Marin Marić Explained

Marin Marić
Position:Center
Height Cm:211
Weight Kg:109
League:National Basketball League
Team:Hunan Yongsheng
Number:34
Birth Date:1994 2, df=y
Birth Place:Split, Croatia
High School:La Lumiere School
(La Porte, Indiana)
College:
Draft Year:2018
Career Start:2011
Years1:2011–2012
Team1:Split
Years2:2018
Team2:Büyükçekmece
Years3:2018–2019
Team3:Oostende
Years4:2019–2020
Team4:Okapi Aalst
Years5:2020
Team5:BC Lietkabelis
Years6:2020–2021
Team6:Split
Years7:2021
Team7:Ironi Ness Ziona
Years8:2021–2022
Team8:Larisa
Years9:2022–2024
Team9:Andorra
Years10:2024–present
Team10:Hunan Yongsheng
Highlights:

Marin Marić (born 21 February 1994) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Hunan Yongsheng of the National Basketball League. He played college basketball in the United States for Northern Illinois and DePaul.

College career

Marić moved to the United States in 2012 to attend La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana. In 2013, he enrolled at Northern Illinois University and debuted for the Huskies men's basketball. An injury early in his freshman year led to him redshirting the 2013–14 season. He returned in the 2014–15 season[1] and played three full seasons for the Huskies. In 2017, he originally declared for the NBA draft, but withdrew his name before the draft withdrawal deadline.[2] He subsequently left Northern Illinois and joined DePaul as a graduate transfer.[3] [4] In his lone season at DePaul, Maric averaged 13.6 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. He had a season-high 25 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists against St. John's on January 6, 2018.[5]

Professional career

On 12 May 2012, Marić made his professional debut at age 18 with Split in an A-Liga game against Slavonski Brod, playing for 15 seconds.[6]

Following the 2017–18 US college season, Marić had a two-game stint in the Turkish Basketball Super League for Büyükçekmece.[7] [8] For the 2018–19 season, he played in Belgium with Oostende of the Pro Basketball League (PBL).[9] Despite him missing the back-end of the season with an elbow injury,[10] he was crowned a champion in June 2019 when Oostende won the PBL title.[11] He returned to Belgium for the 2019–20 season, joining Okapi Aalst. He was the PBL's MVP of Round 1 after recording 21 points and nine rebounds in a win over Leuven Bears.[12] Marić led the league in rebounding with 8.8 rebounds per game.[13]

On June 19, 2020, Marić signed with BC Lietkabelis of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He averaged 9.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in the EuroCup.[14] On December 3, 2020, he signed with Split of the Adriatic League and the Croatian League, returning to the team for a second stint.

On September 19, 2021, Marić signed with Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Super League.[15] He left the team in early November.[16]

On December 16, 2021, Marić signed with Larisa of the Greek Basket League.[17] In 25 league games, he averaged 11.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists, playing around 20 minutes per contest.

On August 8, 2022, Marić signed with MoraBanc Andorra of the LEB Oro.[18] He averaged 10.4 points and 5.6 rebounds in 31 games during the 2022–23 season.[19] He re-joined Andorra for the 2023–24 season, with the team now in the Liga ACB.

On May 21, 2024, Marić joined Hunan Yongsheng of the National Basketball League.[20]

National team career

Marić made his international debut in 2012 for the Croatian national under-18 team at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a gold medal.[21] In 2013, he played for the Croatian under-19 team at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship. In 2014, he played for the Croatian under-20 team at the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Severson. Jesse. Maric major reason for hot start. daily-chronicle.com. 11 December 2015. 6 November 2019.
  2. Web site: Phillips. Scott. DePaul gets potential impact grad transfer in Northern Illinois center Marin Maric. nbcsports.com. 8 May 2017. 5 November 2019. ...pulled his name out of the NBA Draft process and committed to the Blue Demons..
  3. Web site: Marin Maric - Men's Basketball. DePaul University Athletics. en. 2019-07-26.
  4. Web site: Marin Maric. niuhuskies.com. en. 2019-07-26.
  5. Web site: DePaul's Marin Maric relishing final college season. 247sports.com. en. 2019-11-07.
  6. Web site: Marin Maric Game Logs. RealGM.com. 24 September 2019.
  7. Web site: Marin Maric. eurobasket.com. 5 November 2019.
  8. Web site: Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece, Marin Maric'i transfer etti. haberturk.com. 12 April 2018. 5 November 2019. tr.
  9. Web site: Kroatische center Maric naar BC Oostende. nieuwsblad.be. 31 July 2018. 6 November 2019. nl.
  10. Web site: BC Oostende's Marin Maric out for season with elbow injury. sportando.basketball. 6 March 2019. 6 November 2019.
  11. Web site: Marin Maric naar Crelan Okapi Aalstar. basketbalnieuws.com. 10 July 2019. 24 September 2019. nl.
  12. Web site: Marin Maric is EuroMillions MVP of the Week. EuroMillions Basketball League. 24 September 2019.
  13. Web site: Marin Maric signs with Lietkabelis . Sportando . June 20, 2020 . June 19, 2020.
  14. Web site: Marin Maric inks with KK Split. December 3, 2020. Sportando. En. December 3, 2020.
  15. Web site: Ironi Ness Ziona announces signing of Croatian center Marin Maric . Sportando . September 19, 2021 . September 19, 2021.
  16. Web site: Hvala vam, Marin! . twitter.com/ironinessziona . November 25, 2021 . November 3, 2021 . Hebrew.
  17. Web site: Chelidze . Dimitri . Marin Maric (ex I.Nes Ziona) signs at Larissa BC . Eurobasket . December 16, 2021 . December 16, 2021.
  18. Web site: Marin Maric joins MoraBanc Andorra. August 8, 2022. Sportando. En. August 15, 2022.
  19. Web site: Marin Maric. eurobasket.com. January 2, 2024. subscription.
  20. News: 赵紫名 . 克罗地亚国手加盟,长沙勇胜男篮迎来大中锋 . June 2, 2024 . icswb.com . May 21, 2024 . Chinese.
  21. Web site: Severson. Jesse. NIU men's basketball: Croatian big man adjusting to life in America. daily-chronicle.com. 27 March 2016. 5 November 2019. Maric had finished up school in Croatia and was coming off being a part of his country's U18 team that won the gold medal at the 2012 FIBA Euro Cup....
  22. Web site: Marin Maric. fiba.com. 5 November 2019.