Clippers sign Zeljko Rebraca
Los Angeles Clippers News
/ Aug 13, 2004
The Los Angeles Clippers today signed free agent center
Zeljko Rebraca. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. Rebraca,
entering his fourth NBA season, has career averages of 6.3 points and 3.4 rebounds
per game. He has shot 50.8% from the floor and 77.5% from the free throw line
during his NBA career.
“Zeljko gives us size, toughness and depth in the middle” said Clippers Vice President
of Basketball Operations Elgin Baylor. “He has low post skills and is a good mid-range
shooter who played in a great defensive system with the Detroit Pistons.”
Rebraca joins the Clippers after beginning his NBA career with the Detroit, where
he played for two plus seasons before being traded on February 19, 2004 to Atlanta
in a package for Rasheed Wallace.
Rebraca's nickname is Zelly. He won a silver medal at
the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, playing on Team Yugoslavia.
Originally drafted by Seattle in the second round (54th overall) in the 1994 NBA
Draft, Rebraca had his rights traded to Minnesota and Toronto before being acquired
by Detroit on July 18. 2001. Rebraca played professionally in Europe for 11 years
prior to joining the Pistons, and was named the 1999 Most Valuable Player of Europe
in FIBA competition. He had his most productive NBA season in 2001-02, when he
averaged 6.9 points and 3.9 rebounds in helping the Pistons to a playoff birth.
Rebraca will wear jersey number 11 for the Clippers.
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