Bojan Dubljević ( sr-Cyrl, Бојан Дубљевић; born 24 October 1991) is a Montenegrin professional

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player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Spanish

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. He also represents the senior Montenegrin national basketball team in national team competitions. Standing at 2.05 m (6 ft 8 in) tall barefoot, he plays at the

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and center positions.

Professional career

Dubljević started his career in 2009, with Lovćen Cetinje, and he played from 2010 to 2012, with Budućnost Podgorica, before signing with the

team Valencia Basket, on a three-year contract. In his first season at Valencia, Dubljević was named the EuroCup 2012–13 season Rising Star of the Year. In June 2013, he extended his contract with Valencia Basket through the 2015–16 season. The contract included an

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buyout clause, in the original amount of 1 million

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. The buyout amount, however, decreased to 200,000 euros in the summer of 2015. In 2017, he won his first Liga ACB championship with Valencia, after beating

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1–3 in the finals. Dubljević displayed a strong loyalty to Valencia. In 2018, he referred to playing for the club as his "dream" over going to the NBA. On 30 June 2023, Dubljević amicably parted ways with the Spanish club after eleven whole seasons together and on 10 July, he signed with Zenit Saint Petersburg of the

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. Dubljević left Valencia as the club's all-time leader in points and rebounds. On 2 July 2024, Dubljević signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the

NBA draft rights

The

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selected Dubljević in the

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, at 59th overall. In 2019, his draft rights were traded to the

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. On 9 February 2023, Dubljević's draft rights were traded to the

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in a four-team trade involving the Trail Blazers,

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and

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National team career

Dubljević played with the junior national teams of Montenegro, being a part of the All-Tournament team at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.MVP Mirotic Leads All Tournament Team.
FIBA Europe. 24 July 2011 With the senior Montenegrin national basketball team, Dubljević played at the 2013 EuroBasket and the 2017 EuroBasket.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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Awards and accomplishments

Valencia * EuroCup:

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

* Supercopa:

Individual * All-EuroCup First Team:

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

* EuroCup Rising Star:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

* All-ACB First Team: 2016–17, 2018–19 * All-ACB Second Team: 2017–18 * Spanish League Finals MVP:

Montenegrin junior national team * 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship: All-Tournament Team

References

External links

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