Dragan Tarlać

Dragan Tarlać
Personal information
Born May 9, 1973
Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian / Greek
Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight 270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31st overall
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Pro career 1990–2004
Position Center
Number 12
Career history
1990–1992 Crvena Zvezda (Yugoslavia)
1992–2000 Olympiacos (Greece)
2000–2001 Chicago Bulls
2001–2003 Real Madrid (Spain)
2003–2004 CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Career highlights and awards
  • 3x FIBA EuroStar (1996, 1998, 1999)
  • Euroleague Champion (1997)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Dragan Tarlać (born May 9, 1973) is a retired Serbian / Greek[1] professional basketball player. He played in the NBA. He is 2.11 m (6'11") in height.

Professional career

Europe

Tarlać was born in Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. After starting his senior pro career with his hometown club KK Vojvodina, he transferred to Red Star from Belgrade. He stayed there for a season, which was enough for Olympiacos to notice his talent and offer him a move to Piraeus.

With Olympiacos, he won 5 Greek League championships (1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97), 2 Greek Cups (1993-94, 1996-97) the 1996-97 Euroleague championship, and the Triple Crown in 1996-97. He is one of the best centers that has ever played for Olympiacos.

NBA

Tarlać was selected by the NBA club the Chicago Bulls in the 1995 NBA Draft. He finally left Greece to go play in the NBA in the summer of 2000, when he took off for the United States to play with the Chicago Bulls. His career in the NBA was not particularly successful, and he returned to Europe the following off-season, after winning the FIBA EuroBasket 2001 with the Yugoslavian national team.

Back to Europe

After leaving the NBA, and returning to Europe, Tarlać then spent his next two seasons with the Spanish League club Real Madrid, before finishing up his career with the Russian League club CSKA Moscow.

Serbo-Montenegrin national team

It was with Olympiacos, that Tarlać made a name for himself, earning a call up to the FR Yugoslavia national squad (Serbia-Montenegro). For a while, there was a controversy over his national team status, because he took Greek nationality (under the names of Dragan Milonas and Dragan Konstantinidis)[2] like many other Serbian players of the time did in the 1990s.

The issue was finally straightened out, and he was allowed to compete for the Serbo-Montenegrin national basketball team at the FIBA EuroBasket 1999 in France, along with his fellow countrymen Peja Stojaković and Milan Gurović, who were also in the same situation, having also taken Greek citizenship. His team won the bronze medal at the tournament. He also won the gold medal at the FIBA EuroBasket 2001 with his national team.

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

FR Yugoslavian national team

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
2000–01 Chicago 43 12 13.9 .394 .000 .758 2.8 .7 .2 .4 2.4
Career 43 12 13.9 .394 .000 .758 2.8 .7 .2 .4 2.4

References

  1. ↑ ACB.com Dragan Tarlac nacionalidad | licencia: GRC | Varios - Doble nacionalidad. Yugoslavia-Grecia. (Spanish).
  2. ↑ "El Real Madrid culmina el fichaje de Tarlac". EFE. AS.com. 2001-08-09. Retrieved 7 November 2012.

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