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

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(FIBA). He plays for Aliens and

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

Early life

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

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

BIG3 career

On May 3, 2019, Bulut was selected with the 24th overall pick by the Ball Hogs in the 2019

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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

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in the 2021

draft. He plays for team Aliens in the

, 3-on-3

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National team career

Bulut represents

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. He won two gold medals at the

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, 2012 in Greece 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

Bulut played basketball for his hometown teams

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and

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of the Basketball League of Serbia B (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

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Award:

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* 2x FIBA 3x3 World Tour

Award:

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Award:

* 3x

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

External links

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