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Damjan Rudez

Retired • Retired after 2021 season • SF/PF • 3 years of NBA experience

Height6'10

Weight228 lbs

Born17th June 1986 (age 40)

Nationality🇭🇷Croatia

NBA DraftUndrafted, 2008

Pre-draft teamKK Split (Croatia)

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Stats

Year	League	Team	G	MPG	PTS/G	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2004-05	EuroCup	BC Oostende	8	10.4	1.3	0.3	1.4	18.2%	0.3	1.0	25.0%	0.5	0.5	100.0%	0.1	0.8	1.9	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.8
2008-09	EuroLeague	Olimpia Ljubljana	10	17.9	5.5	2.2	5.0	44.0%	0.9	2.2	40.9%	0.2	0.3	66.7%	0.7	2.1	2.8	0.9	0.2	0.0	1.1	2.4
2010-11	EuroCup	Cedevita Zagreb	16	29.1	13.2	4.8	10.9	43.7%	1.7	5.1	32.9%	2.0	2.1	97.0%	0.3	2.3	0.0	1.6	0.6	0.3	1.2	3.1
2011-12	EuroCup	Cibona Zagreb	6	17.1	5.5	1.5	4.7	32.1%	0.7	2.7	25.0%	1.8	2.2	84.6%	0.0	1.0	3.4	0.8	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.3
2012-13	Spain	Zaragoza	39	23.1	10.7	3.8	7.7	49.8%	1.4	3.4	42.7%	1.5	1.8	87.0%	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.6
2013-14	EuroCup	KK Zadar	16	25.1	10.4	3.9	7.8	50.0%	1.8	3.4	51.9%	0.9	1.0	87.5%	0.3	1.4	2.8	2.3	0.1	0.3	1.9	2.1
2013-14	Spain	Zaragoza	36	24.2	10.7	3.9	8.4	46.5%	2.0	4.5	44.1%	0.9	1.3	75.6%	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.1	2.4
2014-15	NBA	Indiana Pacers	68	15.4	4.8	1.8	3.9	45.2%	1.0	2.5	40.6%	0.2	0.3	69.6%	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.2
2015-16	NBA	Minnesota Timberwolves	33	8.4	2.3	0.8	1.9	40.3%	0.5	1.5	34.0%	0.2	0.2	100.0%	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0
2016-17	NBA	Orlando Magic	45	7.0	1.8	0.7	2.0	35.2%	0.4	1.4	31.3%	0.0	0.0	–	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.7
2017-18	BCL Europe	Monaco	6	14.7	3.0	1.2	3.3	35.0%	0.3	1.7	20.0%	0.3	0.3	100.0%	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.2	2.3
2017-18	EuroLeague	Valencia	11	11.5	3.0	1.1	3.1	35.3%	0.7	1.9	38.1%	0.1	0.1	100.0%	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.5
2017-18	France	Monaco	14	19.6	6.4	2.4	5.4	44.7%	1.2	3.4	36.2%	0.3	0.3	100.0%	0.1	2.2	2.3	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.0
2017-18	Spain	Valencia	10	10.1	2.8	1.0	2.5	40.0%	0.4	1.6	25.0%	0.4	0.6	66.7%	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.2
2018-19	BCL Europe	Murcia	13	18.0	6.5	2.5	5.5	44.4%	1.4	3.4	40.9%	0.2	0.3	50.0%	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.1	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.8
2018-19	Spain	Murcia	31	12.9	5.2	1.8	4.4	40.1%	1.5	3.3	46.5%	0.2	0.3	55.6%	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.5
2020-21	Europe Cup	Donar Groningen	2	29.9	15.5	6.5	9.5	68.4%	2.5	5.0	50.0%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	4.0
2020-21	Netherlands	Donar Groningen	25	24.7	8.0	3.1	8.8	34.8%	1.3	4.7	28.0%	0.5	0.7	76.5%	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.8	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.6

Teams

Date	Team
2002 - 2004	Zrinjevac (Croatia)
2004 - 2006	Oostende (Belgium)
June 2006 - June 2008	KK Split (Croatia)
June 2008 - June 2009	Union Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia)
July 2009	Phoenix Suns (Summer League)
August 2009 - June 2011	Cedevita Zagreb (Croatia)
July 2011 - June 2012	Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
August 2012 - July 2014	Zaragoza (Spain)
July 2014 - July 2015	Indiana Pacers (NBA)
July 2015 - June 2016	Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA)
September 2016 - present	Orlando Magic (NBA)

Transactions

Date	League	Transaction
16th June 2006	Croatia	Signed a two-year contract with KK Split.
15th June 2008	Slovenia	Signed a two-year contract with Union Olimpija Ljubljana.
20th August 2009	Croatia	Signed a two-year contract with Cedevita Zagreb.
6th July 2011	Croatia	Signed a one-year contract with Cibona Zagreb.
17th August 2012	Spain	Signed a one-year contract with CAI Zaragoza.
26th June 2013	Spain	Signed a two-year extension with Zaragoza.
3rd July 2014	Spain	Left Zaragoza.
11th July 2014	NBA	Signed a three-year, $3,448,500 contract with Indiana Pacers. Included team option for 2016/17.
12th July 2015	NBA	Traded by Indiana Pacers to Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Chase Budinger.
27th June 2016	NBA	Minnesota Timberwolves declined 2016/17 team option.
8th September 2016	NBA	Signed a guaranteed one-year minimum salary contract with Orlando Magic.
7th September 2017	NBA	Re-signed by Orlando Magic to an unguaranteed one-year minimum salary contract.

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2017 NBA Manifesto

29th June 2017

Damjan Rudez
SF/PF, 6’10, 228lbs, 31 years old, 3 years of experience

In 2015/16, 80.6% of Rudez’s shots were three-pointers, and he had a .577% true shooting percentage. This year, those numbers dropped to .727% and .466%. Having never been a rebounder or defender at any level, nor even being that good at driving the hard close-outs his quality outside shot should earn him, Rudez enters free agency with little NBA resume, two fairly innocuous seasons as his most recent credits, and being on the wrong side of 30. Other shooters are available - back to Europe, he will surely go.

Player Plan: Expiring minimum salary contract who has not shown enough to get another, and who is probably going back to the Adriatic League very soon.

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[...] Another key shooting option is Damjan Rudez, a 6'9 forward whom the Suns once looked at, who has the capacity to win a game single handedly. He also has the ability to do absolutely nothing. To put that into some context, in 16 Eurocup games thus far, Rudez has scored more than 20 points five times, less than 10 points nine times, and in between the two only once. When he's playing well, Rudez is an unblockable jumpshooter with great touch and a pretty smooth handle, a good athlete who passes well, aggressively looks for his shot, and who can find it both inside and out. And when he's not playing well, he just stands there. The only thing consistent about Rudez is his lack of effort on defense and the glass.