Slavko Vraneš

Vladimir "Slavko" Vraneš (Владимир Вранеш - Славко) (born January 30 1983 in Pljevlja, Socialist Republic of Montenegro, Yugoslavia (present-day Montenegro)) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player. At 2.29m (7'6") [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/slavko_vranes/index.html NBA.com profile] ] he is one of the tallest players in the world. [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/15925/180/item Partizan inks giant Slavko Vraneš] Published October 9, 2007] Vraneš was selected by the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks in the second round of the 2003 NBA Draft. In the American professional league, he played just one game – during the 2003-04 NBA season for the Portland Trail Blazers, missing a 15-foot jumper and drawing a foul in the final three minutes in a 96-75 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Target Center.

Vraneš started playing basketball at KK Zeleznik. Still a junior, he was snapped by Turkey's Efes Pilsen S.K. in 2000-2001, but loaned to Antalyaspor. Unadjusted, he returned in January 2001 to Montenegro, playing from 2001-2003 with KK Budućnost Podgorica.

In 2004, Vraneš played for Red Star (January-August), returning afterwards to Budućnost (2004-2007). In October 2007, he signed a three-year contract with another Belgrade-based team, Partizan Igokea.

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External links

* [http://www.nba.com/draft2003/profiles/VranesSlavko.html NBA.com draft profile]
* [http://nbadraft.net/profiles/slavkovranes.htm Draft profile]
* [http://hoopshype.com/players/slavko_vranes.htm Career moves at hoopshype.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNbzWCxxmE0 Vraneš' youtube video]