Košarkaški klub Mega Basket ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашки клуб Мега Баскет), commonly referred to as KK Mega Basket or as Mega MIS due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional
basketball
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club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
based in
Belgrade
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, Serbia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the
Adriatic Basketball Association
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.
In addition to Belgrade, the club also played its home games in
Kruševac
Kruševac ( sr-cyr, Крушевац, , tr, Alacahisar or Kruşevca) is a city and the administrative center of the Rasina District in central Serbia. It is located in the valley of West Morava, on Rasina river. According to the 2011 census, t ...
(2012–13 season),
Smederevo
Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
According to ...
(2013–14 season), and
Sremska Mitrovica
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(2014–2019). The club participates in the
KLS and the
ABA League
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.
History
The Avala Ada era (1998–2005)
KK Avala Ada ( sr-cyr, КК Авала Ада) was established on 23 December 1998 by a group of basketball enthusiasts, all employed at the Avala Ada
packaging
Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be described as a co ...
factory located in the
Viline Vode
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Location
Viline Vode is located on the right bank of the Danube, stre ...
neighbourhood on the outskirts of Belgrade. Though implemented in late 1998, the idea of launching a full-fledged basketball club within the state-owned factory's legal framework had been present since summer 1995 on the heels of yet another participation of Avala Ada employees in basketball competitions at the Workers' Sporting Games (''Radničke sportske igre''; state-funded excursionary social, leisure, and
team building
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gatherings featuring semi-formal sporting competitions for employees within various industries). Even before 1995, Avala Ada employees had participated regularly at the Workers' Sporting Games, continually placing high against basketball select squads of other factories/companies within the packaging industry in
FR Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup
A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...
and even prior in
SFR Yugoslavia
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. Though the idea of launching a more formal and permanent basketball program within the factory had been bandied around since 1995, the immediate catalyst for its late 1998 formation turned out to be the factory basketball team's notable showing at the 1998 Workers' Sporting Games in
Divčibare
Divčibare ( sr-cyrl, Дивчибаре; ) is a town and mountain resort situated on the mountain Maljen (1104 m) in western Serbia, south-east of Valjevo, at the altitude of 980 metres above sea level. The permanent population of the town i ...
several months earlier during summer 1998. Furthermore, having already secured a steady revenue and regular customer base allowed the company to financially support such a venture outside of its regular business activity. Within months, Košarkaški klub Avala Ada (Avala Ada Basketball Club) was established as a legal entity within the Avala Ada sports society that was formed simultaneously.
With KK Avala Ada's club management appointed from the factory employee ranks—club president Veljko Grujić and sporting director Velimir Mihailović—coaching hires were made from outside the factory: young head coach
Miodrag "Miša" Perišić and his assistant Rade Orlović.
Players on the roster were also a mix of factory's employees and outside acquisitions: the team's first captain was the factory's commercial director Bratislav Gajić.
The newly-established club started out in the lowest rank of the
FR Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup
A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...
basketball system: Belgrade Municipal League, the so-called "
Concrete
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League" (''Beton liga''), fifth tier of competition in the country. In the early summer of 1999, the club won the Belgrade Municipal League (played outdoors only during summer), thus qualifying for the Serbian Second League (4th-tier competition on the FR Yugoslavia basketball pyramid). Playing the 1999–2000 season in the fourth-tier Serbian Second League, the Perišić-coached club set an ambitious goal of gaining promotion on its first try and succeeded.
The 2000–01 season was played in the third-tier Serbian First League, finishing third and barely missing out on promotion. Head coach Miša Perišić left the club after eventful two and a half years, taking the offer from the Serbian First League rivals KK Nova Pazova. The following 2001–02 season, Avala Ada finished third again, failing to gain promotion to the higher rank.
In the 2002–03 season, with Miša Perišić returning to the club as head coach, the club again missed promotion based on the league standing, however, it managed to qualify to the federal
First B League through playoffs in
Novi Bečej
Novi Bečej (, hu, Törökbecse) is a town and municipality located in the Central Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 13,133, while Novi Bečej municipality has 23,925 inhabitants.
Nam ...
, beating
Vrbas and KK Zeta.
Playing its first season, 2003–04, in the country-wide federal rank in the second-tier First B League (Serbian group), Avala Ada finished third thus missing promotion to the top league. Also, in 2003, Avala Ada packaging factory (founded in 1946) was privatized after 57 years of public ownership. Its new private owner Nebojša Šaranović was entirely not keen on continuing the financial support of a basketball club within his newly-acquired packaging factory asset and thus set about carving KK Avala Ada out of the factory's structure with the intention of selling it.
