Dušan Ristić ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Ристић; born November 27, 1995) is a Serbian professional

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player for Lenovo Tenerife of the

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. He played college basketball for the

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Early career

Dušan grew up with Crvena zvezda youth team. Ristić made his debut with Zvezda second team Radnički FMP during the 2012–13 season. Ristić made his debut with the first team of

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 ...

during the 2013–14 ABA League season. He also played two games in the Euroleague. However, he decided not to sign professional contract with club. In January 2014, he went to Sunrise Christian Academy in

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College career

On March 8, 2014, Ristić, committed to play basketball for the

. On Twitter, he announced that he will play his senior year for the Wildcats and finish his education. During his senior season, he was a teammate with future NBA draft first overall pick

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, where Ristić was the starting center that year, while Ayton played as the starting power forward that year. He became the all-time winningest player in program history with 115 victories, surpassing Matt Muehlebach (1988–91) and Kaleb Tarczewski (2013–16) at 110 win. His senior year, Ristic was a second-team All-Pac-12 selection, and a member of the Pac-12 all-tournament team. He also became 28th Wildcat in Arizona history to score 1,000 points and grab 500 rebounds in a career.

College statistics

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Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Ristić was originally named a member of the

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, being reunited with Ayton in the process, but he later backed out on his decision there. On July 16, 2018, Ristić signed a three-year deal with Crvena zvezda. In July 2019, Ristić was loaned out to

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of the Kazakhstan Championship and the

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for the 2019–20 season. In July 2020, he returned to the Zvezda after his one-year loan. In July 2020, Ristić was loaned to Brescia Leonessa for the 2020–21 season. In January 2021, he was transferred from Brescia to Avtodor Saratov of the

for the rest of the 2020–21 season. In June 2021, Ristić signed for Urbas Fuenlabrada of the

. On December 28, 2022, he signed with Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish

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. On June 23, 2023, he signed with Lenovo Tenerife of the

Personal life

Ristić earned his bachelor's degree in

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and

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from the

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in 2018.

References

External links

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at aba-liga.com
Dušan Ristić
at draftexpress.com
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at euroleague.net

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