Željko Rebrača

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for FR Yugoslavia
Men's Basketball
Silver	1996 Atlanta	FR Yugoslavia

Željko Rebrača (born April 9, 1972 in Prigrevica, Apatin, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian professional basketball player in the NBA. Originally from Serbia, the 7'0" center was a second round pick of the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1994 NBA Draft. He has played for the Detroit Pistons, the Atlanta Hawks and the Los Angeles Clippers. He was a member of the Yugoslavian national team (where he became one of the Serbian MVPs) that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, U.S.

Known by his teammates as "Big Z", he played for the LA Clippers in the 2005-06 season, averaging about 5 points and 2 rebounds per game. His most productive season was his rookie year, in which he averaged 6.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game as a member of the Detroit Pistons.

He has played for the European basketball giant Panathinaikos during the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons, winning 2 Greek Championships and 1 European Championship at the Final Four hosted in Thessaloniki, being awarded with the MVP trophy of the competition.

Rebrača has been plagued with heart problems. These problems have caused him to miss many games, including most of the first half of the 2005-06 NBA season.

Rebrača holds career highs of 24 points (scored on April 10, 2002) and 16 rebounds (set on January 29, 2005).

He was one of the founding members of the Group Seven Children's Foundation.

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