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basketball
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league that originally featured
clubs
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from the
former Yugoslavia
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Croatia
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Serbia
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Slovenia
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). 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
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Serbia
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Slovenia
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. 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
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Czech Republic
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ČEZ Nymburk
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),
Hungary
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Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
(
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...
) that received wild card invitations.
The Adriatic League is a private venture, founded in 2001 and run until 2015 by the Sidro, a Slovenian limited liability company. Since 2015, the league has been operated by
ABA League JTD
Adriatic Basketball Association – ABA League, G.P., commonly referred to as the ABA League JTD, is a Croatian company based in Zagreb. It is the general partnership for organizing sports competitions. The company has been running the Adriatic L ...
, a Zagreb-based general partnership for organizing sports competitions.
Adriatic Basketball Association
Adriatic Basketball Association – ABA League, G.P., commonly referred to as the ABA League JTD, is a Croatian company based in Zagreb. It is the general partnership for organizing sports competitions. The company has been running the Adriatic L ...
is the body that organizes the league and is a full member of
ULEB
Union of European Leagues of Basketball (ULEB; french: Union des Ligues Européennes de Basket-Ball) is a sports organization within basketball created for growth of professional basketball in Europe.Euroleague Basketball's board.
History
At various points throughout mid-to-late 1990s, in the years following the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia and ensuing
Yugoslav Wars
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, different basketball administrators from the newly independent Balkan states floated and informally discussed the idea of re-assembling a joint basketball competition to fill the void left by the dissolution of the former
Yugoslav Basketball League
The First Federal Basketball League () was the highest tier level men's professional club basketball competition in SFR Yugoslavia. Founded in 1945 and folded in 1992 (1991-92 Winer Broker YUBA League), it was run by the Basketball Federation ...
whose last season was 1991–92.
However, no concrete action towards that end was taken before the summer 2000
ULEB
Union of European Leagues of Basketball (ULEB; french: Union des Ligues Européennes de Basket-Ball) is a sports organization within basketball created for growth of professional basketball in Europe.Euroleague Basketball Company
Euroleague Basketball is the private company that runs and operates the top continental-wide basketball men's professional sports club competitions in Europe, the first-tier level EuroLeague, and the second-tier level EuroCup. It has been or ...
under the leadership of Jordi Bertomeu that immediately confronted
FIBA Europe
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, then proceeded to take a handful of top European clubs into its new competition for the 2000–01 season thereby opening an organizational split in European club basketball. During the 2000–01 split in the continent's top club competition, local Balkan basketball administrators from the ULEB-affiliated clubs Cibona, Olimpija, and Budućnost (that already competed in this new 'breakaway' Euroleague competition) shifted the discussions of creating a regional Balkan-wide basketball league into higher gear.
On the public relations front, Adriatic League was met with strong and mixed reactions. Though many hailed it as an important step for the development of club basketball in the Balkans region, many others felt that it brings no new quality and that it's not worth dismantling three domestic leagues. There was a lot of negative reaction from political circles, especially in Croatia, with even TV panel discussions being broadcast on Croatian state television. A very vociferous opinion in the country saw the league's formation as a political attempt to reinstate Yugoslavia. The league organizers for their part did their best to appease the Croatian public with statements such as the one delivered by Radovan Lorbek in ''
Slobodna Dalmacija
''Slobodna Dalmacija'' () is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Split.
The first issue of ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' was published on 17 June 1943 by Tito's Partisans in an abandoned stone barn on Mosor, a mountain near Split, while the cit ...
'' in September 2001:
Ten years later, in a 2011 interview for the Serbian newspaper ''
Press
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'', Roman Lisac explained the league's behind the scenes strategy during its nascent stages was actually quite different:
On 28 September 2001, the league announced a five-year sponsorship deal with Slovenian company
Sava Tires
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
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. The deal also included naming rights, hence from 2001 until 2006, the competition was known as the Goodyear League.
Debut season
With twelve clubs taking part in the inaugural 2001–02 season, the competition commenced in fall 2001 with four teams from Slovenia, four teams from Croatia, three teams from Bosnia-Herzegovina, and one team from
FR Yugoslavia
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. The very first game was contested in Ljubljana between Olimpija and Široki on Saturday, 29 September 2001 at 5:30pm.Deset godina NLB lige: Huligani odložili ulazak Partizana ''Press'', 12 July 2011
Though the competition purported to gather the strongest sides from former Yugoslavia, as mentioned, teams from Serbia were noticeably absent, particularly Belgrade powerhouses and biggest regional crowd draws Partizan and Crvena zvezda. In addition to no clubs from Serbia proper, the league had no Serb-dominated clubs from Bosnia-Herzegovina either. Since the league founders mostly avoided talking about the issue due to fears of media backlash, the fact that no invitations were extended to Serbian clubs was generally explained through security issues due to organizers' fears of crowd trouble if Croatian and Serbian clubs were to start playing again in the same competition. Then in early February 2002, the public got a preview of just that when Cibona and Partizan met in Zagreb as part of that season's EuroLeague group stage. In a nationalistically charged and incident-filled encounter, Croatian fans peppered the Partizan players with rocks, flares, and even ceramic tiles before physically assaulting Partizan head coach
Duško Vujošević
Duško Vujošević ( sr-Cyrl, Душко Вујошевић; born 3 March 1959) is a Montenegrin and Serbian professional basketball coach.