Before the start of the 2004–05 season, the most significant development in club's short history occurred—it was taken over by the
Miško Ražnatović
Miodrag "Miško" Ražnatović ( sr-cyr, Миодраг Мишко Ражнатовић; born September 16, 1966) is a Serbian lawyer and sports agent and former professional basketball player. He is the chairman, CEO, and founder of the BeoBas ...
-owned
BeoBasket
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The company has been recognized as the a ...
sports agency.
The Mega Basket era (2005–present)
Based on its performance in the 2004–05 season, Avala Ada managed to gain promotion to the
Serbia-Montenegro top-tier league. During the 2005–06 campaign, playing its very first top flight season, the club changed its name to KK Mega Basket on 19 December 2005.
At the same time, it signed a sponsorship deal with the
Smederevo
Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
According to ...
-based Ishrana food company, leading to the club competing as Mega Ishrana until 2007.
The team got relegated at the end of the 2005–06 season, however, the May 2006
Montenegrin independence referendum that meant that Montenegro would become a fully independent state also resulted in the basketball league being re-organized and Mega Ishrana remaining in
Serbia's top-tier basketball league.
Later, also via a naming-rights sponsorship deal, the club was called Mega Aqua Monta for the
2007–08 season, and Mega Hypo Leasing in the
2008–09 season.
In August 2009, before the start of the
2009–10 season, another Belgrade-based club
KK Vizura
Košarkaški klub Vizura ( sr-cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Визура), commonly referred to as KK Vizura, is a men's basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. The club plays in the 3rd-tier First Regional League of Serbia. Their home ...
merged into KK Mega Hypo Leasing, and the club was renamed KK Mega Vizura. In November 2014, the club changed its name to Mega Leks due to sponsorship reasons. In 2016, Mega Leks won its first trophy ever when it beat
KK Partizan
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86–80 in the
Serbian Cup Final. In 2017, the club changed its name to Mega Bemax due to sponsorship reasons.
On June 14, 2018, the club signed a contract on sports and technical cooperation with
OKK Beograd
Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd ( sr-cyr, Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competin ...
. Later that summer, on August 11, 2018, the club played a pre-season preparation game under
NCAA basketball rules against the most recent
NCAA tournament Southern Regional semifinalist
University of Kentucky men's basketball team at the
Imperial Arena
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on
Paradise Island
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in the
Bahamas
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, losing heavily 100–64. Some ten days later, on August 23, 2018, Mega played the
University of Michigan men's basketball team, recent
NCAA tournament runner-up, this time under
FIBA rules, in
Sant Julià de Vilatorta
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Catalonia
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,
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
and winning 81–73.
As an organization focused primarily on showcasing its roster and providing a springboard platform for player transfers to bigger clubs in Europe and the NBA, in summer 2019, Mega continued the pre-season practice of travelling to the Bahamas to face off against top U.S. collegiate teams in preparatory games. This time, it was two games against the
Texas Tech University basketball team, most recently the
NCAA tournament runner-up; Texas Tech won the first contest 94–92 on August 16, 2019 at Imperial Arena on Paradise Island while Mega won 73–76 four days later at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.
On September 15, 2020, the club changed its name to Mega Soccerbet for the 2020–21 season due to sponsorship reasons. On October 28, 2021, the club changed its name to Mega Mozzart for the 2021–22 season due to sponsorship reasons. In July 2022, the club changed its name to Mega MIS for the 2022–23 season due to sponsorship reasons.
Sponsorship naming
The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
* Mega Ishrana (2005–2007)
* Mega Aqua Monta (2007–2008)
* Mega Hypo Leasing (2008–2009)
* Mega Vizura (2009–2014)
* Mega Leks (2014–2017)
* Mega Bemax (2017–2020)
* Mega Soccerbet (2020–2021)
* Mega Mozzart (2021–2022)
* Mega MIS (2022–present)
Home arenas
![Hala sportova Novi Beograd](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Hala_sportova_Novi_Beograd.JPG)
Mega Basket plays their ABA League domestic home games at the
Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall
The Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall ( sr, Хала спортова Ранко Жеравица, Hala sportova Ranko Žeravica) is a multi-purpose sports arena located in the Belgrade municipality of New Belgrade.
Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall, rename ...
