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title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">250 lb (113 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">Arabska Secondary</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball">UCLA</a> (1991–1995)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_draft" title="1995 NBA draft">1995</a>: 1st round, 22nd overall pick</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1995–2005</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">25, 52</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1995</a>–<a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1997</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1997</a>–<a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NBA_season" title="1997–98 NBA season">1998</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NBA_season" title="1997–98 NBA season">1998</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">1998–2000</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/BC_%C5%BDalgiris" title="BC Žalgiris">Žalgiris</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">2000</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Clker_G.S.K." title="Ülker G.S.K.">Ülker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">2000–2001</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid_Baloncesto" title="Real Madrid Baloncesto">Real Madrid</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">2001–2002</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Alba_Berlin" title="Alba Berlin">Alba Berlin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">2002–2003</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Prokom_Trefl_Sopot" class="mw-redirect" title="Prokom Trefl Sopot">Prokom Trefl Sopot</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">2003–2005</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/%C4%8CEZ_Basketball_Nymburk" class="mw-redirect" title="ČEZ Basketball Nymburk">ČEZ Nymburk</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EuroLeague" title="EuroLeague">EuroLeague</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/1999_EuroLeague_Final_Four" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 EuroLeague Final Four">1999</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_EuroStar" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA EuroStar">FIBA EuroStar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_champions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champions">NCAA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1995_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1995</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Career NBA statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">453 (3.4 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">286 (2.1 rpg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/678">Stats</a> at NBA.com</b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689849#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/z/zidekge01.html">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Reference">Basketball Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jiří</b> "<b>George</b>" <b>Zídek Jr.</b> (born 2 August 1973), is a Czech former professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> player who is a <a href="/wiki/Sports_commentator" title="Sports commentator">sports commentator</a>. He played <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> in the United States for the <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball">UCLA Bruins</a> from 1991 to 1995. He then became the first Czech player ever drafted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA), when he was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a> in the first round of the <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_draft" title="1995 NBA draft">1995 NBA draft</a>. He played in the NBA for a total of three seasons and then played professionally in Europe, before retiring in 2006. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Zidek&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zídek was born in <a href="/wiki/Zl%C3%ADn" title="Zlín">Gottwaldov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>, now Zlín, Czech Republic. His father, <a href="/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Z%C3%ADdek_Sr." title="Jiří Zídek Sr.">Jiří Zídek Sr.</a>, was a star for <a href="/wiki/USK_Praha" title="USK Praha">USK Slavia Prague</a> in the 1960s and 1970s, leading them to victory in the <a href="/wiki/European_professional_club_basketball_pyramid" class="mw-redirect" title="European professional club basketball pyramid">European 2nd-tier level</a> <a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_FIBA_European_Cup_Winners%27_Cup" title="1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup">1968–69 season</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Saporta_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Saporta Cup">European Cup Winners' Cup</a> (one of the predecessor league's to today's <a href="/wiki/EuroCup_Basketball" title="EuroCup Basketball">EuroCup</a>). The Zideks are the first (and as of 2010, the only) father and son ever to reach a <a href="/wiki/EuroLeague_Finals" title="EuroLeague Finals">EuroLeague Finals</a> game. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Zidek&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1991, Zídek relocated to the United States, to attend the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a>, where he played on the <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball">UCLA Bruins</a> men's basketball team from 1991 to 1995. While in America, he became known as George.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zídek was the starting <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a> of UCLA's <a href="/wiki/1995_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1995 NCAA championship</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Zidek&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 7-foot Zídek was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a> in the first round of the <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_draft" title="1995 NBA draft">1995 NBA draft</a>, with the 22nd overall pick. He was the first Czech player ever drafted by an <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> team, and was then followed by <a href="/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Welsch" title="Jiří Welsch">Jiří Welsch</a>, who was <a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_draft" title="2002 NBA draft">drafted in 2002</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zidek spent three seasons in the NBA, playing for the Hornets, the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a>, averaging 3.4 points per game in his NBA career. </p><p>In 1998, he returned to Europe, joining former UCLA teammate <a href="/wiki/Tyus_Edney" title="Tyus Edney">Tyus Edney</a> on the roster of the <a href="/wiki/Lietuvos_Krep%C5%A1inio_Lyga" class="mw-redirect" title="Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga">Lithuanian</a> power <a href="/wiki/BC_%C5%BDalgiris" title="BC Žalgiris">Žalgiris</a>. His first season back in Europe saw him lift the <a href="/wiki/EuroLeague" title="EuroLeague">EuroLeague</a> championship trophy with Žalgiris, which was the first time a Lithuanian team won the EuroLeague title.<sup id="cite_ref-Zidek_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zidek-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and Edney became the first players to win both an NCAA and a EuroLeague championship.