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Damir Markota (born December 26, 1985) is a Bosnian-born Croatian professional basketball player who plays for İstanbul BB of the Turkish Basketball League. He is 2.09 m (6 ft 10 ¼) tall and 102 kg (225 lbs) in weight. His style of play has been compared to Vladimir Radmanović.〔(DraftExpress profile )〕 ==Basketball career== Markota, born in Sarajevo (then SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia), fled Bosnia during the war and settled in Sweden, where he began to practice basketball. He played together with Maciej Lampe in Stockholm, until moving to Croatia when he was fourteen, after being invited to play in the Croatian league. Markota signed with KK Cibona, but was loaned to ''Zabok'' and ''Karlovac Šanac'' until the end of 2002–03. Subsequently, he received Croatian citizenship (holding Swedish as well), declining an offer to play for the Swedish national basketball team. Markota was an early candidate for the 2004 NBA Draft, but soon withdrew his name from consideration. He was later invited to the Croatian national team, and in 2005 he changed his last name from "Omerhodžić" to "Markota" (his mother's maiden name).〔 He was eventually chosen by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft, 59th overall, then immediately traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. During the summer of 2006, the Bucks signed Markota to a multi-year contract after the Spurs traded his draft rights for the higher of the Bucks’ two 2007 NBA Draft second-round picks. In February 2007, the Bucks assigned Markota to Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League, in order to further improve his play.〔(Milwaukee Bucks Assign Rookie Forward Damir Markota to Tulsa 66ers of NBA Development League )〕 On September 7, Markota was waived by the Bucks,〔(Bucks request waivers on Damir Markota )〕 and signed with Russian team Spartak St. Petersburg on a two-year contract two days later.〔(Баскетбольный клуб "Спартак" (Санкт-Петербург) ) 〕 However, in early 2008, he switched to Lithuanian powerhouse Žalgiris Kaunas.〔(Zalgiris Kaunas profile ) 〕 On August 14, 2008, Markota was signed by Cibona, returning to the team he represented as a youngster〔(Cibona brings back Markota )〕 but, after a series of unsatisfying performances upon recovering form knee injury, he was suspended for clashing with the coach.〔("Bermuda triangle in Cibona" ) 〕 On October 28, 2008 ViveMenorca, of the Spanish ACB, announced the signing of Markota.〔(Markota joins ViveMenorca ) 〕〔(Markota to wear #11 ) 〕 In January 2009, he joined Iurbentia Bilbao.〔(Bilbao brings in Markota. )〕 On September 1, 2010 he signed a one-year deal with Union Olimpija in Slovenia.〔(Union Olimpija adds Damir Markota )〕 In January 2012 he left Union Olimpija due to lack of payment and signed with KK Zagreb.〔(Damir Markota officially joins KK Zagreb )〕 He signed a contract with Beşiktaş in August 2012.〔(Damir Markota signs with Beşiktaş )〕 On September 27, 2013, he signed a three-month contract with Brose Baskets.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2013-14-signings/i/117160/8177/brose-baskets-adds-markota )〕 On November 25, 2013, he signed with his former club Bilbao Basket until the end of the season. In October 2014 Markota returns to Cibona for the third time signing a contact to last until the end of the season. On January 2, 2015 he parted ways with Cibona.〔(Cibona Zagreb officially part ways with Damir Markota )〕 The same day he signed with Turkish team İstanbul BB.〔(Istanbul BSB announces Vujacic, Jenkins and Markota )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Damir Markota」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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