Catching Up With Ante Tomić & Tadija Dragicevic

by Basketball John on Jun 10, 2009 4:58 PM MDT in NBA Draft Comment 8 comments

2008 NBA Draft

With the draft coming up, I thought I'd try to find out where last year's second-picks Ante Tomić & Tadija Dragicevic are at right now.

First, I stated last year that neither one of them will end up playing for the Jazz. I still don't think they will be donning a Jazz uni soon, but the odds are increasing a little.

Ante Tomić

via content.draftexpress.com

Here's the latest I found on Ante. It looks like he's expected to sign a four-year deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv. This happens to be the same team that former Jazz man Dee Brown is currently playing for. At 22, I would expect that if the Jazz were going to bring him over, it would be soon. The four-year deal doesn't preclude him from signing with the Jazz, but he would have to negotiate a buyout.

Tadija Dragićević

via www.eurocupbasketball.com

Dragićević has been with his current club, Crvena zvezda, for 8 years. He just announced that while he still has one year left on his deal, he plans on negotiating an out:

I am not thinking about other clubs yet. It is to early. But I do believe that me and the club will find a mutual solution so that I will be able to continue my career abroad.

Continuing his career abroad could mean a lot of places. He's 23 and if the NBA is his goal, I would expect he would want to get moving on that. This announcement was made in April, and I haven't been able to find any updates on him since then.

What's interesting is that the Jazz have yet to pick up Kyrylo Fesenko's option for next year. I haven't heard Dragićević's name come up, but could he be brought over to replace Fess on the roster if Fess isn't brought back?

We may not see either of these two in Utah, but they do provide interesting options for the Jazz should they need some big men for next year. Not that they would play that much though.

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THE KOOF CARES NOTHING FOR YOUR EURO BIG MEN WITH HARD-TO-PRONOUNCE NAMES.

THE KOOF WILL DESTROY ALL OBSTACLES BETWEEN THE KOOF AND MORE MINUTES FOR THE KOOF.

Uh, do you think you could draw me like a ninja?

by Shums on Jun 10, 2009 5:02 PM MDT reply actions

how i've missed that.

it scares me how much.

by moni on Jun 10, 2009 5:16 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm here to give the peoples what they want.

(actually, I’m very pleased that little meme amuses someone else as much as it amuses me.)

Uh, do you think you could draw me like a ninja?

by Shums on Jun 11, 2009 7:12 AM MDT up reply actions

update from desnews today

There are no plans, in any event, for the 7-foot-2 Tomic to join the Jazz next season.

There are no plans, either, for Dragicevic to join the Jazz next season.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705309885/Utah-Jazz-bringing-in-draft-prospects-for-workouts.html

by moni on Jun 11, 2009 3:58 AM MDT reply actions

There goes that theory.

SLCDunk.com, The Utah Jazz on SBNation

by Basketball John on Jun 11, 2009 8:06 AM MDT up reply actions

So newsworthy

“This just in: the two draft picks you had completely forgotten about will remain forgettable.”

I'll make it coach.

by MTN on Jun 11, 2009 2:33 PM MDT up reply actions

I read that again

And it’s weird that they would bring that up after I put up my post.

SLCDunk.com, The Utah Jazz on SBNation

by Basketball John on Jun 11, 2009 3:37 PM MDT up reply actions

Tajilla the killah

will never make it in the NBA. why? because he’s a PF in europe, but not big enough to play PF here, nor quick enough to play SF here. think of him as a more offensive minded harpring without the pedigree of coming from a football family.

by AllThatJazzBasketball on Jun 15, 2009 11:55 AM MDT reply actions