Marko Gudurić

Marko Gudurić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Гудурић, born 8 March 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball League. He also represents the senior Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he plays at the shooting guard position.

Marko Gudurić
Gudurić with Fenerbahçe in 2018
No. 8 – Fenerbahçe
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
LeagueTurkish Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1995-03-08) March 8, 1995
Priboj, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight201 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2017 / Undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2017Crvena zvezda
2013–2015→FMP
2017–2019Fenerbahçe
2019–2020Memphis Grizzlies
2019–2020→Memphis Hustle
2020–presentFenerbahçe
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
EuroBasket
2017 Turkey
U20 European Championship
2015 ItalyTeam

Professional career

Crvena zvezda (2013–2017)

Gudurić grew up with Crvena zvezda youth teams and signed his first professional contract in April 2013.[1] He played two seasons for the Crvena zvezda development team FMP.

On September 30, 2015, Gudurić re-signed for Crvena zvezda to a four-year deal.[2][3] On October 15, 2015, he made his EuroLeague debut against SIG Basket with 6 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, and 4 steals. One of his best moments was against Real Madrid when he had a crucial dunk to get Crvena zvezda +4 lead one minute before the end of the game on November 27, 2015. On December 18, 2015, Zvezda played game against Bayern Munich for qualifying in TOP 16 of EuroLeague, Gudurić made some crazy 3-pointers and had 16 points in amazing comeback win in front of crazy atmosphere in Pionir hall. On July 5, 2016, he made a 3-point buzzer-beater against their biggest rival Partizan in Game 2 of KLS Finals to secure Zvezda 2-0 lead and final result 86–87.

Gudurić started his sophomore season in EuroLeague great with 21 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds to provide a win versus FC Barcelona Lassa in Round 3.

Fenerbahçe (2017–2019)

On July 14, 2017, Gudurić signed a four-year contract with Turkish club Fenerbahçe.[4]

In the 2017–18 EuroLeague, Fenerbahçe made it to the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four, its fourth consecutive Final Four appearance. Eventually, they lost to Real Madrid with 80–85 in the final game.[5] Over 36 EuroLeague games, he averaged 6.7 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, while also having very high shooting percentages.

In the 2018–19 EuroLeague season, Gudurić was among the most valuable roster pieces that brought Fenerbahçe to their 5th consecutive Final Four appearance. However, at the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four, Fenerbahçe lost in the semifinal game to their arch-rivals Anadolu Efes and later again in the 3rd place game to Real Madrid.[6] Over the season, Gudurić averaged career-high 9.4 points and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 47.7% from the three-point field goal. In the end of the season, Fenerbahçe lost the Turkish League championship after being defeated with 4–3 in the Finals of 2019 BSL Playoffs to Anadolu Efes.[7]

Memphis Grizzlies (2019–2020)

On July 31, 2019, Gudurić signed a multi-year contract with the Memphis Grizzlies.[8] On October 23, 2019, Gudurić made his debut in NBA, coming off from the bench in a 101–120 loss to the Miami Heat with nine points, two rebounds and two assists.[9] On December 15, 2020, the Grizzlies waived him.[10]

Second stint with Fenerbahçe (2020–present)

On December 18, 2020, Gudurić signed a contract with Fenerbahçe Beko until the end of 2022-23 season.[11]

National team career
See also: 2017 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

Gudurić represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017 where they won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.[12]

At the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the national team of Serbia was dubbed as favorite to win the trophy,[13] but was eventually upset in the quarterfinals by Argentina.[14] With wins over the United States and Czech Republic, it finished in fifth place.[15][16] Gudurić averaged 5.6 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists over 7 tournament games.

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019–20 Memphis 44011.0.395.301.9231.71.0.3.23.9
Career 44011.0.395.301.9231.71.0.3.23.9

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2015–16 Crvena zvezda 24115.6.474.371.8101.51.4.6.07.15.8
2016–17 29418.8.488.304.8592.12.1.6.17.86.4
2017–18 Fenerbahçe 361715.6.654.446.8751.61.9.7.06.77.2
2018–19 361822.1.629.477.8431.92.2.9.29.410.2
Career 1254018.3.483.405.8441.81.9.7.17.17.6

See also

References
  1. "Profesionalni ugovor i Marku Guduriću" (in Serbian). kkcrvenazvezda.rs. 3 April 2013.
  2. "Gudurić produžio ugovor sa Crvenom zvezdom". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). Tanjug. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. "Radonjić: Cilj titula, pratimo situaciju u SAD". b92.net (in Serbian). 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  4. "Champs add Guduric on long-term contract". Euroleague.net. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. "Real Madrid is 2018 EuroLeague champion". euroleague.net. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. Erel, Fatih (19 May 2019). "Real Madrid claim 3rd place in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague". aa.com.tr. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  7. "Anadolu Efes win Turkish basketball league title". hurriyetdailynews.com. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. "Memphis Grizzlies sign Marko Gudurić to multi-year contract". NBA.com. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  9. "Butler misses Miami debut, Heat beat Grizzlies 120-101". ESPN.com. October 23, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  10. "Memphis Grizzlies sign Zhaire Smith and Bennie Boatwright". nba.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  11. "Marko Guduric joins Fenerbahçe Beko". fenerbahce.org. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  12. "Slovenia overcome injuries to claim historic title in Dragic's swansong". FIBA.basketball. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  13. Curkovic, Igor (28 August 2019). "FIBA Basketball World Cup Power Rankings, Volume 3". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  14. "Argentina upsets Olympic silver medalist Serbia in FIBA World Cup quarterfinals". nbcsports.com. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  15. "Serbia defeats USA in FIBA World Cup consolation round play". nba.com. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  16. T., P. (14 September 2019). "Bogdanović ponovo briljirao – Srbiji peto mesto u Kini" (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 September 2019.
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