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NBA legend. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Biography, honors and career statistics below.

Dino Rađa

Power forward / centerNBA legend

Career at a glance

Dino Rađa played 4 NBA regular seasons between 1993 and 1997, appearing in 224 games and averaging 16.7 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. He spent his whole career with Boston (1993–97, 224 games). His best scoring season was 1995–96 with Boston: 19.7 points per game over 53 games.

He rebounded best in 1995–96 at 9.8 per game. In the playoffs he appeared in 1 postseason run (4 games, 15.0 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 3,700 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).

whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.

About Dino Rađa

Dino Rađa (alternatively Radja, Croatian pronunciation:[ˌdǐːnoˈrâd͜ʑa]; born 24 April 1967) is a Croatian former professional basketball player. He was a member of the Jugoplastika team of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which he helped to win two FIBA European Champions Cup championships (1989 and 1990). He spent three and a half seasons with the Boston Celtics, being one of the European pioneers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Rađa was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991, and one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, as a member of the 2018 class. He was inducted into the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame, in 2022.

Born
24 April 1967 (age 59) Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Listed height
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight
225 lb (102 kg)
Position
Power forward / center
NBA draft
1989: 2nd round, 40th overall pick
Playing career
1985–2003

Career highlights and awards

  • NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1994)
  • 2× EuroLeague champion (1989, 1990)
  • EuroLeague Final Four MVP (1989)
  • 2× FIBA European Selection (1991 2×)
  • 3× FIBA EuroStar (1997–1999)
  • 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)
  • FIBA Korać Cup champion (1992)
  • LBA All-Star Game MVP (1991)
  • 2× LBA All-Star (1991, 1992)
  • 2× Greek League champion (1998, 1999)
  • Greek League Finals MVP (1998)
  • Greek League Hall of Fame (2022)
  • 3× Yugoslav League champion (1988–1990)
  • Yugoslav Cup winner (1990)
  • 2× Croatian League champion (2002, 2003)
  • 2× Croatian Cup winner (2000, 2002)
  • Croatian Cup MVP (2000)
  • FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)

Career statistics

NBA regular season
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1993–94Boston804728.8.521.000.7517.21.4.9.815.1
1994–95Boston664832.5.490.000.7598.71.7.91.317.2
1995–96Boston535237.4.500—.6959.81.6.91.519.7
1996–97Boston252535.0.440.000.7188.41.9.91.914.0
Career22417232.6.497.000.7358.41.6.91.316.7
NBA playoffs
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1995Boston4338.3.400—.7147.02.31.01.315.0
Career4338.3.400—.7147.02.31.01.315.0

Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).

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Height
6′ 11″
Weight
225 lb
Position
Power forward / center
Jersey
Not listed
Country
SFR Yugoslavia
School / last affiliation
Not listed
Draft year
1989
Draft pick
Round 2 · Pick 40

Height, Weight, Position, Country, Draft year, Draft pick: blank in the NBA.com profile, filled from the Wikipedia infobox credited in the About section above.

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