Boban Marjanović profile
- Club
- _Free Agent Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- Serbia
- Date of birth
- 1988-08-15
- Birthplace
- Boljevac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
- Height
- 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
- Weight
- 290 lb (132 kg)
- Shirt number
- 51
About Boban Marjanović
Boban Marjanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Бобан Марјановић; born August 15, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Ilirija of the Slovenian League and the ABA League. He represented the Serbian national team in international competition.
A 2007 junior world champion, Marjanović played abroad in Russia and Lithuania between 2010 and 2012 before making his breakthrough in his home country. As the 2013 MVP of the Serbian league, he moved to KK Crvena zvezda, with whom he won the national championship and the cross-border Adriatic Basketball League (ABA League) in 2015. In addition to further MVP awards in Serbia, Marjanović was also voted one of the five best players in the ABA League and the top European club competition EuroLeague in 2015.
Marjanović signed his first ever NBA contract as a 27-year-old rookie in 2015 with the San Antonio Spurs. He also played for the Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets between 2016 and 2024. At 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in), Marjanović was one of the tallest players in NBA history.