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Dragan Bender new Croatian basketball sensation in Phoenix Suns NBA
http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10946/1/Dragan-Bender-new-Croatian-basketball-sensation-in-Phoenix-Suns-NBA.html
By Nenad N. Bach and Darko Žubrinić
Published on 01/21/2017
 
Dragan Bender (born November 17, 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the USA. He stands 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m), 102 kg, and plays the power forward and center positions. Bender represents the Croatian national team. He competed for the Croatian national team at the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Latvia and Lithuania. From 2014-2016 he was playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel.

Dragan Bender stands 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m), 102 kg


Dragan Bender, born in 1997, excellent Croatian basketball player, stands 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m), 102 kg
                 

Dragan Bender (born November 17, 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the USA. He stands 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) and plays the power forward and center positions. Bender represents the Croatian national team.



He competed for the Croatian national at the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Latvia and Lithuania. From 2014-2016 he was playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel.











Dragan Bender's interview at the age of 18 (2.16 m)



Dragan Bender's interview at the age of 16 (2.10 m)