Žarko Čabarkapa

Žarko Čabarkapa
	Čabarkapa with Fenerbahçe in 2021
Fenerbahçe Beko
Position	Player personnel director
Personal information
Born	May 21, 1981 (age 43); Zrenjanin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegrin / Serbian
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2003: 1st round, 17th overall pick
	Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career	1997–2009
Position	Power forward
Number	6, 11, 15
Career history
1997–2001	Beopetrol
2001–2003	Budućnost
2003–2005	Phoenix Suns
2005–2007	Golden State Warriors
2009	Budućnost
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men's basketball
Representing Yugoslavia
World Championships
Universiade

Žarko Čabarkapa (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Чабаркапа, pronounced [ʒǎːrkɔ̝ tʃabǎrkapa]; born 21 May 1981) is a Montenegrin–Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who is Player personnel director at Fenerbahçe Basketball.

Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in), he played in the power forward position for Beopetrol, Budućnost, Phoenix Suns, and Golden State Warriors. Čabarkapa finished his playing career in 2009 due to injury.

A Yugoslav international,^{[note 1]} Čabarkapa won the gold medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

Playing career

Čabarkapa played for a Belgrade-based team Beopetrol and Podgorica-based team Budućnost, both of the YUBA League. When playing there, he averaged 8.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game.

Čabarkapa was drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round (17th overall) in the 2003 NBA draft.^[1] He moved to the United States, but in his rookie season he was injured, and this limited him to only 49 games that season. In 2005, the Suns traded him to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for two second-round draft picks. With the Warriors, he played in 37 games in 2004–05, and 61 games in 2005–06. He had problems with a back injury, and his contract with the Warriors ended in 2007.

Čabarkapa's final NBA game was played on April 15, 2006, in a 86–81 win over the Portland Trail Blazers where he recorded 4 rebounds in 4 minutes of playing time.

After leaving the NBA in 2007, Čabarkapa stopped playing competitive basketball at the age of 26, as he recuperated from injuries. In late November 2008, it was announced that he joined his old club Budućnost, but only in practices, as he looked to get himself back into competitive shape. On January 16, 2009, Čabarkapa signed with Budućnost. Two days later, on January 18, he played his first competitive game in more than two years, appearing for 4 minutes in the Adriatic League clash at home versus KK Cibona. He recorded 2 points, no rebounds, and no assists.^[2]

National team career

Čabarkapa was a member of the FR Yugoslavia U-20 team at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Ohrid, Macedonia. Over eight tournament games, he averaged 8.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game.^[3] He was a member of the Yugoslavian university team that won the silver medal at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Čabarkapa was a member of the FR Yugoslavia national team that won the gold medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis. Over five tournament games, he averaged 1.6 points and one rebound per game.^[4]