Đorđe Gagić

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Đorđe Gagić
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Gagić (black shirt) in October 2013 with Partizan
Iberostar Tenerife
Position Center / Power forward
League Liga ACB
Personal information
Born (1990-12-28) December 28, 1990 (age 33)
Benkovac, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 210 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight 114 kg (251 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted
Playing career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2011 Mornar
2011–2012 Hemofarm
2012–2015 Partizan
2015 Gaziantep
2015–2016 Brindisi
2016–present Canarias
Career highlights and awards

Đorđe Gagić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Гагић, born December 28, 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Iberostar Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team in international competition. Standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he is a center who can also cover the power forward position.

Professional career

Early years

Gagić played youth basketball in FMP, Superfund, Vojvodina Srbijagas, and Crvena zvezda.[1] In December 2009, he signed for his first senior team, Mornar from Montenegro. After two years spent playing there, he signed for Serbian professional club Hemofarm until the end of 2011–12 season.

Partizan Belgrade

In July 2012, Gagić signed a four-year contract with the Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade.[2] In his first season with Partizan, he won the Adriatic League and the Serbian League. In his second season, he won his second and club's 13th straight Basketball League of Serbia title by defeating Crvena zvezda with 3-1 in the final series.[3] Despite him not having good season, he exploded in the final series averaging 12.5 points and 6 rebounds per game.[4]

In the stumbling first half of 2014–15 season for Partizan, Gagić played the starting center position and averaged 9.6 points and 4 rebounds over 18 Adriatic League games. On 3 February 2015, Gagić requested a contract termination due to unpaid salaries,[5] which the club publicly classified as 'treason'[6] a day later.

2015–present

On 11 February 2015, Gagić terminated his contract with Partizan and signed with Royal Halı Gaziantep of the Turkish Basketball League for the rest of the season.[7]

On August 3, 2015, he signed a one-year contract with Italian club Enel Brindisi.[8]

On April 30, 2016, Gagić signed with Iberostar Tenerife for the rest of the 2015–16 ACB season.[9]

International career

Gagić represented Serbian national team at the FIBA EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia. He averaged 3.5 points and 2.5 rebounds per game for Serbia.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Partizan 10 2 14.1 .485 .000 .735 3.3 .2 .3 .1 5.7 5.4
2013–14 Partizan 23 1 15.0 .382 .000 .632 3.4 1.0 .5 .2 3.3 3.6
Career 33 3 14.8 .416 .000 .681 3.4 .8 .4 .2 4.0 4.1

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External links

Template:Serbia Squad EuroBasket 2013