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Marin Marić

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Marin Marić
No. 34 – Al Riyadi Club Beirut
PositionCenter
LeagueLebanese Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 31)
Split, Croatia
Listed height211 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight109 kg (240 lb)
Career information
High schoolLa Lumiere School
(La Porte, Indiana)
College
NBA draft2018: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012Split
2018Büyükçekmece
2018–2019Oostende
2019–2020Okapi Aalst
2020BC Lietkabelis
2020–2021Split
2021Ironi Ness Ziona
2021–2022Larisa
2022–2024Andorra
2024Changsha Wantian Yongsheng
2024–2025Sichuan Blue Whales
2025–presentAl Riyadi Club Beirut
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Croatia
FIBA U18 European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Croatia National team

Marin Marić (born 21 February 1994)[1] is a Croatian professional basketball player for Al Riyadi Club Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. He played college basketball in the United States for Northern Illinois and DePaul.

Early life

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Marić was born in Split, Croatia.[2]

College career

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Marić moved to the United States in 2012 to attend La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana. In 2013, he enrolled at Northern Illinois University and debuted for the Huskies men's basketball. An injury early in his freshman year led to him redshirting the 2013–14 season. He returned in the 2014–15 season[3] and played three full seasons for the Huskies. In 2017, he originally declared for the NBA draft, but withdrew his name before the draft withdrawal deadline.[4] He subsequently left Northern Illinois and joined DePaul as a graduate transfer.[4][5][6] In his lone season at DePaul, Maric averaged 13.6 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. He had a season-high 25 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists against St. John's on 6 January 2018.[7]

Professional career

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On 12 May 2012, Marić made his professional debut at age 18 with Split in an A-Liga game against Slavonski Brod, playing for 15 seconds.[8]

Following the 2017–18 US college season, Marić had a two-game stint in the Turkish Basketball Super League for Büyükçekmece.[9][10] For the 2018–19 season, he played in Belgium with Oostende of the Pro Basketball League (PBL).[11] Despite him missing the back-end of the season with an elbow injury,[12] he was crowned a champion in June 2019 when Oostende won the PBL title.[13] He returned to Belgium for the 2019–20 season, joining Okapi Aalst.[13] He was the PBL's MVP of Round 1 after recording 21 points and nine rebounds in a win over Leuven Bears.[14] Marić led the league in rebounding with 8.8 rebounds per game.[15]

On 19 June 2020, Marić signed with BC Lietkabelis of the Lithuanian Basketball League.[15] He averaged 9.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in the EuroCup.[16] On 3 December 2020, he signed with Split of the Adriatic League and the Croatian League, returning to the team for a second stint.[16]

On 19 September 2021, Marić signed with Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Super League.[17] He left the team in early November.[18]

On 16 December 2021, Marić signed with Larisa of the Greek Basket League.[19] In 25 league games, he averaged 11.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists, playing around 20 minutes per contest.

On 8 August 2022, Marić signed with MoraBanc Andorra of the LEB Oro.[20] He averaged 10.4 points and 5.6 rebounds in 31 games during the 2022–23 season.[21] He re-joined Andorra for the 2023–24 season, with the team now in the Liga ACB.[21]

On 21 May 2024, Marić joined Changsha Wantian Yongsheng of the National Basketball League.[22] On 30 September, he signed with Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association.[23] In 43 games for Sichuan, he averaged 18.0 points, 10.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game.[21]

In March 2025, Marić signed with Al Riyadi Club Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League.[24]

National team career

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Marić made his international debut in 2012 for the Croatian national under-18 team at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a gold medal.[25] In 2013, he played for the Croatian under-19 team at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship. In 2014, he played for the Croatian under-20 team at the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[26]

Marić played for the Croatian national senior team in 2020, 2021 and 2024.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Marin Maric (Croatia) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age | FIBA Basketball". www.fiba.basketball. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Marin Maric". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  3. ^ Severson, Jesse (11 December 2015). "Maric major reason for hot start". daily-chronicle.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b Phillips, Scott (8 May 2017). "DePaul gets potential impact grad transfer in Northern Illinois center Marin Maric". nbcsports.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019. ...pulled his name out of the NBA Draft process and committed to the Blue Demons.
  5. ^ "Marin Maric - Men's Basketball". DePaul University Athletics. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Marin Maric". niuhuskies.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  7. ^ "DePaul's Marin Maric relishing final college season". 247sports.com. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Marin Maric Game Logs". RealGM.com. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Marin Maric". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece, Marin Maric'i transfer etti". haberturk.com (in Turkish). 12 April 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Kroatische center Maric naar BC Oostende". nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). 31 July 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  12. ^ "BC Oostende's Marin Maric out for season with elbow injury". sportando.basketball. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Marin Maric naar Crelan Okapi Aalstar". basketbalnieuws.com (in Dutch). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Marin Maric is EuroMillions MVP of the Week". EuroMillions Basketball League. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  15. ^ a b "Marin Maric signs with Lietkabelis". Sportando. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Marin Maric inks with KK Split". Sportando. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Ironi Ness Ziona announces signing of Croatian center Marin Maric". Sportando. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Hvala vam, Marin!". twitter.com/ironinessziona (in Hebrew). 3 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  19. ^ Chelidze, Dimitri (16 December 2021). "Marin Maric (ex I.Nes Ziona) signs at Larissa BC". Eurobasket. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Marin Maric joins MoraBanc Andorra". Sportando. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  21. ^ a b c "Marin Maric". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  22. ^ 赵紫名 (21 May 2024). "克罗地亚国手加盟，长沙勇胜男篮迎来大中锋". icswb.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  23. ^ "四川男篮官方：球队已经正式签下克罗地亚籍球员马林-马里奇". 直播吧. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  24. ^ "Marin Maric (ex Sichuan BW) is a newcomer at Al Riyadi". eurobasket.com. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  25. ^ Severson, Jesse (27 March 2016). "NIU men's basketball: Croatian big man adjusting to life in America". daily-chronicle.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019. Maric had finished up school in Croatia and was coming off being a part of his country's U18 team that won the gold medal at the 2012 FIBA Euro Cup...
  26. ^ "Marin Maric". fiba.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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