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My Take
Emir Preldžić is the kind of player I get genuinely excited about. Standing 206 cm yet listed as a small forward who can also handle power forward and every guard spot, he is a positional shapeshifter, and those players quietly change how the game is imagined. Born in the steel town of Zenica in Bosnia, he went on to represent Turkey, a border-crossing path that says a lot about modern basketball's openness. I love size paired with backcourt skills because it breaks the old assumptions about what a tall man is supposed to do. He never needed to be a superstar to be interesting to me; versatility like his is its own reward.
Overview
Emir Preldžić (born 6 September 1987) is a Bosnian-Turkish professional basketball player for KK Orlovik Žepče of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also represented the Turkish national basketball team. He is 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) tall and he mainly plays the small forward position, but he also has the ability to play as a power forward, shooting guard and point guard.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Emir Preldžić
- Name (Japanese)
- エミール・プレルドジッチ
- Reading
- えみーる・ぷれるどじっち
- Born
- September 6, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Zenica, Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 206 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Basketball player — see all → · More people from Bosnia and Herzegovina →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.