, located in the
Belgrade municipality of
New Belgrade
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. The arena, then named New Belgrade Sports Hall, was built in 1968. It has a seating capacity of 5,000. Mega Basket plays their BLS home matches at the Mega Factory Hall.
The club has had several home arenas through the years in four cities:
*
Šumice Hall,
Belgrade
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(2008–2009)
*
Vizura Sports Center
Vizura Sport Center was an indoor sports arena in Belgrade, Serbia.
Built in 2002 and located in the New Belgrade municipality on Tošin Bunar Street, it has a seating capacity for 1,500. The arena is licensed for professional basketball, volleyb ...
, Belgrade (2009–2012)
*
Kruševac Hall,
Kruševac
Kruševac ( sr-cyr, Крушевац, , tr, Alacahisar or Kruşevca) is a city and the administrative center of the Rasina District in central Serbia. It is located in the valley of West Morava, on Rasina river. According to the 2011 census, t ...
(2012–2013)
*
Smederevo Hall
Smederevo Hall ( sr, Дворана Смедерево, Dvorana Smederevo) is an indoor arena in Smederevo, Serbia. It was finished in June 2009, for 2009 Summer Universiade. The hall is located within the SC Smederevo. It is the home arena of ...
,
Smederevo
Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
According to ...
(2013–2014)
* Pinki Hall,
Sremska Mitrovica
Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, hu, Szávaszentdemeter, la, Sirmium) is a city and the administrative center of the Srem District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank ...
(2014–2019)
* Mega Factory Hall, Belgrade (2017–present)
*
Ranko Žeravica Hall, Belgrade (2014–2015, 2019–present)
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Players at the NBA draft
Coaches
; Avala Ada
* Miodrag Perišić (1999–2001)
* Miodrag Perišić (2002–2004)
* Boško Đokić
Boško Đokić ( sr-cyr, Бошко Ђокић; 26 October 1953 – 26 January 2019) was a Serbian professional basketball coach and journalist.
Coaching career
Đokić coached teams in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Russia.
Between ...
(2005)
* Miodrag Kadija
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Coaching career
Kadij ...
(2005)
* Oliver Popović
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Playing career
He was a Yugoslav champion (1987, 1989, and 1998) and Cup holder (1989), silver medalist of ...
(2005)
; Mega Basket
* Vlade Đurović
Vlade Đurović ( sr-cyr, Владе Ђуровић; born 16 May 1948) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player.
Early life
Born in 1948 to Bosnian Serb parents Danilo Đurović from Sokolac and Mileva Cerović from Rogatica ...
(2005–2006)
* Oliver Popović
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Playing career
He was a Yugoslav champion (1987, 1989, and 1998) and Cup holder (1989), silver medalist of ...
(2006–2007)
* Mihailo Uvalin (2007)
* Dragiša Šarić
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Career Club career
Šarić played for several clubs in his country, most notably with the KK Partizan generation tha ...
(2007)
* Aleksandar Kesar
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Coaching career
...
(2007–2008)
* Mihailo Uvalin (2008–2009)
* Miodrag Rajković (2009–2010)
* Vlada Vukoičić
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Coaching career
Vukoičić was 19 years old in 1994 when he began workin ...
(2010–2012)
* Dejan Milojević
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(2012–2020)
* Vlada Jovanović
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Early car ...
(2020–2022)
* Marko Barać
Marko Barać ( sr-cyr, Марко Бараћ; born 18 March 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball coach for Mega Basket of the ABA League.
Coaching career
In 2009, Barać joined a youth system of Superfund as an assistant coach. In 2011, ...
(2022–present)
Season-by-season
Trophies and awards
Trophies
*Serbian League
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History
1992–1995
In the summer of ...
**''Runners-up (1)'': 2020–21
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*Serbian Cup
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From 2006 to 2010, the competition was known as the Lav Cup ...
:*Winners (1): 2016
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:*''Runners-up (3)'': 2014
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, 2015
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, 2021
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*Adriatic League
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**''Runners-up (1)'': 2015–16
*Balkan League
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**''3rd place (1)'': 2008–09
Individual awards
* Serbian First League MVP (1):
** Boban Marjanović
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– 2013
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* Serbian Super League MVP (1):
** Boban Marjanović
Boban Marjanović ( sr-Cyrl, Бобан Марјановић; born August 15, 1988) is a Serbs, Serbian professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also plays for the Serbia national bas ...
– 2013
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* Serbian Cup MVP (2):
** Vasilije Micić
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– 2014
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** Nikola Ivanović
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Professional career Early career
Ivanovi ...
