Emir Preldžić

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 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.

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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 39)

Origin

Zenica, Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Height

206 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rabbit

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir%20Preld%C5%BEi%C4%87
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%83%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2735520

Tags

• Zenica-Doboj Canton
• basketball player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.