Dragan Bender (born 17 November 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague. He stands 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) in shoes, and plays the power forward and center positions. He was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the fourth overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft. Bender represents the Croatian national team, with experience in the FIBA Europe junior tournaments. Before playing in Israel, he competed with multiple teams in Croatia and in Nikola Vujčić's academy. Bender is considered by many to be one of the biggest draft busts in the past decade.
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17 November 1997 (age 27) Capljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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