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George Zidek

Jiri Zidek (George)

Position: Center ▪ Height: 7-0 ▪ Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: August 2, 1973 in Zlin, Czech Republic
High School: Arabska Secondary in Arabska, Czech Republic
College: University of California, Los Angeles
Draft: Charlotte Hornets, 1st round (22nd pick, 22nd overall), 1995 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 3, 1995

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 22 CHH NBA 71 21 888 105 248 .423 0 0 71 93 .763 69 114 183 16 9 7 38 170 281
1996-97 23 TOT NBA 52 2 376 49 118 .415 0 2 .000 45 57 .789 35 51 86 14 5 3 27 61 143
1996-97 23 CHH NBA 36 2 288 33 85 .388 0 2 .000 25 32 .781 25 38 63 9 4 3 23 44 91
1996-97 23 DEN NBA 16 0 88 16 33 .485 0 0 20 25 .800 10 13 23 5 1 0 4 17 52
1997-98 24 TOT NBA 12 0 64 7 29 .241 1 2 .500 14 16 .875 4 13 17 2 0 2 4 10 29
1997-98 24 DEN NBA 6 0 42 4 15 .267 0 0 10 12 .833 4 9 13 1 0 2 3 5 18
1997-98 24 SEA NBA 6 0 22 3 14 .214 1 2 .500 4 4 1.000 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 5 11
Career NBA 135 23 1328 161 395 .408 1 4 .250 130 166 .783 108 178 286 32 14 12 69 241 453

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 22 CHH NBA 71 21 12.5 1.5 3.5 .423 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.3 .763 1.0 1.6 2.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5 2.4 4.0
1996-97 23 TOT NBA 52 2 7.2 0.9 2.3 .415 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.1 .789 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.2 2.8
1996-97 23 CHH NBA 36 2 8.0 0.9 2.4 .388 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 0.9 .781 0.7 1.1 1.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.2 2.5
1996-97 23 DEN NBA 16 0 5.5 1.0 2.1 .485 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.6 .800 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 1.1 3.3
1997-98 24 TOT NBA 12 0 5.3 0.6 2.4 .241 0.1 0.2 .500 1.2 1.3 .875 0.3 1.1 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.8 2.4
1997-98 24 DEN NBA 6 0 7.0 0.7 2.5 .267 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.0 .833 0.7 1.5 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.8 3.0
1997-98 24 SEA NBA 6 0 3.7 0.5 2.3 .214 0.2 0.3 .500 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.8
Career NBA 135 23 9.8 1.2 2.9 .408 0.0 0.0 .250 1.0 1.2 .783 0.8 1.3 2.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.8 3.4

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 22 CHH NBA 71 21 888 4.3 10.1 .423 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.8 .763 2.8 4.6 7.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.5 6.9 11.4
1996-97 23 TOT NBA 52 2 376 4.7 11.3 .415 0.0 0.2 .000 4.3 5.5 .789 3.4 4.9 8.2 1.3 0.5 0.3 2.6 5.8 13.7
1996-97 23 CHH NBA 36 2 288 4.1 10.6 .388 0.0 0.2 .000 3.1 4.0 .781 3.1 4.7 7.9 1.1 0.5 0.4 2.9 5.5 11.4
1996-97 23 DEN NBA 16 0 88 6.5 13.5 .485 0.0 0.0 8.2 10.2 .800 4.1 5.3 9.4 2.0 0.4 0.0 1.6 7.0 21.3
1997-98 24 TOT NBA 12 0 64 3.9 16.3 .241 0.6 1.1 .500 7.9 9.0 .875 2.3 7.3 9.6 1.1 0.0 1.1 2.3 5.6 16.3
1997-98 24 DEN NBA 6 0 42 3.4 12.9 .267 0.0 0.0 8.6 10.3 .833 3.4 7.7 11.1 0.9 0.0 1.7 2.6 4.3 15.4
1997-98 24 SEA NBA 6 0 22 4.9 22.9 .214 1.6 3.3 .500 6.5 6.5 1.000 0.0 6.5 6.5 1.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 8.2 18.0
Career NBA 135 23 1328 4.4 10.7 .408 0.0 0.1 .250 3.5 4.5 .783 2.9 4.8 7.8 0.9 0.4 0.3 1.9 6.5 12.3

