Zarko Cabarkapa

Retired • Retired after 2009 season • SF/PF • 4 years of NBA experience

Height6'11

Born21st May 1981 (age 45)

Weight230 lbs

Nationality🇷🇸Serbia/🇲🇪Montenegro

NBA Draft17th pick, 2003

Pre-draft teamZrenjanin (Serbia)

HandRight

Agentn/a

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Transactions

5 entries

Date	League	Transaction
2003 NBA Draft	NBA	Drafted 17th overall by Phoenix.
1st July, 2003	NBA	Signed four year, $6,095,497 rookie scale contract with Phoenix. Included team option for 2006/07.
3rd January, 2005	NBA	Traded by Phoenix to Golden State in exchange for a protected 2005 second round pick (deferred to 2007; #49, Aaron Gray) and a 2009 second round pick (#37, Dejuan Blair).
30th June, 2005	NBA	Golden State exercised 2006/07 team option.
16th January, 2009	Montenegro	Signed for the remainder of the season with Buducnost.

Teams

5 entries

Date	Team
1997 - 2001	Beopetrol Beograd (Serbia)
2001 - June 2003	Buducnost (Montenegro)
June 2003 - January 2005	Phoenix Suns (NBA)
January 2005 - June 2007	Golden State Warriors (NBA)
January 2009 - June 2009	Buducnost (Montenegro)

NBA Salary

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Listed total $16,850,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$3,275,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$3,900,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$4,525,000 Retired $2,262,500 guaranteed Team option	$5,150,000 Retired $2,575,000 guaranteed Player option

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Bookkeeping The Retired Guys, 2013 Edition

March 19, 2013

Zarko Cabarkapa - Save for a brief 25 minute comeback in January 2009 with his pre-NBA team, Buducnost, Cabarkapa has not played since 2006 due to multiple back surgeries. As late as December of that year, Cabarkapa still refused to consider retirement. But with another three years gone, he probably has by now. The only news about him since then is entirely NSFW, so Google it yourself.

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Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 11

January 14, 2010

- Zarko Cabarkapa

Zarko Cabarkapa was out of the game for three years, from early 2006 to early 2009, due to the chronic injuries that hampered his NBA career. He reappeared last January with his former team, Buducnost in Montenegro, for whom he played four games. He totalled 25 minutes, 11 points, 5 rebounds and 7 fouls, before not playing again after February after having yet another surgery. Cabarkapa is now 28 years old, still unsigned and still recuperating, but he hasn't given up yet.

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