Dušan Domović Bulut ( sr-cyr, Душан Домовић Булyт; born 23 October 1985), is a Serbian professional

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player who is former world No. 1 ranked in men's individual 3x3 rankings by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). He plays for

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. He is widely considered to be the greatest 3x3 basketball player of all time.

Early life

Domović Bulut was born and raised in

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. His interest in basketball began at the age of nine. He soon began playing on courts around his neighborhood; back then, 3-on-3 basketball was essentially the only way the sport was played in the streets of the city.

3x3 career

Domović Bolut started to play at the FIBA 3X3 World Tour in August 2012. He plays for Serbian team

BIG3 career

On May 3, 2019, Domović Bulut was selected with the 24th overall pick by the Ball Hogs in the 2019 BIG3 draft. On June 21, 2019, it was announced that Bulut had to withdraw from playing in BIG3 after being allegedly threatened by

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with not being able to play in the Olympics if he didn't leave the league. On June 15, 2021, Bulut was selected with the 3rd overall pick by Power in the 2021 BIG3 draft. He plays for team

in the BIG3, 3-on-3

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National team career

Domović Bulut represents

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. He won two gold medals at the FIBA 3x3 World Championships,

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and

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and silver medal at the 2014 tournament in Russia. At the

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he won his 3rd gold medal for Serbia and was selected to the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017 Team of the Tournament.

Basketball career

Domović Bulut played basketball for his hometown teams

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and Vojvodina of the

Basketball League of Serbia B Second Men's League of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Друга мушка лига Србије, Druga muška liga Srbije), previously Basketball League of Serbia B, is the Serbian basketball league system, second-tier level men's professional basketball leag ...

(2nd tier). He also played for Kožuv in the

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Awards and accomplishments

* FIBA 3x3 World Tour winner: 3 (

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)

Individual

* 2x FIBA 3x3 World Cup MVP Award:

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* 2x FIBA 3x3 World Tour MVP Award:

FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships The FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup had its inaugural tournament in 2014 in Bucharest, Romania. There are two events in the championship, one men's event and one women's event. Each team has four players (three on court and one on the bench). The match is pla ...

MVP Award:

* 3x FIBA 3x3 World Cup Team of the tournament:

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Team of the tournament:

* FIBA 3x3 World's #1 player award: 2015 * FIBA 3x3 World Tour Most Spectacular Player: 2016, 2017, 2018 * Serbian B League Top Scorer: 2015

References

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