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Adriatic League Top Scorer
The ABA League Top Scorer, also known as the Adriatic League Top Scorer, is an award given to the Top Scorer of each season of the European regional Adriatic ABA League, which is the top-tier level professional basketball league for countries of the former Yugoslavia. The award has been given since the 2001–02 ABA League season. Top scorers See also *ABA League MVP *ABA League Finals MVP *ABA League Top Prospect *ABA League Ideal Starting Five * Player of the Month *List of Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League annual scoring leaders The First Federal Basketball League's scoring title in Yugoslavia was awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given season. Key Scoring leaders ''Source'' See also * Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League car ... References External links Adriatic ABA League official websiteAdriatic ABA League page at Eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:ABA League Top Scorer Top Scorer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABA League
The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia). Due to sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as the Goodyear League from 2001 to 2006, the NLB League from 2006 to 2011, and as the AdmiralBet ABA League from 2021. The league coexists alongside scaled-down national leagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. All but one of Adriatic League clubs join their country's own competitions in late spring after the Adriatic League regular season and post-season have been completed. In the past, the league has also consisted of clubs from Bulgaria ( Levski), the Czech Republic (ČEZ Nymburk), Hungary ( Szolnoki Olaj), and Israel (Maccabi Tel Aviv) that received wild card invitations. The Adriatic League is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Cedevita
Cedevita d.o.o. is a Croatian company which produces a wide range of teas, instant drinks, and dietetic products. A notable owner of the company was the Croatian pharmaceutical company Pliva d.d. Since 2001 Cedevita has been part of the Atlantic Grupa. Background and history Cedevita began production in 1929 in Borongaj, Zagreb (where the main factory still operates) as a branch of the Swiss company Wander AG to produce dietetic products. In 1947, a new facility was built in Trogir for processing of plants and manufacturing of teas. The company sponsors KK Cedevita, a basketball club in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Cedevita instant vitamin drinks The first instant vitamin drink (Orange flavored Cedevita) was created in 1969, however, production did not start until 1970. In 1985, the company launched the lemon flavour drink, and, in 1990, grapefruit. Wild berry and apple flavours were introduced in 1999. Other flavours include tropical and mandarin. A sugar-free version was introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragan Apić
Dragan Apić ( sr-cyr, Драган Апић; born 3 October 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Nizhny Novgorod of the VTB United League. Playing career In March 2015, Apić signed for Crvena zvezda Telekom and was immediately loaned to FMP, just before the start of the Serbian Super League season, after spending inaugural years of his career in Vršac. On 13 September 2017, Apić signed a four-year contract for Crvena zvezda. On 14 December 2017, he was loaded out to FMP for the rest of the 2017–18 season. In the 2018–19 season, Apić was named Adriatic League Player of the Month for November and December. On 19 January 2019, Apić signed a four-year contract with the Russian club Lokomotiv Kuban. In January 2020, he was loaned to San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish Liga ACB for the rest of the 2019–20 season. On 4 July 2020, Apić signed a two-year contract with the Bosnian team Igokea. Ten days later, however, he parted ways with Igokea and signed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luka Žorić
Luka Žorić (born November 5, 1984) is a former Croatian professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the center position. Professional career In March 2011, Žorić received the award for Most Valuable Player of the NLB Adriatic League while playing for KK Zagreb. On June 9, 2011, Žorić signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team Unicaja Málaga. On July 26, 2013, Žorić signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahçe Ülker. Unicaja received 850,000 euros of buyout from Fenerbahçe, as he was still under contract. On July 28, 2015, Žorić returned to Croatia and signed with Cedevita for the 2015–16 season. On August 10, 2016, he signed with Spanish club Baloncesto Sevilla. On November 22, 2016, he parted ways with Sevilla. On January 5, 2017, he returned to his former club Cibona for the rest of the season. On July 8, 2017, he re-signed with Cibona. On December 29, 2018, Žorić signed a contract with Zadar until the end of the season. In Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Zadar
Košarkaški klub Zadar ( en, Zadar Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Zadar or simply Zadar, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zadar, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes in the ABA League and the Croatian League. Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment. Zadar is also known for its fanatical die hard supporters, Tornado Zadar. History Early years The first basketball ball and game rules of basketball were brought to Zadar by Italian soldiers during World War II. At that time all basketball games being played in Zadar were played on an outdoor, concrete court. KK Zadar was formally founded after World War II in 1945 as FD Zadar (''Fiskulturno Društvo Zadar'' – Physical Culture Club of Zadar). Shortly after this club's founding, its basketball section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Marinković
Ivan Marinković (born November 27, 1993) is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for Telenet Giants Antwerp of the Belgian BNXT League. Club career Marinković went through the youth ranks of KK Crvena zvezda and made a couple of first team appearances during the 2010–11 Liga ABA, 2010–11 Adriatic League. In September 2011, he joined KK Partizan, a club where he made his first basketball steps. Three months later he signed his first, 4-year long, professional contract. On August 27, 2012, he was loaned to OKK Beograd till the end of the season. In December 2013, he signed with KK MZT Skopje, MZT Skopje for the rest of the season. In December 2014, he left MZT. On January 28, 2015, he moved to Poland and signed with Wilki Morskie Szczecin. On July 21, 2015, he signed a three-year deal with Zadar. On August 7, 2017, he signed with Turkish club Yeşilgiresun Belediye. On June 22, 2018, he signed with Slovenian team KK Primorska, Sixt Primorska. On Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Budućnost
