Basketball found him late — a 7-foot-3 kid from Yugoslavia who played football and water polo until age 16. Ruled ineligible by the NCAA over money he took at Buducnost, he detoured through Barton County Community College, went to Toronto in the first round in 1999, and lost his best years to injuries. His NBA farewell was 12 games with the Jazz in 2004–05, folded into a long European career.
Behind the stat line sits a hard story. Ohio State coach Jim O'Brien handed him 6,700 dollars in 1999 because Radojevic's father was dying and the family could not pay for treatment or a funeral. The loan cost O'Brien his job — and later won him 2.4 million dollars in a wrongful-termination suit.
HOW HE CAME & WENTToronto's 12th pick in 1999 signed with Utah as a free agent on October 4, 2004, and the Jazz waived him three months later, on January 4.
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| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–05 | UTA | 12 | 10.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .316 | — | .700 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 1 SEASON | 12 | 10.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .316 | — | .700 |
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