Vladimir Radmanović

Radmanović has represented the Yugoslavian national basketball team and the Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team. He earned gold medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championships with Yugoslavia. He also participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics with Serbia and Montenegro.

Pre-NBA

Born into the Serbian family of a JNA officer hailing from the Dalmatian coastal town of Zadar in Croatia, Radmanović was born in Trebinje, in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia, where his father Stevan was stationed at the time. He grew up in various locales dictated by the requirements of his father's profession.^[1]

Radmanović played basketball for KK Crvena zvezda and KK FMP before entering into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2001.

NBA career

Seattle SuperSonics (2001–2006)

Radmanović was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics as the 12th pick of 2001 NBA Draft. Although consistent throughout his first two seasons, Radmanović became a candidate for the NBA Most Improved Player Award in the 2003–04 season, when he averaged 12 points and 5.3 rebounds per game mostly as a sixth man. He established himself as a deadly three-point shooter, making around 40% of his attempts.

He was integral to the Sonics' success in the 2004–05 season as a sixth man. He averaged 11.8 points per game and 4.6 rebounds, helping the Sonics win their first-round playoff matchup against the Sacramento Kings. On January 26, 2005, he made a career-high 8 three-point field goals against the Los Angeles Lakers.

After the 2004–05 season, Radmanović turned down a six year, $42 million contract offer to re-sign with the Sonics, and instead decided to sign a one-year deal, making him an unrestricted free agent after next season.

He was nicknamed "Broadway Joe" by Supersonics announcer Kevin Calabro, after his resemblance to NFL quarterback Joe Namath.

Los Angeles Clippers (2006)

After voicing his frustration for not being a starter, on February 14, 2006, Radmanović was traded from the SuperSonics to the Los Angeles Clippers for power forward Chris Wilcox.^[2]

The change of venue greatly improved his performance. Radmanović averaged 10.7 ppg, a career-best averages of 5.7 rpg and 2.1 apg, while shooting 41.8% of his three-pointers.

Los Angeles Lakers (2006–2009)

On July 1, 2006, he agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers for the full mid-level exception over 5 years (at an estimated $31M).^[3] Although he was believed to be a lock to re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers (he at first accepted their offer at an estimated $31M over five years), he changed his mind after being promised a starting job with the Los Angeles Lakers. Although the Lakers were offering the same amount of money as Clippers, Radmanović was persuaded to join the team by Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson, Magic Johnson and his good friend, Vlade Divac, who were all convinced his shooting and playing opportunities would greatly increase in the Lakers' triangle offense. Jackson has also called Vladimir a "space cadet" and "my favorite Martian" in reference to his being out of position and taking wild three point shots.^[4] He was also referred to as "Vlad Rad."^[5] He started all 21 games in the 2007–08 Playoffs for the Lakers, and was high scorer for one game and high rebounder for several games.

Snowboarding injury

On February 18, 2007, Radmanović told the Lakers that he had separated his shoulder, when he fell on a patch of ice in Park City, Utah the day before, during the weekend of the 2007 NBA All-Star Game and would be out approximately eight weeks.^[6]

However, on February 23, 2007, Radmanović revealed that he had actually hurt himself in a fall while snowboarding.^[7]^[8] Radmanović's Lakers contract banned him from taking part in activities that involve significant risk of injury, including skiing and snowboarding.^[8] An NBA league source said that voiding the contract would be extremely unlikely, with a suspension or fine more likely.^[8] This proved to be true, as he was fined $500,000.

Charlotte Bobcats (2009)

On February 7, 2009, Radmanović was traded to the Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for forward Adam Morrison and guard Shannon Brown.^[9] Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins said Radmanovic would likely play both small and power forward.^[10]

Golden State Warriors (2009–2011)

On November 16, 2009, Radmanović was traded to the Golden State Warriors along with Raja Bell in exchange for Stephen Jackson and Acie Law.^[11]

Atlanta Hawks (2011–2012)

On December 9, 2011, Radmanović was signed by the Atlanta Hawks.^[1] In the Hawks' first game of the season on December 26, 2011, Radmanovic scored 17 points with four steals and five assists in 27 minutes.^[12]

Chicago Bulls (2012–2013)

On July 19, 2012, Radmanović signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bulls.^[13]

Retirement (2013)

In October 2013, Radmanović announced his retirement. After 12 seasons in the NBA as a stretch 4, he shot 37.8 percent from 3 and averaged 8.0 points.^[14]