– 2016
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*Adriatic League MVP
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(2):
** Nikola Jokić
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– 2015
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** Filip Petrušev
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– 2021
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*Adriatic League Top Scorer
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(1):
** Filip Petrušev
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– 2021
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* Adriatic League Top Prospect (2):
** Filip Petrušev
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– 2021
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** Nikola Jović
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...
– 2022
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Management and staff
Current officeholders are:
* President: Vladimir Mihailović
* General manager
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: Goran Ćakić
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Playing career
Ćakić was selected to play at 2000 Nike Hoop Summit in Indianapolis. ...
* Team manager: Novica Veličković
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Current head coaches are:
* Senior team: Marko Barać
Marko Barać ( sr-cyr, Марко Бараћ; born 18 March 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball coach for Mega Basket of the ABA League.
Coaching career
In 2009, Barać joined a youth system of Superfund as an assistant coach. In 2011, ...
* U18 and U19 teams: Dragoljub Avramović
Dragoljub Avramović ( sr-cyr, Драгољуб Аврамовић; born 10 February 1979) is a Serbian professional basketball coach in the Mega Basket youth system.
Coaching career
Since 2010, Avramović coached youth systems of Belgrade-ba ...
* U16 team: Petar Radonjić
Notable players
* Danilo Anđušić
Danilo Anđušić ( sr, Данило Анђушић; born 22 April 1991) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He has also represented the Serbian national b ...
* Nemanja Dangubić
Nemanja Dangubić ( sr, Немања Дангубић, born 13 April 1993) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 54th ove ...
* Tadija Dragićević
Tadija Dragićević ( sr-cyr, Тадија Драгићевић; born 28 January 1986) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Standing at , he played the power forward position.
Professional career
Dragićević grew up with the KK ...
* Stevan Jelovac
Stevan Jelovac ( sr, Стеван Јеловац; 8 July 19895 December 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player.
Professional career
Jelovac started his senior career with Vizura. On 25 August 2009, he signed with Mega Vizura. On 7 ...
* Nikola Jokić
Nikola Jokić ( sr-cyr, Никола Јокић, (); born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays the center position. A four-time NBA All-Sta ...
* Nikola Jović
Nikola Jović ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Јовић, ; born 9 June 2003) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected 27th overall by the Heat in the 2022 NBA draft.
...
* Marko Kešelj
Marko Kešelj ( sr-cyr, Марко Кешељ, born January 2, 1988) is a Serbian politician and retired professional basketball player serving as the state secretary in the Ministry of Sports since 4 November 2022. He previously served as a membe ...
* Nemanja Krstić
Nemanja Krstić ( sr-cyr, Немања Крстић, born March 2, 1993) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Kapfenberg Bulls of the Austrian Basketball Superliga. He also represent the Serbian national basketball team in the internat ...
* Sava Lešić
Sava Lešić ( sr-cyr, Сава Лешић, born February 23, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Borac Čačak of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League.
Professional career
Lešić played for youth systems of KK Po ...
* Boban Marjanović
Boban Marjanović ( sr-Cyrl, Бобан Марјановић; born August 15, 1988) is a Serbs, Serbian professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also plays for the Serbia national bas ...
* Vasilije Micić
Vasilije Micić ( sr-cyr, Василије Мицић, born 13 January 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Serbian national basket ...
* Dragan Milosavljević
Dragan Milosavljević ( sr-cyr, Драган Милосављевић; born May 11, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Igokea, Igokea of the ABA League. He also represented the Serbia national basketball team, Serbian nationa ...
* Dejan Musli
Dejan Musli ( sr-cyr, Дејан Мусли; born January 3, 1991) is a Serbian professional basketball player for MoraBanc Andorra of the Liga ACB. Standing at , he plays at the center position.
Professional career
FMP
In the youth Musli won t ...
* Ivan Paunić
Ivan Paunić ( sr-cyr, Иван Паунић; born January 27, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Russian team PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban, Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League, and of the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup until the team ...
* Filip Petrušev
Filip Petrušev ( sr-cyr, Филип Петрушев; born April 15, 2000) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Listed at ...
* Aleksandar Rašić
* Boriša Simanić
Boriša Simanić ( sr-cyr, Бориша Симанић, born 20 March 1998) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. He also represents the Serbian national team internationally.
Playing career Crven ...
