Luka Garza
American-Bosnian basketball player
Luka Hudson Garza (born December 27, 1998) is a Bosnian-American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
Garza played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes, where he was the consensus pick for national college player of the year for the 2020–21 season. As a junior, Garza was named a consensus first-team All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year. He played for Maret School in his hometown of Washington, D.C.
Early life
Garza grew up in Reston, Virginia. He learned to play basketball from his father, Frank, who played for Idaho. Frank Garza is Spanish-American. Garza watched video tapes that his father collected of former NBA post players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and attempted to recreate their moves. His mother, Šejla Muftić, who is from Bosnia and Herzegovina, played professional basketball in Europe.
Garza stood 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) as a freshman attending Maret School in Washington, D.C., but was not able to dunk a basketball until he was a sophomore. In high school, Garza was coached by Chuck Driesell, son of Basketball Hall of Fame coach Lefty Driesell.
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