Miodrag "Miško" Ražnatović ( sr-cyr, Миодраг Мишко Ражнатовић; born September 16, 1966) is a Serbian lawyer and sports agent and former professional

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player. He is the chairman, CEO, and founder of the

BeoBasket BeoBasket Ltd ( sr-Cyrl, БеоБаскет д.о.о.) is a Serbian full-service sports agency based in Belgrade. It is founded by lawyer and former professional basketball player Miško Ražnatović. The company has been recognized as the a ...

agency and

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-certified agent. As one of the most respected and influential basketball agents in the entire industry, Ražnatović negotiated and completed some of the biggest deals in

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basketball throughout the 2000s and 2010s.

Playing career

Ražnatović played for

Napredak Kruševac Napredak may refer to: *HKD Napredak, cultural society of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina *FK Napredak Kruševac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Aleksinac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Banatska Topola Fudbalski klub Napredak () is a f ...

, FMP, Radnički Belgrade,

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Legal career

Ražnatović earned his law degree from the

University of Belgrade Faculty of Law The Faculty of Law of the University in Belgrade ( sr, Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду/''Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu''), also known as the Belgrade Law School, is one of the first-tier educatio ...

in 1988. Four years later, he opened his own law firm and started his legal career. Also, he represented Serbian football manager

Radomir Antić Radomir Antić ( sr-Cyrl, Радомир Антић, ; 22 November 1948 – 6 April 2020) was a Serbian professional football manager and player. Following a 17-year playing career as a defender, most of which he spent playing at Partizan, wit ...

in his 2009 contract negotiations with Football Association of Serbia (FSS).

Basketball agent career

Through his agency

, Ražnatović mostly represents European basketball players and coaches as well as American players playing in Europe. He represents many of the highest-paid European basketball stars in EuroLeague. His notable clients include Nikola Jokić,

Boban Marjanović Boban Marjanović ( sr-Cyrl, Бобан Марјановић; born August 15, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also plays for the Serbian national basket ...

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, Goga Bitadze,

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Vladimir Lučić Vladimir Lučić ( sr, Владимир Лучић, born June 17, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Serbian national basketball team. ...

, Jan Vesely,

Nemanja Bjelica Nemanja Bjelica ( sr-cyr, Немања Бјелица, ; born 9 May 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Basketball Super League and EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Serbian national basketball team ...

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, Rodrigue Beabuois,

Billy Baron William James Baron (born December 11, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He is a 1.88 m (6'2") tall shooting guard. High school Baron attended and ...

, coach

Ergin Ataman Halil Ergin Ataman (born January 7, 1966) is a Turkish professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He also coaches the Turkey men's national basketball team. During ...

, coach

Saša Obradović Saša Obradović (Anglicized: Sasha Obradovic; sr-Cyrl, Саша Обрадовић, ; born 29 January 1969) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for AS Monaco of the French LNB Pro A Stan ...

, coach

Dejan Radonjić Dejan Radonjić ( sr-cyr, Дејан Радоњић; born February 2, 1970) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who last served as the head coach for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. St ...

, coach

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, coach

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, coach

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, etc. Ražnatović was additionally involved in the

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' transfer to Beşiktaş during the 2011 NBA lockout. In the 2017–18 EuroLeague season, BeoBasket represented 35 players, and they were the first-ranked agency. In the 2018–19 EuroLeague season, BeoBasket represented 43 players, and they were the first-ranked agency. In the 2019–20 EuroLeague season, BeoBasket represented 42 players, and they were again the first-ranked agency. In the

2020–21 EuroLeague The 2020–21 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 21st season of the modern era of the EuroLeague and the 11th under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, thi ...

season, BeoBasket represented 46 players, and they were again the first-ranked agency. In the

2021–22 EuroLeague The 2021–22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 22nd season of the modern era of the EuroLeague, and the 12th under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions C ...

season, BeoBasket represented total 52 players which was the new record and again, they were the first-ranked agency. Ražnatović represented many former NBA players: *

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* Jan Veselý * Joffrey Lauvergne *

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 * Paul Zipser *

Omar Cook Omar-Sharif Cook ( sr, Omar-Šarif Kuk / Омар-Шариф Кук; born January 28, 1982) is an American-Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League. He rep ...

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 ...

Pero Antić Pero Antić ( mk, Перо Антиќ, ; born July 29, 1982), is a North Macedonian basketball executive and former professional player. He currently serves as a president of the Basketball Federation of North Macedonia. Antić was a member and ...

Nenad Krstić Nenad Krstić ( sr-cyr, Ненад Крстић, born July 25, 1983) is a Serbian basketball executive and former professional player. He currently serves as the vice president of the Basketball Federation of Serbia, in charge of the men's basket ...

Jared Cunningham Jared Armon Cunningham (born May 22, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for Oregon State, where he was an All-Pac-12 first ...

Darrun Hilliard Darrun Hilliard II (born April 13, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague. Hilliard attended Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where ...

* DeMarcus Nelson *

Khyri Thomas Khyri Jaquan Thomas (born May 8, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for CB San Pablo Burgos of the Liga Española de Baloncesto (LEB Oro). He played college basketball for the Creighton Bluejays. He was drafted 38th overall by th ...

Ražnatović represents numerous active NBA players: *

* Goga Bitadze * Marko Simonović * Juan Toscano-Anderson * Nikola Jokić * Nikola Jović *

* Vlatko Čančar * Cedi Osman

References

External links

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at hoopsagents.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Raznatovic, Misko 1966 births Living people KK FMP (1991–2011) players KK Napredak Kruševac players KK Mega Basket Sportspeople from Kruševac BKK Radnički players Serbian expatriate basketball people in Montenegro 20th-century Serbian lawyers Serbian men's basketball players Serbian sports agents Serbian people of Montenegrin descent University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni Yugoslav men's basketball players 21st-century Serbian lawyers