* Jovo Stanojević
Jovan "Jovo" Stanojević (Cyrillic: Јово Станојевић; born 27 September 1977) is a Serbian former professional basketball player.
Professional career
Stanojević began his professional career at the age of 16, playing with Vojvodina ...
* Stefan Stojačić
Stefan Stojačić (; born February 20, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player.
His younger brother, Strahinja Stojačić, is also a basketball player. They played together in the 2010–11 season with Radnički Kragujevac.
Profession ...
* Milenko Tepić
Milenko Tepić ( sr, Миленко Тепић; born February 27, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. He is 2.02 m (6 ft 7.5 in) tall, and a combo guard-point forward.
Professional career
Tepić began his ...
* Novica Veličković
Novica Veličković ( sr-cyr, Новица Величковић; born 5 October 1986) is a Serbian former professional basketball player who is the team manager for Mega Basket of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League. He also repr ...
* Rade Zagorac
Rade Zagorac ( sr-cyr, Раде Загорац; born 12 August 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he mainly plays at the small forward position.
Profess ...
* Stefan Glogovac
* Aleksandar Lazić
* Ratko Varda
Ratko Varda ( sr-cyr, Ратко Варда; born May 6, 1979) is a Serbian-Bosnian former basketball player who played professionally for 22 years. Standing at , he played the center position. He first represented FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montene ...
* Danko Branković
* Karlo Matković
Karlo Matković (born 30 March 2001) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G League. He represents the Croatia national team internationally.
Early career
In 2017, Matković participated in the Jorda ...
* Ivica Zubac
Ivica Zubac (; ; born 18 March 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round in the 2016 NBA draft. He ...
* Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot (; born 9 May 1995) is a French professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He was selected with the 24th overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the ...
* Adam Mokoka
* Goga Bitadze
Goga Bitadze ( ka, გოგა ბითაძე; born 20 July 1999) is a Georgian professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at and 250 lbs (113 kg), he plays the center position ...
* Kostja Mushidi
Kostja Kalonda Didier Mushidi (born June 18, 1998) is a German professional basketball player for Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).
Born in Belgium to a Belgian mother and a Russian father, Mushidi moved to Germany with his f ...
* Vlado Janković
Vladimir "Vlado" Janković ( gr, Βλαδίμηρος "Βλάντο" Γιάνκοβιτς, Vladimiros "Vlando" Yankovits, sr, Владимир "Владо" Јанковић; born March 3, 1990) is a Greek-Serbian professional basketball player fo ...
* Alpha Kaba
Alpha Kaba (born 29 January 1996) is a French-Guinean professional basketball player for Budućnost VOLI in the Prva A Liga and the ABA League. He plays for the Guinea national basketball team.
Career
He spent the early parts of his career at ...
* Dylan Ennis
Dylan Jonathan Ennis (, born December 26, 1991) is a Canadian-born Jamaican-American-Serbian professional basketball player for Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the Basketball Champions League. He played college basketb ...
* Nikola Ivanović
Nikola Ivanović (born February 19, 1994) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position.
Professional career Early career
Ivanovi ...
* Danilo Nikolić
* Nikola Peković
Nikola Peković (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Пековић; born 3 January 1986) is a Montenegrin businessman, basketball executive and former professional player who is the current president of the Basketball Federation of Montenegro. He beg ...
* Kendrick Perry
Kendrick Perry (born December 23, 1992) is an American- Montenegrin professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Spanish Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League. He played college basketball at Youngstown State University.
High school c ...
* Petar Popović
* Nemanja Radović
Nemanja Radović (; born November 11, 1991) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for UCAM Murcia of the Liga ACB. He can play both small forward and Power forward (basketball), power forward positions.
References
External links
Adria ...
* Marko Simonović
* Corey Webster
Corey Jonas Webster (born March 2, 1982) is a former American football cornerback who played for the New York Giants. He was drafted by the Giants in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft and later won two Super Bowls with the team, both over ...
* Aleksander Balcerowski
Aleksander Roman "Olek" Balcerowski (born 19 November 2000) is a Polish professional basketball player for Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB. Also, he represents Poland national team internationally.
Playing career
Balcerowski started care ...
* Samson Ruzhentsev
Samson Ruzhentsev (russian: Самсон Руженцев; born 23 October 2001) is a Russian professional basketball player for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the Florida Gators.
Early career
Ruzhentsev pl ...
* Vlatko Čančar
* Duşan Çantekin
International record
References
External links
*
Club Profile
at aba-liga.com
Club Profile
at eurobasket.com
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