http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/players/zarko_cabarkapa/4401 Recent articles about Zarko Cabarkapa en-us MINNEAPOLIS Pete Philo is 6-foot-4. To put it simply, Pete Philo is tall. When Pete Philo stands in a crowd, he sticks out. Even among the basketball players he scouts for a living, Pete Philo is hardly undersized. Except when he's in Montenegro. The Timberwolves' director of international scouting has traveled to tiny country wedged between Serbia and the Adriatic Sea about 10 times, and each time, he's been struck by the size of the people he sees in the narrow, European streets of its capital, Podgorica. "It's a region of very tall people," Philo said. "I don't know, some areas of the world produce different types of players. It's in the food, and that's the truth. In Montenegro, when I walk down the street in Podgorica it seems like everyone is 6-5 or 6-8, 6-10. You see just people tall and long walking all over the place, and you're wondering if it's other basketball players or what they are." Most likely, they're not basketball players, n Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:58:11 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/pekovic_helping_montenegro_forge_nba_history/12206218 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/pekovic_helping_montenegro_forge_nba_history/12206218 Pekovic helping Montenegro forge NBA history http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/pekovic_helping_montenegro_forge_nba_history/12206218 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png MINNEAPOLIS Pete Philo is 6-foot-4. To put it simply, Pete Philo is tall. When Pete Philo stands in a crowd, he sticks out. Even among the basketball players he scouts for a living, Pete Philo is hardly undersized. Except when he's in Montenegro. The Timberwolves' director of international scouting has traveled to tiny country wedged between Serbia and the Adriatic Sea about 10 times, and each time, he's been struck by the size of the people he sees in the narrow, European streets of its capital, Podgorica. "It's a region of very tall people," Philo said. "I don't know, some areas of the world produce different types of players. It's in the food, and that's the truth. In Montenegro, when I walk down the street in Podgorica it seems like everyone is 6-5 or 6-8, 6-10. You see just people tall and long walking all over the place, and you're wondering if it's other basketball players or what they are." Most likely, they're not basketball players, n Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:58:11 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/pekovic_helping_montenegro_forge_nba_history/12206224 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/pekovic_helping_montenegro_forge_nba_history/12206224 Pekovic helping Montenegro forge NBA history http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/pekovic_helping_montenegro_forge_nba_history/12206224 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Serbian forward Zarko Cabarkapa and Brazilian guard Leandro Barbosa pose for a few snapshots in their new Phoenix Suns uniforms.(Barry Gossage/NBAE Photos) Pre-Draft Interviews: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:14:39 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/2003_suns_draft_index/10185937 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/2003_suns_draft_index/10185937 2003 Suns Draft Index http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/2003_suns_draft_index/10185937 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png By Dustin Krugel, Suns.com Posted: May 27, 2003 It seems like every team is searching for the next Dirk Nowitzki and the Phoenix Suns are no different. On Tuesday, the Suns got a close-up look at Zarko Cabarkapa, a supposed Nowitzki clone, in a private workout session at America West Arena that also included Mississippi State Mario Austin, North Dakota forward Jerome Beasley and Notre Dame point guard Chris Thomas. Cabarkapa is a versatile 6-11 forward from Yugoslavia, who can play all three frontcourt positions, but is most comfortable at the small forward position. “I like an up-tempo game,” Cabarkapa said through his agent and interpreter Rade Filipovich after his first NBA tryout following a 13-hour flight to Phoenix. “I like to run the floor. I like to play outside and at the small forward position. I can also play at the four, but I’m obviously much more confident facing the basket.” Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:14:39 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/suns_scout_yugoslavian_prospect/10185940 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/suns_scout_yugoslavian_prospect/10185940 Suns Scout Yugoslavian Prospect http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/suns_scout_yugoslavian_prospect/10185940 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/b/db1e9ca9fbaaaee353bfee5d3d8929848fe5fccf/mini/PicImg_Dallas_Mavericks_vs_4454.jpg By Steven Koek, Suns.com Posted: June 27, 2003 When the Phoenix Suns selected Zarko Cabarkapa with the 17th pick in the 2003 NBA Draft on Thursday night, everything appeared to have fallen into place exactly the way the team's staff had planned and hoped. It had been reported that if they landed their big man, they would look to free agency to find a player who could relieve overworked All-Star guard Stephon Marbury. Yet the Suns proved once again that you cannot take too much stock in pre-draft reports and rumor mills, despite most mock drafts getting the Cabarkapa pick right. As reporters rushed to their laptops in the back room of the Fox Sports Grill in Scottsdale, home of this year's Suns draft headquarters, and analysts and fans alike began to dissect the team's selection, word came that the Suns were not done for the night. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:14:38 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/point_taken/10185922 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/point_taken/10185922 Point Taken http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/point_taken/10185922 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Tim Tyers and Bob Young The Arizona Republic Jan. 11, 2004 An NBA insider in New York is saying that in five years, the recent multiplayer trade between the Knicks and Suns will be known as the Lampe trade, not the Marbury trade. So far, 18-year-old Maciej Lampe (MAH-chick LOMP-ay) has not made an NBA appearance. The Knicks put him on the injured list Oct. 27 with shin splints, and the Suns put him on the injured list Friday with back spasms to make room for the return of Amare Stoudemire and Zarko Cabarkapa. Lampe, 6 feet 11 and 240 pounds, was regarded as a lottery pick before last year's draft, but fell to the first pick of the second round (No. 30) due to questions over his contract status in Europe. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:14:34 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/lampe_may_be_steal_of_deal/10185868 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/lampe_may_be_steal_of_deal/10185868 Lampe May Be Steal of Deal http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/lampe_may_be_steal_of_deal/10185868 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Posted: Feb. 8, 2005 The Phoenix Suns continued to bolster its bench by acquiring veteran forward Walter McCarty and an undisclosed amount of cash from the Boston Celtics today in exchange for the 2005 conditional second-round pick the Suns acquired last month from Golden State in a trade for forward Zarko Cabarkapa. The versatile 6-10, 230-pound forward, who spent the last seven-and-a half seasons with Boston after playing his rookie season with the New York Knicks in 1996-97, owns career averages of 5.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 529 games (107 starts). He has a career three-point field goal percentage of .349 and has 421 three-point field goals and 1,208 three-point field goals attempted. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:14:11 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/suns_acquire_mccarty_from_celtics/10185601 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/suns_acquire_mccarty_from_celtics/10185601 Suns Acquire McCarty from Celtics http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/suns_acquire_mccarty_from_celtics/10185601 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png “…if I were Danny Ainge, I’d offer O’Neal’s expiring, my 2012 no. 1 AND the Clippers’ no. 1 for him.2 Wouldn’t you take your chances with a Rondo-Allen-Pierce-Garnett-Varejao quintet this spring? Or am I just a complete homer?” -Bill Simmons Ok Sports Guy. I’ll take on your proposed trade.  Here is the offer as you have laid it out. Cleveland gets: Jermaine O’Neal ($6.226 million), plus Boston’s 2012 first round pick and the Clippers’ 2012 first round pick. Boston gets: Anderson Varejao ($7.7 million). Let’s take a hard look at those draft picks first. The Clippers’ pick is technically the lessor of L.A.’s or Minnesota’s pick, but you would have to imagine it would take a few monumental injuries for Minny’s pick to be worse than the Clippers’ pick. Additionally, that pick is top 10 protected this year, so injuries to say CP3 and Blake Griffin would knock them below Minnesota in all likelihood, but also into protected territory. According to the standings as they are now, t Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:52 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/espns_bill_simmons_would_like_boston_to_trade_for_anderson_varejao/9747928 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/espns_bill_simmons_would_like_boston_to_trade_for_anderson_varejao/9747928 ESPN’s Bill Simmons would like Boston to trade for Anderson Varejao http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/espns_bill_simmons_would_like_boston_to_trade_for_anderson_varejao/9747928 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/a/2a0e68900afc43c7a842ad7d40cbaf07a7ff04aa/mini/PicImg_NBA_MAR_10_5958.jpg