Ognjen Jaramaz

Ognjen Jaramaz
	Jaramaz in 2022
No. 10 – Saski Baskonia
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
League	Liga ACB; EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	September 1, 1995 (age 29); Kruševac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2017: 2nd round, 58th overall pick
	Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	2013–present
Career history
2013–2017	Mega Vizura
2013–2014	→Smederevo 1953
2018	Mega Vizura
2018–2019	San Pablo Burgos
2019	→Partizan
2019–2021	Partizan
2021–2023	Bayern Munich
2023–2024	Partizan
2024–present	Saski Baskonia
Career highlights and awards
	Serbian Cup MVP (2020); 3× Serbian Cup winner (2016, 2019, 2020); ABA League Supercup winner (2019);
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men's basketball
Representing Serbia
U20 European Championship

Ognjen Jaramaz (Serbian: Огњен Јарамаз; born 1 September 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in),^[1] he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Professional career

He began playing basketball in a hometown based club Napredak Kruševac where he stayed until 2006. He then moved to Partizan, playing for the youth categories.

In the summer of 2013, Jaramaz signed a contract with Mega Vizura. He was loaned to Smederevo 1953 for the 2013–14 season, where he made his professional debut. He returned to Mega Vizura in the summer of 2014. He left the club after the end of the 2016–17 season. However, on January 3, 2018, Jaramaz returned to Mega.^[2]

In June 2018, Jaramaz signed a two-year contract with Spanish club San Pablo Burgos.^[3]^[4] Jaramaz was loaned to Partizan for the second half of the 2018–19 campaign and then spent the subsequent two seasons with the Serbian powerhouse on a regular transfer.

Bayern Munich (2021–2023)

On July 2, 2021, Jaramaz signed with Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague.^[5] In his debut season with the club, Jaramaz averaged 6.8 points and 3.4 rebounds over 36 EuroLeague games. Bayern finished the season as runners-up in the Basketball Bundesliga. In 2022–23 season, he averaged 6.4 points on 39.2% shooting from the field.

Return to Partizan (2023–2024)

On 13 July 2023, Jaramaz returned to Partizan.^[6] Over 22 EuroLeague games, Jaramaz averaged 3.2 points, 1.5 assists and 1.3 rebounds on 37.3% shooting from the field. The season was deemed to be unsuccessful for Partizan as they finished the season without lifting any trophy.^[7]

Saski Baskonia (2024–present)

On 27 August 2024, Forrest signed with Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB.^[8]^[9]

NBA draft rights

On June 22, 2017, Jaramaz was selected with the 58th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft by the New York Knicks.^[10] He played for the Knicks during the 2017 NBA Summer League.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2021–22	Bayern Munich	36	11	16.4	.420	.353	.755	3.4	1.6	.4	.2	6.8	5.1
2022–23	Bayern Munich	25	5	15.6	.392	.328	.885	1.2	1.5	.3	.0	6.4	5.0
2023–24	Partizan	22	6	12.8	.373	.211	.467	1.3	1.5	.5	.0	3.2	2.6
Career		83	22	17.3	.402	.318	.775	1.4	1.3	.5	.1	5.7	4.4

EuroCup


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2019–20	Partizan	15	15	22.0	.362	.311	.667	2.3	2.8	.6	.1	9.0	9.0
2020–21	Partizan	11	7	22.7	.356	.277	.844	1.8	2.6	1.1	—	9.5	8.1
Career		26	22	22.3	.359	.296	.738	2.1	2.7	.8	.1	9.2	8.6

Basketball Champions League


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2016–17	Mega	12	9	29.9	.385	.236	.714	3.2	3.1	1.5	.1	11.9
Career		12	9	29.9	.385	.236	.714	3.2	3.1	1.5	.1	11.9

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2012–13	Mega	KLS	4	14.8	.304	.455	.750	1.0	1.2	.5	—	5.5
2013–14	Smederevo	KLS	26	34.4	.439	.339	.797	3.8	2.6	1.3	.1	18.5
2013–14	Mega	KLS	14	16.3	.397	.382	.867	2.2	.8	.7	.1	5.4
2014–15	Mega	KLS	13	12.0	.333	.176	.667	1.7	2.1	.7	—	3.6
2014–15	Mega	ABA	25	21.6	.293	.195	.633	2.5	2.6	1.0	.1	5.5
2015–16	Mega	ABA	24	27.3	.385	.294	.653	3.1	2.7	2.2	.0	11.5
2016–17	Mega	KLS	16	30.1	.415	.359	.759	3.1	3.7	.9	.1	14.5
2016–17	Mega	ABA	25	27.0	.354	.246	.731	2.7	3.6	1.0	.1	10.8
2017–18	Mega	KLS	5	24.0	.614	.333	.500	2.6	4.2	.6	—	13.0
2017–18	Mega	ABA	5	24.4	.442	.278	.688	3.4	3.8	1.2	.2	10.8
2018–19	Miraflores	ACB	18	13.5	.409	.222	.838	.8	.8	.8	—	6.4
2018–19	Partizan	KLS	17	19.8	.464	.339	.841	2.2	2.9	1.1	.1	10.2
2018–19	Partizan	ABA	5	13.3	.348	.300	.667	1.2	1.2	.6	.2	6.6
2019–20	Partizan	ABA	20	21.2	.435	.333	.789	2.0	2.3	.9	.0	10.4
2020–21	Partizan	KLS	5	25.4	.420	.400	.692	2.4	6.0	.8	—	12.2
2020–21	Partizan	ABA	18	26.3	.467	.388	.754	1.7	3.8	1.1	.1	12.7
2021–22	Bayern Munich	BBL	35	21.2	.405	.315	.788	1.9	2.2	.8	.1	8.3
2022–23	Bayern Munich	BBL	35	16.4	.380	.255	.753	1.5	1.4	.7	—	6.8
2023–24	Partizan	KLS	1	4.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023–24	Partizan	ABA	22	16.7	.407	.200	.600	1.5	3.0	.7	.1	4.0