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Background

2003-04:
In his first NBA season averaged 4.1 points, 2.0 rebounds, 0.8 assists, .411 FG in 11.6 minutes in 49 games (four starts)... In first NBA start set career highs with 17 points (6-11 FG, 1-4 3FG, 4-4 FT), nine rebounds in 29 minutes vs. Dallas on Nov. 26, but left game in the fourth quarter with a broken right wrist after Mavericks center Danny Fortson committed a flagrant foul, penalty two on his dunk attempt... Averaged 10.2 points on .568 shooting (21-37 FG) in previous five games before going on injured list on Nov. 28 and missed 22 games... Averaged 3.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, 0.9 assists, .376 FG in 11.3 minutes in 38 games after returning to the active roster on Jan. 9... Scored in double figures six times, three after Nov. 26... Recorded five points, five rebounds, one assist, one blocked shot and six turnovers in NBA debut at San Antonio on Oct. 28... Missed entire preseason after successful hernia surgery on Oct. 3... Had a breakout performance at the 2003 Reebok Rocky Mountain Revue averaging 16.8 points, team-best 7.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 0.8 blocks in five games for Phoenix.

Career:
Selected by Phoenix with the 17th overall pick in 2003 NBA Draft, ending the Suns' string of six-consecutive early entry picks... Was one of a record 21 international players taken in the draft, along with Suns rookie guard Leandro Barbosa (Brazil)... Played five seasons overseas in Yugoslavia with Beopetrol (1998-01) and Euroleague club Buducnost (2001-03)... In 2002-03, averaged career-best 14.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and shot .686 from the field in 19 games in the YUBA League, and exploded for 30 points against Vojvodina... Was a member of the gold-medal winning Yugoslavian team at the 2002 World Championship in Indianapolis... Although he was the 12th man on a deep squad and the team's youngest player, saw action in five of nine games, totaling eight points, five rebounds and one blocked shot in 16 minutes... In his first season for Buducnost in 2001-02, contributed as a reserve, averaging 9.4 points and 4.1 rebounds... Had a breakthrough season in his last campaign for Beopetrol in 2000-01, averaging 13.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and one blocked shot... Made his professional debut in the YUBA league as a 17-year-old in the 1998-99 season, playing for Beopetrol.


Personal

  • Full name is Zarko Cabarkapa (pronounced ZAR-ko cha-bar-KAH-pah)
  • Nickname is “Z”
  • Parents are Zivan and Milka and he has one brother Milos (26)
  • Spent several weeks last summer training in the mountains of Montenegro at a strength and conditioning retreat, along with several other European players, including Atlanta center Zelijko Rebraca
  • Grew up in Belgrade and began playing basketball at 10
  • In his spare time enjoys reading Yugoslavian newspapers online
  • Attended the 2001 Desert Classic in Phoenix, but did not play


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