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Peja Stojakovic

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Born
1977 (46 years old)

Birth Place
Slavonska Požega, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

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Small Forward

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6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)

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229 lb (104 kg)

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Predrag Kinis Stojaković (born June 9, 1977), also known by his nickname Peja, is a Serbian retired professional basketball player. He also holds Greek citizenship. In Greece, he is known as Prentragk "Petza" Kinis Stogiakovits.

He last played for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 10 (2.08 m), Stojaković played mostly at the small forward position. He won the NBA Three-point shootout two times, and was the first European-born player to win one of the All-Star Weekend competitions. Stojaković made 1,760 three-point field goals in his career which ranked 7th all-time at the point of his retirement.

After starting in Crvena zvezda and while playing for PAOK, Stojaković was drafted fourteenth overall by the Sacramento Kings in the 1996 NBA Draft. In the NBA, he had a breakthrough season in 2000–01 following two seasons on the bench, averaging 20.4 points and 5.8 rebounds while shooting .400 from three-point range in his first season as a starter. He finished second in voting for the 2001 Most Improved Player Award. A three-time All-star and a member of the 2004 All-NBA Second Team, Stojaković enjoyed success with the Kings reaching the 2002 Western Conference Finals. He also played for the Indiana Pacers, New Orleans Hornets and Toronto Raptors. Stojaković won an NBA Championship in 2011 as a member of the Dallas Mavericks.

Stojaković led the Yugoslavian national team to gold medals in the 2001 FIBA EuroBasket and the 2002 FIBA World Championship. Often considered to be one of the most successful Serbian basketball players ever, Peđa was named the Euroscar European Basketball Player of the Year by the Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport and the Mister Europa European Player of the Year twice by the Italian sports magazine Superbasket.

On December 19, 2011, he announced his retirement from basketball. On December 16, 2014, the Sacramento Kings would retire his number.


Career Honours

NBA
2011

Dallas Mavericks

NBA All Star
2004

Sacramento Kings

NBA All Star
2003

Sacramento Kings

NBA Three-Point Contest
2003

Sacramento Kings

NBA All Star
2002

Sacramento Kings

NBA Three-Point Contest
2002

Sacramento Kings

FIBA World Cup
2002

Yugoslavia Basketball

FIBA EuroBasket
2001

Yugoslavia Basketball


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