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Background

2002-03:
Appeared in 10 games in third NBA season with the Chicago Bulls. … Averaged 1.9 ppg and 2.0 rpg, shooting .333 from the floor and .750 from the free throw line. … Scored a season-high 4 points on three occasions. … Grabbed a season-best 5 rebounds at New Jersey (12/23). … Missed five games on the injured list with lower leg tenosynovitis (10/30-11/6). … Recorded 15 DNP-CD (11/9, 11/13, 11/16, 12/16, 12/18, 12/20, 12/21, 12/27, 2/1, 2/3, 2/4, 3/6, 3/8, 3/16). … Missed a total of 30 games on the injured list with left knee tendinitis (11/19-12/14, 12/28-1/31). … Missed 12 games with right knee tendinitis (2/12/-3/3). … Missed 10 games with a left ankle sprain (3/22-4/9).

2001-02:
Appeared in 50 games in second NBA season. … Averaged 3.7 ppg and 3.2 rpg, shooting .404 from the floor and .586 from the free throw line. … Reached double figures in scoring on two occasions (3/30, 4/11) and pulled in 6+ rebounds in 10 games. … Played 20+ minutes in 10 games (nine coming after February 13). … Averaged 6.9 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.3 apg and 0.90 bpg, shooting .417 from the floor and .633 from the free throw line when playing 20+ minutes. … Appeared in every game except one following the all-star break. … Made his season debut at Boston (11/2), scoring 6 points with 4 rebounds and 2 blocked shots in 10 minutes of action. … Scored 8 points in 7 minutes at Dallas (12/27). … Played a career-high 32 minutes, scoring 5 points with 2 blocked shots and a career-high 11 rebounds at Charlotte (2/13). … Recorded 21 DNP-CD. … Missed 11 games on the injured list with lower back pain (1/4-1/22).

2000-01:
Bagaric appeared in 35 games and averaged 1.3 ppg and 1.6 rpg. He made his NBA debut on November 22 at Sacramento ... Scored a season-high 5 points (2-3 FG, 1-1 FT) on February 22 versus L.A. Clippers ... Played a season-high 16 minutes, grabbing a season-high 8 rebounds on February 28 versus Houston ... Missed the first 10 games of the season on the injured list with a right knee contusion ... Placed on the injured list with right knee tendinitis on December 19 (missed 14 games) ... Missed two games (3/25, 3/26) due to the flu.

PRE-NBA:
Bagaric spent three seasons in the Croatian League, splitting time between Benston Zagreb and Cibona Zagreb. He appeared in 22 games in 1999-2000 for Benston Zagreb in Croatia ... Averaged 18.3 points and 10.4 rebounds, shooting .590 from the floor and making 1.7 steals and appearing in the Croatian League All-Star game ... Played for the Croatian Junior National Team in the 1998 European Junior Championship, helping the team to the silver medal, and at the 1999 World Junior Championship, where he won a bronze medal ... Played for Cibona Zagreb in 1998-99, helping the team to the Croatian League Championship, averaging 6.8 points and 4.9 rebounds off the bench ... also led the league in blocked shots.

Personal

  • Full name is Dalibor Bagaric.
  • Got married last summer to Jasmine (also a Croatian native) in native Croatia.
  • Wedding had 390 guests and was attended by teammates Marcus Fizer and Tyson Chandler.
  • Daughter, Klara, was born on April 8.
  • Former Bull and native Croatian Toni Kukoc was also in attendance.
  • Was born in Germany and spent part of his childhood in Munich.
  • Is fluent in Croatian, English and German and can speak some Italian.
  • Describes his best professional moment as draft day, 2000.
  • Enjoys eating pasta.
  • Favorite NBA players are Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, Arvydas Sabonis, Drazen Petrovic and Toni Kukoc.
  • Says if he wasn’t in the NBA, he would be doing something involving automobiles.
  • Lists his favorite video game as “Medal of Honor”.
  • Enjoys taking advantage of Chicago’s downtown shopping and movie theaters with wife Jasmine, who also hails from Croatia.

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