Ognjen Jaramaz | |
Position: | Point guard / Shooting guard |
Height M: | 1.93 |
Weight Kg: | 88 |
Team: | Free agent |
Birth Date: | 1 September 1995 |
Birth Place: | Kruševac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Serbian |
Draft Year: | 2017 |
Draft Round: | 2 |
Draft Pick: | 58 |
Draft Team: | New York Knicks |
Career Start: | 2013 |
Years1: | 2013–2017 |
Team1: | Mega Vizura |
Years2: | 2013–2014 |
Team2: | → Smederevo 1953 |
Years3: | 2018 |
Team3: | Mega Vizura |
Years4: | 2018–2019 |
Team4: | San Pablo Burgos |
Years5: | 2019 |
Team5: | → Partizan |
Years6: | 2019–2021 |
Team6: | Partizan |
Years7: | 2021–2023 |
Team7: | Bayern Munich |
Years8: | 2023–2024 |
Team8: | Partizan |
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Ognjen Jaramaz (Serbian: Огњен Јарамаз; born September 1, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player. Standing at,[1] he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
He began playing basketball in a hometown based club Napredak Kruševac where he stayed until 2006. He then moved to Partizan, playing for the youth categories.
In the summer of 2013, Jaramaz signed a contract with Mega Vizura. He was loaned to Smederevo 1953 for the 2013–14 season, where he made his professional debut. He returned to Mega Vizura in the summer of 2014. He left the club after the end of the 2016–17 season. However, on January 3, 2018, Jaramaz returned to Mega.[2]
In June 2018, Jaramaz signed a two-year contract with Spanish club San Pablo Burgos.[3] [4] Jaramaz was loaned to Partizan for the second half of the 2018–19 campaign and then spent the subsequent two seasons with the Serbian powerhouse on a regular transfer.
On July 2, 2021, Jaramaz signed with Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague.[5] In his debut season with the club, Jaramaz averaged 6.8 points and 3.4 rebounds over 36 EuroLeague games. Bayern finished the season as runners-up in the Basketball Bundesliga. In 2022–23 season, he averaged 6.4 points on 39.2% shooting from the field.
On 13 July 2023, Jaramaz returned to Partizan.[6] Over 22 EuroLeague games, Jaramaz averaged 3.2 points, 1.5 assists and 1.3 rebounds on 37.3% shooting from the field. The season was deemed to be unsuccessful for Partizan as they finished the season without lifting any trophy.[7]
On June 22, 2017, Jaramaz was selected with the 58th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft by the New York Knicks.[8] He played for the Knicks during the 2017 NBA Summer League.
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Bayern| 36 || 11 || 16.4 || .420 || .353 || .755 || 3.4 || 1.6 || .4 || .2 || 6.8 || 5.1|-| style="text-align:left;"|2022–23| 25 || 5 || 15.6 || .392 || .328 || .885 || 1.2 || 1.5 || .3 || .0 || 6.4 || 5.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| Partizan| 22 || 6 || 12.8 || .373 || .211 || .467 || 1.3 || 1.5 || .5 || .0 || 3.2 || 2.6|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 83 || 22 || 17.3 || .402 || .318 || .775 || 1.4 || 1.3 || .5 || .1 || 5.7 || 4.4
His older brother Nemanja is also a professional basketball player.[9]
In July 2024 Ognjen married Lara Stefanović.[10]