His basketball career, spanning twenty years, was marked by several notable achievements, despite injuries.

[3] Tabak began his basketball career in 1985, at the age of fifteen, making his debut with the Jugoplastika Split organization.

The newly independent state, then, was able to send its own athletes to the 1992 Summer Olympic Games; this delegation also included a national basketball team.

[7] He started several games and saw increased playing time, but a strained left groin kept him from competing during the close of the 1995–96 season.

As for the Raptors, the franchise had an expectably bad season ending with a sub-par 21–61 record and missing the playoffs.

Tabak did not fare well in the following season, either; plantar fasciitis in his left foot restricted his appearances to thirteen games.

[3] After another average start and a transverse fracture to a metacarpal bone in his right hand, Tabak was traded in a seven-player deal to the Boston Celtics in February 1998.

As back-up to Rik Smits, Tabak contributed to the Pacers' appearance in the 2000 NBA Finals, which was ultimately won by the Los Angeles Lakers.

[10] With the Spanish squad, he achieved a 17-game winning streak for games played in both the EuroLeague and the Liga ACB.

[15] In March 2020, Tabak's wife Gorana contracted COVID-19 in Madrid and within weeks developed severe symptoms for which she was intubated and placed in a 16-day induced coma.