Drago Paà ¡alià(; born June 23, 1984) is a Croatian former professional basketball player. He is the current technical director of Donar. Standing at , he played both power forward and center positions. In the beginning of his career he played for the Croatian national team. He is a one-time Croatian League and two-time Dutch League champion.
His first five years as a pro, Paà ¡aliàplayed with his hometown team, Split. In the 2002âÂÂ03 season, he won the Croatian Championship with the club.
He was an early entry candidate in the 2004 NBA draft but withdrew and became one again in 2005 but was not selected. On June 29, 2016, he signed with Donar Groningen of the Dutch Basketball League. After the 2016âÂÂ17 DBL regular season, he was named to the All-DBL Team. In April 2017, Paà ¡aliàextended his contract with two more years. His contract was not renewed after the 2018âÂÂ19 season. Paà ¡aliàwon two DBL championships with Donar.
On August 14, 2019, he has signed with ZZ Leiden of the Dutch Basketball League. After the 2019âÂÂ20 season was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020, Paà ¡aliàretired.
In July 2021, Paà ¡aliàbecame the head of technical business of Heroes Den Bosch's youth academy. On March 15, 2022, Paà ¡aliàsigned with Donar to become its full-time technical director starting from the 2022âÂÂ23 season.
Paà ¡aliàhas three children; two daughters, Kiara and Kinge, and a son, Ivan Paà ¡aliÃÂ.
On September 30, 2020, it was announced Paà ¡aliàhad suffered a cardiac arrest.
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