Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Career
He was selected as the 30th overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2000 NBA Draft. He was traded to the Timberwolves on August 12, 2005 along with Lionel Chalmers by the Clippers in exchange for Sam Cassell and a future first-round draft pick. He was traded to the Grizzlies on June 26, 2008 in an eight-player deal involving rookie guard O. J. Mayo and rookie forward Kevin Love.
Jarić played for Serbian national team when they won the 2002 World Basketball Championships, and he was also a member of the 1998 gold medal-winning Under-22 European Championship team. Jarić is the only player ever to win back-to-back Italian League Championships on two different teams. He won it in 2000 with Paf Bologna and in 2001 with Kinder Bologna.
Personal info
Marko Jarić is the son of Srećko Jarić, retired Serbian basketball player who is considered one of the greatest international basketball players ever. He also holds Greek citizenship under the surname Latsis.
On June 12, 2008, Jarić became engaged to Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima after proposing to her on her 27th birthday. The couple wed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Valentines Day 2009, and are now expecting their first child together in Winter of 2009.
Marko Jarić
Marko Jarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Јарић) (born October 12, 1978 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian professional basketball player currently playing for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA.
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