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zidek's European career took him to several other teams before he returned to the Czech Republic, where he helped <a href="/wiki/%C4%8CEZ_Basketball_Nymburk" class="mw-redirect" title="ČEZ Basketball Nymburk">ČEZ Nymburk</a> to <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_League_(Czech_Republic)" title="National Basketball League (Czech Republic)">Czech national league</a> titles in 2004 and 2005. He took the 2005–06 season off to recuperate from knee surgery, and served at the end of the season as a <a href="/wiki/EuroLeague_TV" title="EuroLeague TV">EuroLeague TV</a> commentator for the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Euroleague" title="2005–06 Euroleague">EuroLeague Final Four</a>, which was held in <a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, due to ongoing health problems, Zídek never returned to the court as a player, and in 2006 he announced his retirement from playing basketball.<sup id="cite_ref-Zidek_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zidek-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently became a <a href="/wiki/Sports_commentator" title="Sports commentator">sports commentator</a> for the EuroLeague, working for <a href="/wiki/EuroLeague_TV" title="EuroLeague TV">EuroLeague TV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Zidek&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1994–95 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">1994–95 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Zidek&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Official NBA Register George Puro – 1995– Page 143 " .... that George Zidek is the only first-round draft pick in NBA history whose last name starts with a Z? "</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFinney2010" class="citation web cs1">Finney, Ryan (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110708213026/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/1011MBB_MG_History.pdf">"2010–11 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. UCLA Athletic Department. p. 112. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/1011MBB_MG_History.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 8 July 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2010%E2%80%9311+UCLA+Men%27s+Basketball+Media+Guide&rft.pages=112&rft.pub=UCLA+Athletic+Department&rft.date=2010&rft.aulast=Finney&rft.aufirst=Ryan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgrfx.cstv.com%2Fphotos%2Fschools%2Fucla%2Fsports%2Fm-baskbl%2Fauto_pdf%2F1011MBB_MG_History.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Zidek" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19910510/1282381/ex-ranger-boss-fatally-shoots-female-prowler">"BASKETBALL Jiri Zidek, 17, a 7-foot, 230-pound center from Prague, Czechoslovakia, signed a letter of intent to enroll at UCLA"</a> <i>Seattle Times</i> Friday 10 May 1991</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Prague_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Prague Post">Prague Post</a></i>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.praguepost.com/archivescontent/35711-jiri-in-paradise.html">"Jiri Welsch in paradise"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130927202331/http://www.praguepost.com/archivescontent/35711-jiri-in-paradise.html">Archived</a> 27 September 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> 7 August 2002 "Welsch became only the second Czech player ever drafted by an NBA team. Jiri Zidek, a 7-footer who played for then-National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champion University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), was picked 22nd by the Charlotte Hornets in 1995. He lasted only three years in the league and now, at 29, plays in Poland. By contrast, Welsch bloomed early."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hoopshype.com/general_managers/bob_bass.htm">Hoopshype Bob Bass timeline</a> "20 February 1997 Traded forward Scott Burrell to the Golden State Warriors for Donald Royal; traded center Jiri Zidek and guard Anthony Goldwire to the Denver Nuggets for guard Ricky Pierce."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Zidek-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Zidek_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Zidek_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.euroleague.net/features/voices/2010-2011/jiri-zidek">Jiří Zídek</a>. euroleague.net</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/sports/basketball/04sportsbriefs-PANATHINAIKO_BRF.html">"Panathinaikos Takes Title"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. Associated Press. 3 May 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 March</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Panathinaikos+Takes+Title&rft.date=2009-05-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F05%2F04%2Fsports%2Fbasketball%2F04sportsbriefs-PANATHINAIKO_BRF.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Zidek" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vladimir Stankovic <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.euroleague.net/features/voices/2011-2012/vladimir-stankovic/i/98085/6180/jiri-zidek-a-czech-legend">Jiri Zidek – A Czech legend</a> "The name surely sounds familiar. Jiri Zidek is a colleague; he writes a weekly column during the season on Euroleague.net and works as a color commentator on Euroleague.TV. He is also one of only four men to have won both the NCAA Tournament and the Euroleague championship, with UCLA in 1995 and Zalgiris in 1999, respectively. That Zidek certainly deserves his own blog entry due to his great career. But today I will write about another Jiri Zidek, his father."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFStankovic2016" class="citation news cs1">Stankovic, Vladamir (26 September 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kosmagazin.com/bob-mcadoo-the-nba-and-european-champ/">"Bob McAdoo: The NBA and European champ"</a>. <i>Kos Magazin</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110615164351/http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=AIY&seasoncode=E2001+++++">Jiri Zidek</a> at <a href="/wiki/Euroleague.net" class="mw-redirect" title="Euroleague.net">Euroleague.net</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.teamID_2228.compID_,Uz02qBnJiADOq5VntEf53.season_1999.roundID_1759.playerID_8316.html#{E91AFDC5-57F4-4283-9A62-3729B99232F4}">Jiří Zídek</a> at <a href="/wiki/FIBA_Europe" title="FIBA Europe">FIBA Europe</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li>Career statistics from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/playerfile/george_zidek">NBA.com</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/z/zidekge01.html">Basketball Reference</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/george-zidek-1.html">George 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title="Kurt Thomas (basketball)">Kurt Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Trent" title="Gary Trent">Gary Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_Parks" title="Cherokee Parks">Cherokee Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corliss_Williamson" title="Corliss Williamson">Corliss Williamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Williams_(basketball,_born_1972)" title="Eric Williams (basketball, born 1972)">Eric Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Barry" title="Brent Barry">Brent Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Henderson" title="Alan Henderson">Alan Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Sura" title="Bob Sura">Bob Sura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theo_Ratliff" title="Theo Ratliff">Theo Ratliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Childress" title="Randolph Childress">Randolph Childress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Caffey" title="Jason Caffey">Jason Caffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Finley" title="Michael Finley">Michael Finley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink 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