 2005}} However, he was released after only a year, which followed by his signing a one-year contract with his former team Partizan.{{cite news|title=Drobnjak goes back to Partizan|url=http://www.eurosport.com/basketball/euroleague/2006-2007/drobnjak-back-at-partizan_sto967469/story.shtml|access-date=March 15, 2015|work=Eurosport.com|date=September 19, 2006}}

In July 2007, he signed with Akasvayu Girona.{{cite news|title=Akasvayu upgrades frontline with Drobnjak|url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/14683/akasvayu-upgrades-frontline-with-drobnjak|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402182500/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/14683/akasvayu%2Dupgrades%2Dfrontline%2Dwith%2Ddrobnjak|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 2, 2015|access-date=March 15, 2015|work=Eurocupbasketball.com|date=July 29, 2007}} In December 2007, he left Girona and signed with Beşiktaş Cola Turka for the rest of the season.{{cite news|last1=Ture|first1=Gokhan|title=Besiktas adds Drobnjak from Akasvayu|url=http://admin.euroleague.net/eurocup/news/i/21327/besiktas-adds-drobnjak-from-akasvayu|access-date=March 15, 2015|work=Euroleague.net|date=December 22, 2007}} In November 2008, Drobnjak returned to Efes Pilsen for the 2008–09 season.{{cite news|last1=Ture|first1=Gokhan|title=Efes brings back Drobnjak|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/39527/efes-brings-back-drobnjak|access-date=March 15, 2015|work=Euroleague.net|date=November 28, 2008}} In the 2009–10 season, Drobnjak played in the Greek Basket League with PAOK.{{cite news|title=Drobnjak opet u crno-belom dresu|url=http://www.sportskacentrala.com/?s=read&cat=2&id=68725|access-date=March 16, 2015|work=Sportskacentrala.com|date=August 28, 2009|language=sr}} In February 2011, he signed with Iraklis until the end of the season.{{cite news|last1=Carchia|first1=Emiliano|title=Iraklis agreed to terms with Predrag Drobnjak|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/greece/85332/iraklis-agreed-to-terms-with-predrag-drobnjak.html|access-date=March 15, 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=February 3, 2011}} However, he decided to retire later that month.{{cite news|last1=Freeman|first1=Eric|title=Say goodbye to Predrag Drobnjak and his Manjaks|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Say-goodbye-to-Predrag-Drobnjak-and-his-Manjaks?urn=nba-324121|access-date=March 15, 2015|work=Yahoo.com|date=February 21, 2011}}

National team career

Drobnjak won gold medals at both the 1998 and 2002 FIBA World Championships, and he also won a gold medal at the EuroBasket 2001, while playing with the senior Yugoslav national team.{{cite news|title=Predrag Drobnjak – FIBA.com Profile|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/players.asp?pID=10718&q=Predrag+DROBNJAK&_=2004_FIBA_Diamond_Ball_Tournament_for_Men|access-date=March 16, 2015|work=fiba.com}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Post-playing career

In 2015, Drobnjak was named a scout for the Sacramento Kings.{{cite web|title=Divac Offers Scouting Position to Predrag Drobnjak|url=https://www.sactownroyalty.com/2015/8/17/9164477/divac-offers-scouting-position-to-pedrag-drobnjak|website=sactownroyalty.com|date=August 17, 2015 |access-date=April 17, 2018}}{{cite web|title=Kings BASKETBALL OPERATIONS|url=http://www.nba.com/kings/contact-us|website=nba.com/kings|access-date=April 17, 2018}}

NBA career statistics

=Regular season=

| align="left" | 2001–02

| align="left" | Seattle

| 64 || 12 || 18.3 || .461 || .000 || .753 || 3.4 || .8 || .3 || .5 || 6.8

| align="left" | 2002–03

| align="left" | Seattle

| 82 || 69 || 24.2 || .412 || .353 || .791 || 3.9 || 1.0 || .6 || .5 || 9.4

| align="left" | 2003–04

| align="left" | L.A. Clippers

| 61 || 14 || 15.6 || .393 || .306 || .849 || 3.2 || .6 || .4 || .4 || 6.3

| align="left" | 2004–05

| align="left" | Atlanta

| 71 || 1 || 20.2 || .438 || .352 || .800 || 3.4 || .7 || .6 || .3 || 8.4

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 278 || 96 || 19.9 || .425 || .340 || .799 || 3.5 || .8 || .5 || .4 || 7.9

=Playoffs=

| align="left" | 2002

| align="left" | Seattle

| 3 || 1 || 12.7 || .333 || .000 || .500 || 2.7 || .7 || .3 || .0 || 3.3

References

External links

{{Basketballstats |nba= 1542 |bbr= d/drobnpr01 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20111122014012/http://work.wongdoody.com/sonics/drobnjak/index.html Drobnjak's Manjaks]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110316095912/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/predrag_drobnjak/ Predrag Drobnjak] at NBA.com
[https://web.archive.org/web/20170208034330/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=B7T Predrag Drobnjak] at ACB.com {{in lang|es}}
[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Predrag_Drobnjak/4441 Predrag Drobnjak] at Eurobasket.com
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=KNI#!careerstats Predrag Drobnjak] at Euroleague.net
[https://www.tblstat.net/player/303 Predrag Drobnjak] at TBLStat.net

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