Teoman Alibegović

Professional career

The Quad City Thunder picked Alibegović in the 1991 CBA draft, but he never played for them. Instead, his first pro season was with the Yakima Sun Kings of the CBA. Near the end of the 1991–92 season, he joined Fortitudo Bologna in Italy.

From 1993 to 1996, he played for Alba Berlin in Germany, helping the club win the FIBA Korać Cup. Before the 1996–97 season, he signed with Turkish side Ülkerspor, but after six months he moved back to Italy to play for Trieste. The next season, 1997–98, he played for Cáceres CB in Spain.

He returned to Trieste for the 1998–99 season. From 1999 to 2002, he played for Snaidero Udine in Italy. His final pro year was in Greece with Ionikos NF.

National team career

At the youth level, Alibegović played for Yugoslavia's Under-18 and Under-19 national teams. Those teams won the 1986 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and the 1987 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.

He was a member of the senior Slovenian national team from 1991 to 2001. With Slovenia, he played at four EuroBaskets: 1993, 1995, 1997, and 2001. In 52 games for the senior Slovenian team, he scored 990 points, which at the time made him the all-time top scorer for Slovenia.

Personal life

Alibegović has three sons—Mirza (born 1992), Amar (1995), and Denis (1999)—all of whom play basketball. Mirza played for Brescia in Italy.

Denis played for the Stella Azzurra Roma youth teams. Amar played for Roman youth sides before choosing to play college basketball with the St. John's Red Storm; he now plays professionally in Italy. Alibegović's nephew Luka Garza played for the Iowa Hawkeyes, was a first-team All-America and Big Ten Conference Player of the Year in 2020, and was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2021 NBA draft.