Early life
Duško Vujošević was born in Titograd (modern-day Podgorica), PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavi ...
in the guest team dressing room after the game.
The Adriatic League debut season was marked by dwindling attendances and lukewarm media support. Still the league did receive a bit of a shot in the arm on 24 February 2002, when its managing body ABA got accepted as full member of
ULEB
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i powerhouse
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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, Crvena zvezda (the first team from Serbia in the competition), the Bosnian outfit KK Borac, and Croatian club KK Zagreb.
It was important for the league's long-term business to negotiate acceptable terms for the Serbian clubs to join the competition. To that end, Lorbek and Lisac went to Belgrade in early April 2002 with an offer of taking in three clubs from FR Yugoslavia for the Adriatic League's 2002–03 season.Deset godina NLB lige: Zvezdin izlazak na Jadran ''Press'', 13 July 2011 The offer was flatly rejected initially by the representatives of five
YUBA Liga
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clubs – Partizan, Crvena zvezda, Hemofarm, FMP, and Budućnost – as their unified platform was either all five or nothing. Taking in all five required expanding the league to 14 teams, which was something the league organizers weren't prepared to do due to the associated increase in operating costs. The negotiated agreement thus fell through for the time being. However, it didn't take long for dents to appear in the unified front put forth by five YUBA league clubs – in May 2002 Crvena zvezda's management (three businessmen close to the ruling
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) hired Zmago Sagadin to be the club's new general manager – and soon after, in June 2002, the club broke the ranks by negotiating terms on its own thus agreeing to join the Adriatic League for the 2002–03 season.
Competition
Competition system
As of the 2013–14 season the league comprises a 26-game regular season, with the top 4 sides making the play-offs.
From 2002 through 2004, four teams qualified, and the playoffs were termed the "Final Four"; starting in 2005, eight teams advanced to the "Final Eight" round. All playoff rounds consist of one-off knockout matches, unusual among European leagues. However, since all Adriatic League clubs play in domestic leagues at the same time, and many also play in the EuroLeague, the current format has the virtue of limiting fixture congestion for the playoff sides.
In 2017, the
ABA League Second Division
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was created. The last qualified team from ABA League would be relegated to the Second Division and replaced by the winner of this one.
The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Adriatic League at any time since its formation in 2001 to the current season. A total of 41 teams from 10 countries have played in the League.
Awards
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ABA League MVP
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ABA League Top Scorer
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*
ABA League Ideal Starting Five
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Dejan Milojević
Dejan Milojević ( sr-cyrl, Дејан Милојевић; born 15 April 1977) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Currently, since summer 2021, he is an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Bask ...
Zadar
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on 9 October 2022
*Most Two Point Field Goals Made in a Game
**17 by
Márton Báder
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After starting his career in his homeland, Báder played in several countries including Slovenia, Croati ...
, Szolnoki Olaj at Široki on 7 October 2012
*Most Three Point Field Goals Made in a Game
**10 by
Josip Sesar
Josip Sesar (born 17 January 1978) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player for Cibona of the Croatian League and ABA League.
Playing career
Sesar started training basketball when he was ten. He was 182 cm tall at the t ...
Union Olimpija
Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...
on 19 November 2005
**10 by
Teemu Rannikko
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,
Union Olimpija
Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...
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Zagreb
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on 18 December 2005
*Most Free Throws Made in a Game
**19 by
Igor Rakočević
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At a height of 1.94 m (6'4 ") tall, he played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, but ...
,
Crvena zvezda
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional Association football, foot ...
Milan Gurović
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Crvena zvezda
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional Association football, foot ...
Milan Gurović
Milan Gurović ( sr-cyrl, Милан Гуровић; born 17 June 1975) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current basketball coach. During his pro career, he played for numerous clubs from all over Europe. Gurović was also ...
,
Crvena zvezda
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional Association football, foot ...
Damir Mulaomerović
Damir Mulaomerović (born 19 September 1974) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Cedevita Junior of the Croatian League.
Professional career
Mulaomerović started his career with S ...