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1995-96 22 CHH NBA 71 888 8.0 .486 .423 9.2 15.9 12.5 2.7 0.5 0.6 11.6 16.7 102 114 0.3 0.3 0.6 .031
1996-97 23 TOT NBA 52 376 10.2 .500 .415 11.4 15.8 13.6 6.1 0.7 0.6 15.9 21.0 100 111 0.1 0.2 0.3 .034
1996-97 23 CHH NBA 36 288 7.2 .459 .388 10.9 15.5 13.2 4.9 0.8 0.8 18.8 19.9 90 110 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.017
1996-97 23 DEN NBA 16 88 20.3 .591 .485 13.1 16.6 14.9 10.3 0.6 0.0 8.3 24.4 125 113 0.3 0.0 0.4 .200
1997-98 24 TOT NBA 12 64 9.1 .402 .259 7.2 24.4 15.7 5.1 0.0 2.3 10.0 28.7 89 109 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.036
1997-98 24 DEN NBA 6 42 12.7 .444 .267 10.9 26.0 18.2 4.1 0.0 3.6 12.9 25.2 95 110 0.0 0.0 0.0 .008
1997-98 24 SEA NBA 6 22 2.3 .349 .250 0.0 21.3 10.9 7.1 0.0 0.0 6.0 35.3 79 106 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.120
Career NBA 135 1328 8.7 .484 .409 9.7 16.3 13.0 3.8 0.6 0.7 12.8 18.5 101 113 0.3 0.5 0.8 .029

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 3 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3
George Zidek 0.6 0.3 0.0
Kyrylo Fesenko 92.5 0.6 0.3 0.0
Mamadou N'diaye 91.2 0.6 0.3 0.0
Hamed Haddadi 85.6 0.6 0.4 0.0
Alan Ogg 79.2 0.5 0.3 0.0
Jason Collier 75.7 0.4 0.3 0.0
Chris Welp 74.2 0.7 0.3 0.0
Matt Fish 70.1 0.4 0.2 -0.1
Jabari Smith 66.6 0.5 0.2 0.0
Shawnelle Scott 62.7 0.5 0.2 0.2
Uwe Blab 55.0 0.5 0.1 -0.1
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4
George Zidek 0.6 0.3 0.0
Hamed Haddadi 85.6 0.6 0.4 0.0
Kyrylo Fesenko 80.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 -0.1
Alan Ogg 79.2 0.5 0.3 0.0
Chris Welp 74.2 0.7 0.3 0.0
Matt Fish 70.1 0.4 0.2 -0.1
Oleksiy Pecherov 54.5 0.5 0.1 0.0
Jabari Smith 51.1 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0
Patrick O'Bryant 42.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0
Shawnelle Scott 41.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2
Olumide Oyedeji 38.9 0.4 0.4 0.3

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1991-92 18 UCLA 17 66 8 21 0 1 2 4 19 2 1 1 3 21 18 .381 .000 .500 3.9 1.1 1.1 0.1
1992-93 19 UCLA 26 233 22 52 19 25 43 8 4 6 11 53 63 .423 .760 9.0 2.4 1.7 0.3
1993-94 20 UCLA 28 688 120 232 0 2 71 93 197 15 9 16 47 98 311 .517 .000 .763 24.6 11.1 7.0 0.5
1994-95 21 UCLA 33 771 140 253 2 5 68 93 178 15 12 21 52 106 350 .553 .400 .731 23.4 10.6 5.4 0.5
Career 104 1758 290 558 2 8 160 215 437 40 26 44 113 278 742 .520 .250 .744 16.9 7.1 4.2 0.4

Transactions

June 28, 1995: Drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1995 NBA Draft.

February 20, 1997: Traded by the Charlotte Hornets with Anthony Goldwire to the Denver Nuggets for Ricky Pierce.

February 28, 1998: Waived by the Denver Nuggets.

March 9, 1998: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Seattle SuperSonics.

March 27, 1998: Waived by the Seattle SuperSonics.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1995-96 Charlotte Hornets NBA $603,000
1996-97 Charlotte Hornets NBA $694,000
1997-98 Denver Nuggets NBA $784,200
Career (may be incomplete) $2,081,200

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