Zackary Wright

Zackary Lamar " Zack " Wright ( born February 5, 1985 in Austin, Texas ) is a Bosnian - American professional basketball player. After completing his studies in his home country Wright was professional and first played from 2007 in the third-class ProB in Germany for the Spot Up Media Baskets from Braunschweig. In 2008 he moved into the first French LNB Pro A League, where he was able to establish and participated in the All- Star Game League 2008. With KK Cibona Zagreb in 2012 he won the Croatian championship. Since February 2014 Wright plays for the Greek champions Panathinaikos Athens.

Career

Although he finished his college career in the Division II, Wright tried in 2007 as a professional and signed in the newly formed ProB, which had replaced the next ProA as a third class, the second basketball league, a contract with SUM Baskets Braunschweig. Here he could fully convince and was named player of the year this league selected. He subsequently transferred to the first French league to Chalon -sur -Saône. End of December 2008 he was appointed promptly in the selection of the best foreigners the French league at the All -Star Game and led at the end of the season the league with the most wins ball per game. In the season 2009/10 he moved to league rivals and French Cup winner MSB Le Mans. Before start of the season would retire in qualifying for the highest European League ULEB Euro League against the German representatives Alba Berlin. Since the Berlin ultimately also failed to qualify for the competition, they met in the second round of the Eurocup 2009/10 to each other again, the Berlin prevailed as group winners, while MSB retired with Wright as a group last. In the French Cup we reached the final match, which was lost against Cholet Basket. In the season 2010/11, Wright moved to Erstligarückkehrer Élite CSP Limoges, whose predecessor club as national champion European Cup winner in 1993 had a glorious past. Within the framework program of the All-Star Games 2010 Wright was the winner of the dunk contest. The climbers from Limoges was, however, granted no lasting success and one rose as Table at the end of the season again.

For the 2011/12 season moved Wright to Cretan Up AGO Rethymnou to Greece. In the final stage of the championship season moved to Croatia for KK Cibona, with whom he won the Croatian Championship 2012. Just at the time the finals began a "farce" about a possible contract binding of Wright for the 2012/ 13 because of the Greek club Panionios Athens had already been reported from the obligation of Wright. Wright did deny this message. Finally, Wright landed for the 2012/13 season with the Russian club Spartak from St. Petersburg, where he was elected MVP of the Month January 2013 VTB - UL.

2012 Wright played for Bosnia and Herzegovina in qualifying for the European Basketball Championship, which takes place in Slovenia in 2013. He established himself in the team and was at 14.6 points per game, and convince 7 rebounds per game. He also led the entire qualification with 7.4 assists per game. Wright was considered an important key player and an excellent all-rounder in the Bosnian team, which has qualified first in their group for the final round. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, he is very popular and also by his nickname " Zeko Wrightic " known. Among other things, he runs a website specifically for its Bosnian fans.