Dan Gadzuric is a 6’11” center for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks.

Gadzuric was born in The Hague, Netherlands, but eventually immigrated to the United States and attended high school at Governor Drummer Academy in Massachusetts. After high school, He continued his education at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2002, Gadzuric was selected with the thirty-third pick in the NBA Draft by the Bucks.

Gadzuric has spent most of his career for the Bucks coming off the bench except for the 2004/05 season where he was moved into the starting lineup. That year Gadzuric averaged a career high 7.3 points per game and he has never managed to average over 10 points per game in any season.

While he has managed to be one of the first off the bench over his career, he did not appear in a majority of the team’s games. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dan_gadzuric/index.html?nav=page

In the 2010 playoffs, the Milwaukee Bucks squared off against the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. The Bucks lost the first two games of the series but managed to rally for a three games to two lead, but could not close the series out and lost the final two games, being bounced from the playoffs in the first round.

Dan Gadzuric appeared in all seven games but managed to average just over 10 minutes per game. Gadzuric averaged 2.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.1 assists per game. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gadzuda01.html

• Points Per Game: 3.2
• Rebounds Per Game: 3.8
• Assists Per Game: 0.2
• Efficiency Rating: +5.7

Dan Gadzuric began his seventh year with the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2009/10 season and only appeared in 32 games while starting just 6 of those. His limited action was mostly due to a stretch in December of 2009 during which he only appeared in two games.

Some of that limited play was due to a strained knee that he suffered during his team’s practice, though some of his appearances were simply head coach Scott Skiles’ decision.

Gadzuric averaged just over 9 minutes per game and scored just 2.8 points per contest. He was slightly more effective on the boards, hauling down 2.9 rebounds per game over the course of his 32 game stretch. Gadzuric’s longest outing of the season came on the team’s final game of the regular season. In the season finale he played in 26 games and scored 14 points, the only game of the season in which he scored more than 10 points.http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dan_gadzuric/game_by_game_stats.html

During the 2008/09 season, Dan Gadzuric appeared in more games than he had since the 2004/05 season, playing 67 games while starting 26. Having never been much of a scorer, Gadzuric averaged just 4 points per game though he did average a respectable 3.8 rebounds per contest.

Gadzuric did manage to hit double digits in scoring 9 times and had four double-doubles while he passed Paul Pressey for eighth all time on the team in blocked shots.http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dan_gadzuric/bio.html