Predrag Drobnjak

Predrag Drobnjak
Sacramento Kings
Position	International Scout
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	October 27, 1975 (age 48); Bijelo Polje, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegrin
Listed height	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight	132 kg (291 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1997: 2nd round, 48th overall pick
	Selected by the Washington Bullets
Playing career	1992–2011
Position	Power forward / center
Number	14
Career history
1992–1998	Partizan
1998–2001	Efes Pilsen
2001–2003	Seattle SuperSonics
2003–2004	Los Angeles Clippers
2004–2005	Atlanta Hawks
2005–2006	Tau Cerámica
2006–2007	Partizan
2007	Akasvayu Girona
2007–2008	Beşiktaş Cola Turka
2008–2009	Efes Pilsen
2009–2010	PAOK
2011	Iraklis
Career highlights and awards
	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);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men's basketball
Representing Yugoslavia
FIBA World Cup
FIBA Eurobasket
European Championship for Men '22 and Under'

Predrag "Peđa" Drobnjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг "Пеђа" Дробњак; born 27 October 1975) is a Montenegrin professional basketball scout and former player. At 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in), 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.^[1]

Before the 1998–99 season, Drobnjak signed with Efes Pilsen, in Turkey. Drobnjak stayed for the next three seasons with Efes.^[2]

NBA

Drobnjak was a second-round draft choice of the Washington Bullets in the 1997 NBA draft.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Return to Europe

In July 2005, Drobnjak signed a three-year contract with Tau Cerámica in Spain.^[6] However, he was released after only a year, which followed by his signing a one-year contract with his former team Partizan.^[7]

In July 2007, he signed with Akasvayu Girona.^[8] In December 2007, he left Girona and signed with Beşiktaş Cola Turka for the rest of the season.^[9] In November 2008, Drobnjak returned to Efes Pilsen for the 2008–09 season.^[10] In the 2009–10 season, Drobnjak played in the Greek Basket League with PAOK.^[11] In February 2011, he signed with Iraklis until the end of the season.^[12] However, he decided to retire later that month.^[13]

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.^[14]

Post-playing career

In 2015, Drobnjak was named a scout for the Sacramento Kings.^[15]^[16]

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	64	12	18.3	.461	.000	.753	3.4	.8	.3	.5	6.8
2002–03	Seattle	82	69	24.2	.412	.353	.791	3.9	1.0	.6	.5	9.4
2003–04	L.A. Clippers	61	14	15.6	.393	.306	.849	3.2	.6	.4	.4	6.3
2004–05	Atlanta	71	1	20.2	.438	.352	.800	3.4	.7	.6	.3	8.4
Career		278	96	19.9	.425	.340	.799	3.5	.8	.5	.4	7.9

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002	Seattle	3	1	12.7	.333	.000	.500	2.7	.7	.3	.0	3.3

References

^ "Euroleague Final Four 1998". Euroleague.net. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
^ "Predrag Drobnjak – Turkish Basketball League". TBLStat.net. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
^ "NBA Draft history: 1997 Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
^ Crowe, Jerry (June 15, 2004). "Clippers Expose Drobnjak, Dooling to Expansion Draft". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
^ "Drobnjak Traded to Hawks". fibaeurope.com. August 17, 2004. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
^ "Drobnjak signs contract with Tau Ceramica". ESPN.com. July 27, 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
^ "Drobnjak goes back to Partizan". Eurosport.com. September 19, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
^ "Akasvayu upgrades frontline with Drobnjak". Eurocupbasketball.com. July 29, 2007. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
^ Ture, Gokhan (December 22, 2007). "Besiktas adds Drobnjak from Akasvayu". Euroleague.net. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
^ Ture, Gokhan (November 28, 2008). "Efes brings back Drobnjak". Euroleague.net. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
^ "Drobnjak opet u crno-belom dresu". Sportskacentrala.com (in Serbian). August 28, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
^ Carchia, Emiliano (February 3, 2011). "Iraklis agreed to terms with Predrag Drobnjak". Sportando.com. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
^ Freeman, Eric (February 21, 2011). "Say goodbye to Predrag Drobnjak and his Manjaks". Yahoo.com. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
^ "Predrag Drobnjak – FIBA.com Profile". fiba.com. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
^ "Divac Offers Scouting Position to Predrag Drobnjak". sactownroyalty.com. August 17, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
^ "Kings BASKETBALL OPERATIONS". nba.com/kings. Retrieved April 17, 2018.