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Zagreb
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vs. FMP on 19 January 2010
*Most Rebounds in a Game
**23 by Tommy Smith,
Split
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Boris Savović
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Primorska
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Zadar
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on 9 December 2019
*Most Steals in a Game
**9 by
Curtis McCants
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,
Split
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Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
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* Split Island, Falkland Islands
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Arts, entertai ...
vs.
Zagreb
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on 16 December 2003
**9 by
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*Andres Rodriguez (show jumper)
Andres Rodríguez (11 May ...
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Union Olimpija
Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...
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Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
Split
Split(s) or The Split may refer to:
Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, entertai ...
Crvena Zvezda
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional Association football, foot ...
at
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
on 30 April 2005
*Most Blocks in a Game
**7 by Smiljan Pavič,
Union Olimpija
Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
at
Cibona
Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes ...
on 10 January 2010
**7 by
Shawn James
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,
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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Uroš Luković
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Professional career
Luković played in youth categories with KK Torlak from ...
, Mornar vs. Mega Basket on 14 December 2019
*Most Turnovers in a Game
**11 by
Jiří Welsch
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,
Union Olimpija
Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...
Crvena zvezda
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional Association football, foot ...
for the 2014–15 and 2016–17 seasons
*Longest losing streak
**21 games by
Levski Sofia
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for the 2014–15 season
*Biggest Winning Margin
**60 points by
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
vs.
Split
Split(s) or The Split may refer to:
Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, entertai ...
in the 2021–22 season
*Most Won Games in a Season
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Crvena zvezda
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won 25 out of 26 games for the 2016–17 season
*Most Lost Games in a Season
** Bosna lost 21 out of 22 games for the 2002–03 season
*Most Points scored in a Season
** Hemofarm scored 2591 points in 30 games for the 2004–05 season
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Crvena zvezda
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional Association football, foot ...
scored 2325 points in 26 games for the 2006–07 season
*Lowest Scored Points in a Season
** Bosna scored 1443 points in 22 games for the 2001–02 season
** Zlatorog Laško scored 1688 points in 26 games for the 2011–12 season
2020–21
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Nemanja Gordić
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Marin Rozić
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He spent most of his career with KK Cib ...
Todor Gečevski
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Professional career
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Notable players
Well-known basketball players who have played in the Adriatic League include:
Australia
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Nathan Jawai
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Early life
Born at the Royal Hospi ...
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Aleks Marić
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Steven Marković
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Early life
Marković was born in the Sydney suburb of Liverpool to a Serbian father and an Italian mother.
Professional career
Marković was a develo ...
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Mark Worthington
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Early life and career
Born in Bunbury, Western Australia, Worthington grew up in the nearb ...
Belize
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Milt Palacio
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Early life
Palacio, a Belizean citizen, was born and raised in Los Angeles, California by Belizean parents.
College career
P ...
J. R. Bremer
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Nemanja Gordić
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Jasmin Hukić
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Elmedin Kikanović
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Professional career
Early career ...
Ratko Varda
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Filip Videnov
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Videnov played college basketball ...
Carl English
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Brady Heslip
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Marko Banić
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Professional career
Banić has played with Zadar and Bilbao Berri. He was chosen as the EuroC ...
Bojan Bogdanović
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Dontaye Draper
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High school
Draped pla ...
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Davor Kus
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Player profile
Kus is known for his technical proficiency, precise passing ...
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Oliver Lafayette
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High school and college career
Lafayette attended Capitol High School i ...
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Davor Marcelić
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Damir Mulaomerović
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Professional career
Mulaomerović started his career with S ...
Zoran Planinić
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Early years
Planinić was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia. He started his basketball career at HKK Brotnjo Čitluk fr ...
Dino Rađa
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Josip Sesar
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Playing career
Sesar started training basketball when he was ten. He was 182 cm tall at the t ...
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Krunoslav Simon
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Professional career
After spending his youth years in KK Maksimir and KK Zrinjevac, Simon joined KK Zagreb ...
Dario Šarić
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Roko Ukić
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Josip Vranković
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Nikola Vujčić
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Andrija Žižić
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Ante Žižić
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Luka Žorić
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Professional career
In March 2011, Žorić received the award for Most Valuable Player of the NLB Adriatic ...
Czech Republic
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Jan Veselý
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Jiří Welsch
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Finland
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Teemu Rannikko
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Sasu Salin
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Professional career
On Augu ...
France
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Joffrey Lauvergne
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Léo Westermann
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Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot
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Gabon
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Stéphane Lasme
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Germany
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Maik Zirbes
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Sofoklis Schortsanitis
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An All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2011, Schortsanitis won the EuroLeague title ...
Márton Báder
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After starting his career in his homeland, Báder played in several countries including Slovenia, Croati ...