KK Budućnost (, ), currently known as Budućnost VOLI () for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball Sports club, club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. The club competes in Montenegrin Basketball League, Adriatic League and EuroCup Basketball, Eurocup. It is a part of the SD Budućnost Podgorica, Budućnost Sports Society. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball Association. History 1949–1979: Formation and early years The club was founded in 1949 when Budućnost sports society decided to form the men's basketball club. Budućnost participated in its first competition during the first part of June 1949, at the third Montenegrin Championship. The Championships took place in Cetinje, and in addition to Budućnost, three other teams from Montenegro participated. The first success came two years later – in 1951, when Budućnost took the first place in the First Championships of the Cities, which was held in Herceg-Novi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Krka
Košarkarski klub Krka (English: Basketball Club Krka), commonly referred to as KK Krka or simply Krka, is a professional basketball team based in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. The team competes in the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League and the ABA League Second Division. Krka play their home games at Leon Štukelj Hall. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association. History 1948–2002 The first basketball club in Novo Mesto was founded in 1948. In 1983, the club won its first Slovenian national championship. After that, however, basketball saw a decline in Novo Mesto that lasted until the Slovenian independence in 1991. Soon, the team was climbing through the lower divisions and earned a promotion to the Slovenian First League in 1997, when it also took the name of its sponsor, Krka. A fourth-place finish in the national league allowed the club to qualify for the Korać Cup for the 1998–99 season. The big breakthrough came a year later, ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Armstead
Malcolm Ray Armstead (born 1 August 1989) is an American-born naturalized Kosovan-Romanian professional basketball player for Golden Eagle Ylli of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. After playing college basketball for Chipola College, University of Oregon and Wichita State University Armstead entered the 2013 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds. Professional career After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Armstead signed his first professional contract in August 2013, with the Slovenian Basket League's Krka Novo Mesto for the 2013–14 season. On June 23, 2014 he re-signed with the club for the 2014–15 season. On 10 June 2015, he signed with Avtodor Saratov of Russia for the 2014–15 season. On November 16, 2015, he left the club in order to sign with the Greek club AEK Athens for the rest of the 2015–16 Greek Basket League season. On December 25, 2015, he parted ways with AEK, and signed with İstanbul BB of Turkey for the rest of the season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Cibona
Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball sports club, club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes in the ABA League, Adriatic League and the HT Premijer liga, Croatian League. History Formation and early years Cibona's history dates to late autumn of 1945 when Sloboda (''Freedom'') was founded as a sports society of bank workers, craftsmen, traders, and clerks. On April 24, 1946 thanks to basketball enthusiast Branimir Volfer and his friends Ljubo Prosen and Joso Miloš, basketball section of Sloboda, the predecessor of today's Cibona, is formed. Its first game was against local rival Slavija on May 7, 1946. Sloboda did not last too long under that name as in November 1946 it merged with Tekstilac, Amater and Grafičar into Sportsko društvo Zagreb (''Sports Society Zagreb''). Name changing continued thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dario Šarić
Dario Šarić (; born 8 April 1994) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. He also represents the senior Croatia national team. Professional career Early years Šarić began his professional career in 2009 with Zrinjevac. After joining Zagreb mid-way through the 2009–10 season, and spending much of the 2010–11 season on loan with Dubrava, Šarić won the Città di Roma EuroLeague (IJT) in May 2011, alongside teammates, Mario Hezonja and Dominik Mavra, and progressed to the Final Four of the tournament, where his team eventually won. After he had registered a triple-double in the final game with 19 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, in addition to 10 drawn fouls, he was named the MVP of the tournament. In 2010 and 2011, Šarić was nominated for the FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year Award. In 2012, he was selected to play for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Ćapin
Aleksandar Ćapin (born October 6, 1982) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Early life Growing up in Sarajevo, Ćapin took up association football in the FK Sarajevo youth system. In spring 1992, with the outbreak of the Bosnian War, he fled his hometown by being sent to Belgrade along with his sister while their parents joined them several months later. In Belgrade, young Ćapin continued pursuing football within the FK Rad youth system. In 1993, disappointed with being demoted to FK Rad's second team, the youngster switched to basketball by starting to attend KK Partizan-organized training sessions administered by the youth coach Dragiša Stamenković at the France Prešern Elementary School in the Belgrade neighbourhood of Miljakovac. Deemed talented enough, Ćapin was attached to KK Partizan's youth system where he was coached by Stamenković for a few seasons before progressing up the age groups within the system and being coached by Igor Kokoškov, Milo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