NBA 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	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2001–02	Seattle	61	16	20.2	.412	.420	.681	3.8	1.3	.9	.4	6.7
2002–03	Seattle	72	16	26.5	.410	.355	.706	4.5	1.3	.9	.3	10.1
2003–04	Seattle	77	38	30.1	.425	.371	.748	5.3	1.8	1.0	.5	12.0
2004–05	Seattle	63	0	29.5	.409	.389	.786	4.6	1.4	.9	.5	11.8
2005–06	Seattle	47	16	23.2	.401	.367	.887	4.0	1.5	.7	.3	9.3
2005–06	L.A. Clippers	30	11	29.5	.417	.418	.731	5.7	2.1	1.0	.5	10.7
2006–07	L.A. Lakers	55	15	17.9	.424	.339	.726	3.3	1.2	.5	.3	6.6
2007–08	L.A. Lakers	65	41	22.8	.453	.406	.800	3.3	1.9	.7	.2	8.4
2008–09	L.A. Lakers	46	28	16.8	.444	.441	.852	2.5	.8	.6	.2	5.9
2008–09	Charlotte	32	3	21.1	.401	.357	.645	3.3	1.3	.6	.3	8.3
2009–10	Charlotte	8	0	16.6	.333	.318	.667	3.6	.9	.4	.1	4.9
2009–10	Golden State	33	20	23.0	.385	.267	.762	4.5	1.2	.8	.2	6.6
2010–11	Golden State	74	6	15.8	.431	.405	.882	2.9	1.1	.6	.6	5.1
2011–12	Atlanta	49	3	15.4	.376	.370	.759	2.9	1.1	.4	.3	4.5
2012–13	Chicago	25	0	5.8	.302	.185	.667	1.1	.3	.3	.2	1.3
Career		737	213	21.9	.415	.378	.758	3.8	1.4	.7	.4	8.0

retired

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002	Seattle	5	2	22.6	.438	.538	1.000	3.6	1.0	.2	.2	7.6
2005	Seattle	6	0	20.3	.371	.238	.500	3.0	.5	.7	.5	5.3
2006	L.A. Clippers	12	2	20.5	.470	.463	.696	4.0	1.1	.6	.5	8.1
2008	L.A. Lakers	21	21	22.9	.444	.372	.833	3.8	1.5	.6	.0	8.0
2012	Atlanta	2	0	7.5	.000	.000	.000	.5	.5	.0	.0	.0
2013	Chicago	1	0	10.0	1.000	1.000	.000	.0	1.0	2.0	.0	9.0
Career		47	25	21.0	.440	.396	.735	3.5	1.1	.6	.2	7.3

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 HAWKS SIGN VLADIMIR RADMANOVIC
↑ "Clippers Acquire Radmanovic". NBA.com. 2006-02-14. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
↑ Yahoo! Sports - Sports News, Scores, Rumors, Fantasy Games, and more
↑ More Kind Words from Phil | NBA Blog - The FanHouse
↑ Kobe Now on Bynum's Team | Sports | Basketball | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California
↑ "LAKERS FORWARD VLADIMIR RADMANOVIC SUFFERS SEPARATED SHOULDER". Lakers.com. 2007-02-18. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
↑ "Lakers' Radmanovic reveals he lied about shoulder injury". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Bresnahan, Mike (2007-02-23). "Radmanovic lied to Lakers about injury". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
↑ "Bobcats Acquire Vladimir Radmanovic from Los Angeles Lakers". NBA.com. 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3891214
↑ Warriors trade Jackson to Bobcats
↑ http://www.nba.com/playerfile/vladimir_radmanovic/
↑ "Bulls sign free agent forward Vladimir Radmanovic". NBA.com. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
↑ Report: Vladimir Radmanovic is retiring

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v t e 2001 NBA draft

First round	Kwame Brown Tyson Chandler Pau Gasol Eddy Curry Jason Richardson Shane Battier Eddie Griffin DeSagana Diop Rodney White Joe Johnson Kedrick Brown Vladimir Radmanović Richard Jefferson Troy Murphy Steven Hunter Kirk Haston Michael Bradley Jason Collins Zach Randolph Brendan Haywood Joseph Forte Jeryl Sasser Brandon Armstrong Raül López Gerald Wallace Samuel Dalembert Jamaal Tinsley Tony Parker

Second round	Trenton Hassell Gilbert Arenas Omar Cook Will Solomon Terence Morris Brian Scalabrine Jeff Trepagnier Damone Brown Mehmet Okur Michael Wright Earl Watson Jamison Brewer Bobby Simmons Eric Chenowith Kyle Hill Sean Lampley Loren Woods Ousmane Cisse Antonis Fotsis Ken Johnson Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje Alton Ford Andre Hutson Jarron Collins Kenny Satterfield Maurice Jeffers Robertas Javtokas Alvin Jones Bryan Bracey

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 2002 FIBA World Championship – Gold medal

4 Bodiroga 5 Koturović 6 Čabarkapa 7 Rakočević 8 Stojaković 9 Radmanović 10 Jarić 11 Drobnjak 12 Divac 13 Vujanić 14 Tomašević 15 Gurović Coach: Pešić

v t e Serbia and Montenegro squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 11th place

4 Bodiroga 5 Popović 6 Ostojić 7 Radmanović 8 Rakočević 9 Šćepanović 10 Avdalović 11 Drobnjak 12 Krstić 13 Vujanić 14 Tomašević 15 Pavlović Coach: Obradović

v t e Serbia and Montenegro squad – EuroBasket 2005 – 9th place

4 Bodiroga 5 Miličić 6 Avdalović 7 Radmanović 8 Rakočević 9 Šćepanović 10 Jarić 11 Rebrača 12 Krstić 13 Milojević 14 Tomašević 15 Gurović Coach: Obradović

Persondata
Name	Radmanovic, Vladimir
Alternative names
Short description	Serbian professional basketball player
Date of birth	November 19, 1980
Place of birth	Trebinje, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death

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