Krunoslav Simon
Krunoslav "Kruno" Simon (born 24 June 1985) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Croatian national team internationally. Professional career. After spending his youth years in KK Maksimir and KK Zrinjevac, Simon joined KK Zagreb in 1998, and he played there until 2012, when he signed with Unicaja Málaga of the Spanish League. On 25 June 2013 Simon signed a two-year deal with Lokomotiv Kuban. On 22 July 2015 Simon signed a one-year contract with the Italian club EA7 Emporio Armani  Milano. On 11 July 2016 he signed a two-year contract extension with Milano. Anadolu Efes. On 9 July 2017 Simon signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Anadolu Efes, with second year being optional. In 2017–18 season, he won the Turkish Basketball Cup with the club and was named the Turkish Basketball Cup Final MVP. In 26 appearances in the 2017–18 EuroLeague, he averaged 9.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. In 2018–19 season, Simon improved his shooting accuracy from the field, as he averaged 9.4 points over 37 games in the 2018–19 EuroLeague with  48.3% shooting from the field. Anadolu Efes made its first appearance in the EuroLeague Final Four where they lost to the CSKA Moscow in the final game. On 24 May 2019 Simon signed a two-year contract extension with Anadolu Efes. He signed another two-year (1+1) contract extension with the team on 20 July 2020. National team career. Simon debuted with the senior Croatian national team at the 2011 EuroBasket. He also represented Croatia at the 2013 EuroBasket, the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and the 2015 EuroBasket, where they were eliminated in the eighth finals by the  Czech Republic. During the EuroBasket 2015, Simon was arguably the best player of the Croatian team, as he averaged 13.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game, over 6 tournament games, while also shooting 54.2% from the field. He also played with Croatia at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 EuroBasket.