Goran Suton
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Suton with Cedevita Zagreb in Skopje against MZT in 2012
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No. 12 – FIATC Joventut | |
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Position | Center |
League | Liga ACB |
Personal information | |
Born | Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
August 11, 1985
Nationality | Croatian / American |
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Everett (Lansing, Michigan) |
College | Michigan State (2005–2009) |
NBA draft | 2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 50th overall |
Selected by the Utah Jazz | |
Playing career | 2009–present |
Career history | |
2009–2010 | Spartak St. Petersburg |
2010–2011 | Angelico Biella |
2011–2012 | Cibona Zagreb |
2012–2014 | Cedevita Zagreb |
2014–present | Joventut Badalona |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Goran Suton (born August 11, 1985) is a Croatian[1][2] professional basketball player who currently plays for FIATC Joventut of the Liga ACB. He has completed his college career with the Michigan State Spartans in 2009.
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Early years
Suton was born on the outskirts of Sarajevo in then-Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, to father Miroslav and mother Živana,[3] a Bosnian Croat and Bosnian Serb respectively. During the Bosnian War, he lived with his family in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia.[4] He played for the Bosnian U14 side before his family moved to the US, where he attended Everett High School in Lansing, Michigan, United States. There he led the Everett Vikings to a Class A boys basketball title in 2004 as a senior.
College career
Suton first rose to notability during his freshman season at Michigan State, when he notoriously missed a last-second layup in a hotly contested game against Gonzaga in the Maui Invitational.[5] Suton developed into a key player for the Spartans during his career, earning second team All-Big Ten marks during his senior season.[6]
Suton helped the Spartans to two NCAA Final Fours, first during his redshirt freshman year in 2005 and then as a senior in 2009. He was especially effective during the 2009 final four run, holding USC star Taj Gibson to three points, and hitting a string of jump shots against Louisville en route to 19 points.[7][8] Suton was named Most Outstanding Player of the Midwest regional in 2009. Suton was named to the first team all tournament.
Professional career
Suton was chosen 50th overall by the Utah Jazz in the 2009 NBA Draft. Jazz coach Jerry Sloan cut Suton during the preseason on October 21, 2009. Suton signed a contract with Spartak St. Petersburg of the Russian Basketball Super League on November 2, 2009. For the 2010–2011 season he will play with Angelico Biella of Italy. In July 2011 he signed with Cibona Zagreb and won Croatian championship with them.[9] In August 2012 Suton joined Cibona's city rivals KK Cedevita. In August 2014, he moved to Spain and signed with Joventut Badalona.[10] On August 5, 2015, Suton signed a new deal with Joventut Badalona for one more season after averaged 10.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in his first season in Liga ACB.[11]
Personal
Suton became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 2006.[12]
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
- American people of Croatian descent
- American people of Serbian descent
- Basketball players at the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from Michigan
- BC Spartak Saint Petersburg players
- Bosnia and Herzegovina basketball players
- Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to the United States
- Bosnia and Herzegovina refugees
- Centers (basketball)
- Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Joventut Badalona players
- KK Cedevita players
- KK Cibona players
- Liga ACB players
- Michigan State Spartans men's basketball players
- Pallacanestro Biella players
- Sportspeople from Lansing, Michigan
- Sportspeople from Sarajevo
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Utah Jazz draft picks