Panathinaikos BC announces the two years deal with Ognjen Kuzmic.
Ognjen Kuzmic (born May 16, 1990) is a Bosnian-born Serbian professional basketball player who last played for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. Standing at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), he plays at the center position. He was selected with the 52nd overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State.
Kuzmić started his senior career in Borac Banja Luka and the first basketball steps began in Findo Doboj. After one season, he left to play for Korihait in the Finnish league. In 2010, he returned to Bosnia to play for KK Čelik Zenica.
In 2011, he signed with Unicaja Málaga but played the 2011–12 season with farm team, Clínicas Rincón Benahavís of the Spanish Second League. He also played two games with Unicaja. In 2012, Unicaja Málaga loaned him to Joventut Badalona.
On September 27, 2013, he signed with the Golden State Warriors. During his rookie and sophomore seasons, he had multiple assignments with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League, earning a mention to the All-NBA Development League Defensive Third Team and winning a D-League championship during the 2014–15 season. To add to his D-League title, he was part of Golden State's championship winning team who defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2015 NBA Finals.
Stats
Season | Team | G | Pts | Avg | 2FG M-A | % | 3FG M-A | % | FT M-A | % | Reb | St | As | Bl |
2008/09 | UU-Korihait | 9 | 3 | 0.3 | 1/7 | 14.3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2009/10 | UU-Korihait | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 11/26 | 42.3 | 1/3 | 33.3 | 3/4 | 75 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Lapuan K | 16 | 118 | 7.4 | 50/75 | 66.7 | 1/3 | 33.3 | 15/27 | 55.6 | 94 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
2010/11 | Celik | 15 | 148 | 9.9 | 56/92 | 60.9 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 36/51 | 70.6 | 111 | 20 | 4 | 27 |
2011/12 | Axarquia | 34 | 355 | 10.4 | 149/278 | 53.6 | 0/10 | 0 | 57/85 | 67.1 | 291 | 23 | 24 | 71 |
2012/13 | Badalona | 27 | 187 | 6.9 | 81/155 | 52.3 | 0/0 | 0.0 | 25/36 | 69.4 | 148 | 17 | 15 | 18 |
2013/14 | Warriors | 21 | 15 | 0.7 | 5/13 | 38.5 | 0/0 | 0.0 | 5/11 | 45.5 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
2014/15 | Warriors | 16 | 20 | 1.3 | 8/12 | 66.7 | 0/0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 100.0 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