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István Németh
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Hungarian national team
Németh was a member of the Hungarian national team at the EuroBasket 1999.
See also
* List of foreign basketball players ...
Tal Burstein
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He played at the point guard position, and also as a swingman. He is 198 cm (6  ...
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Lior Eliyahu
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Yotam Halperin
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Guy Pnini
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Derrick Sharp
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He pla ...
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Gal Mekel
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He played college basketball for two years at Wichita Sta ...
Jamaica
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Kimani Ffriend
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College career
Ffriend played NCAA college basketball with the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1999 to 2001. Prior that, Ffriend ...
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Jerome Jordan
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Latvia
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Roberts Štelmahers
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Dāvis Bertāns
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Montenegro
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Milko Bjelica
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Professional career
He began his professional career with Crve ...
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Nebojša Bogavac
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Omar Cook
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Predrag Drobnjak
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Aleksandar Pavlović
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Nikola Peković
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Aloysius Anagonye
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Professional career
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Pero Antić
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Antić was a member and ...
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Todor Gečevski
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Professional career
While playing with ...
Vlado Ilievski
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Professional career
During his career, Ilievski played for KK Nemetali Og ...
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Bo McCalebb
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Gjorgji Čekovski
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Macedonian national team
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Predrag Samardžiski
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Professional career
Samardžiski started his career at K ...
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Damjan Stojanovski
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Aleksandar Kostoski
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Bojan Trajkovski
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Darko Sokolov
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Since beginning his professional career in 2002, Sokolov has ...
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Ognen Stojanovski
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Larry Ayuso
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Vule Avdalović
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National team career
As a member of the FR Yugosla ...
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Stefan Birčević
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Nemanja Bjelica
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Marko Gudurić
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Milan Gurović
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Tadija Dragićević
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Professional career
Dragićević grew up with the KK ...
Nikola Kalinić
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Kalinić began his career with Hajduk Split in his native Croatia before moving to English club Blackburn Rove ...
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Dušan Kecman
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Club ca ...
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Ognjen Kuzmić
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Nikola Lončar
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Milan Mačvan
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Boban Marjanović
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Dejan Milojević
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Dragan Milosavljević
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Luka Mitrović
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Miljan Pavković
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Kosta Perović
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Bojan Popović
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Miroslav Raduljica
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Igor Rakočević
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At a height of 1.94 m (6'4 ") tall, he played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, but ...
Duško Savanović
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Miloš Teodosić
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Milenko Tepić
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Professional career
Tepić began his ...
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Milenko Topić
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Playing career
A power forward, Topić spent most of his professional career playing in the YUBA League, representing Profikolor, BFC Beočin ...
Rade Zagorac
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Profess ...
Slovenia
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Sani Bečirovič
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Mirza Begić
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Jaka Blažič
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Jaka Lakovič
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Uroš Slokar
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Professional career
After playing two seasons in the Slovenian basketball league, Slokar ...
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Beno Udrih
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Gašper Vidmar
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Professional career
Vidmar played in youth categories of Geoplin Slovan in Slovenia. He m ...
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Jurij Zdovc
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Ender Arslan
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Hüseyin Beşok
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Professional career
A solid big man, ...
Emir Preldžić
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Matthew Bryan-Amaning
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Isaiah Austin
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Elton Brown
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Jordan Farmar
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James Gist
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Jamon Gordon
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Jamont Gordon
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Marcus Goree
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College career
Goree's collegiate team was the West Virginia University Mountaineers, where he played four seasons (109 games, starting 62), from 1996 to ...
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Will Hatcher
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High school career
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Kyle Hill
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Shawn James
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Curtis Jerrells
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High school
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Julius Johnson
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Acie Law
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Chester Mason
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Guard or guards may refer to:
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Adam Morrison
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Andre Owens
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High school and college basketball
A 6'4" (1.93 m) guard, he played competitively at Perry Meridian High School where he was an Indiana All-S ...
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Scoonie Penn
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Omar Thomas
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Early years
Thomas was born in Philadelphia.
Having taken the first steps to Strawberry Mansion High School and at Panola Junior College (Texas), ...
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Torey Thomas
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High school and college career
Thomas attended Trinity Catholic High School in ...
Rumeal Robinson
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David Simon
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He worked for '' The Baltimore Sun'' City Desk for twelve years (1982–95), wrote '' H ...
Kenyan Weaks
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Andrew Wisniewski
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College career
Wisniewski initially played for the St. Peter's Peacocks for the 1999–00 season, where he p ...
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List of current ABA Liga team rosters
Below is a list of current rosters of teams from ABA League First Division and ABA League Second Division, Second Division:
First Division rosters
Second Division rosters
See also
* List of current Basketball League of Serbia team rosters
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