Uros Slokar
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Uroš Slokar (pronounced OO-rosh SLOW-car) (born May 14 1983 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian basketball player, who played in Europe for Benetton Treviso in Treviso, Italy. He played for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association during the 2006-07 season.
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Achievements
- 2002 Slovenian League Rookie of the Year
- Played at the 2000 European Under-18 Championship
- Played at the 2002 European Under-20 Championship
- Won 2004 Italian Cup
- Played at the 2005 European Championship
- Drafted by Toronto Raptors 58th overall pick in 2005 NBA Draft
- Won 2006 Italian national Championship
- Played 2006 World Championship in Japan
- Won 2007 NBA Atlantic Division Title
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Trivia
- Is fluent in Serbian, English, Italian, German and his native Slovenian
- Played for Benetton with current teammates Jorge Garbajosa, Andrea Bargnani and current assistant General Manager Maurizio Gherardini
- Studied information technology in school and helped to configure Benetton’s IT system
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