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Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Црвена звезда; Basketball Club Red Star) is a professional basketball

Basketball

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club

Sports club

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based in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. Its name Crvena zvezda means Red Star and it's part of the Red Star Belgrade sports society (polideportivo).

KK Crvena Zvezda participates domestically in the Sinalco Superleague which determines which Serbian teams will compete in the Euroleague

Euroleague

Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...

and which will compete in the Eurocup. Red Star also domestically competes in Serbia's domestic cup tournament, the Radivoj Korać

Radivoj Korac

Radivoj Korać , sometimes also Radivoje, was a successful Serbian basketball player from Yugoslavia....

Cup, which is named after a legendary player. KK Crvena zvezda is a part of the Adriatic Basketball Association and competes in the NLB League

NLB League

Liga ABA, also known as Adriatic League, until September 2011 known as the NLB Liga ABA for sponsorship reasons, is a top-level regional basketball league, featuring teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Israel, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.The league exists alongside scaled-down national...

.

KK Crvena zvezda plays all home matches in the Pionir Hall

Pionir Hall

Pionir Hall, or Pionir Arena is a sports arena in Belgrade, Serbia, located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula...

, built in 1973, with a capacity of 8,150 seats. Zvezda's main rival, KK Partizan

KK Partizan

Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague....

is this arena's other tenant.

Crvena zvezda's fans are known as Delije

Delije

Delije roughly translated to English as Heroes is an umbrella name referring to the supporters of various sports clubs that compete under Red Star Belgrade Sports Society banner....

History

When the subject of great teams in the cradle of European basketball arises, the name of Red Star Belgrade is always a part of the discussion. As one of the most-crowned teams in the former Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

, Red Star has always commanded attention wherever it plays.

Early years and ten consecutive championship titles (1940s and 1950s)

By winning the first of ten consecutive championship titles after the Second World War

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, the golden age of Red Star began. No domestic national selection could be imagined without seven or eight Red Star basketball players and the first quintet featured Nebojša Popović

Nebojša Popovic

Nebojša Popović was a Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator...

, Tulio Roklicer, Aleksandar Gec, Ladislav Demšar and Srđa Kalember. Their style was unique, they made basketball popular in Serbia and achieved first international results for former Yugoslavia, playing in an open-air court at Kalemegdan

Kalemegdan

Belgrade Fortress , represent old citadel and Kalemegdan Park on the confluence of the River Sava and Danube, in an urban area of modern Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad...

fortress Upper Town. The greatness of this team cannot be disputed. They were pioneers of Yugoslavian basketball who achieved amazing results, entertaining the audience with their game style, just as with their squad harmony both on and off the court. After a decade filled with nothing but success, game scores started to decline, generation shift arrived and it took Red Star fourteen long years to win another trophy.

A giant reborn (late 1960s and 1970s)

That long awaited eleventh title was won in the 1968-69 season, when Red Star won all six games against Jugoplastika

KK Split

KK Split , KK Split CO for sponsorship relations is a basketball club from Split, Croatia. Currently, KK Split competes in the A-1 Liga and Krešimir Ćosić Cup.-History:...

, Zadar

KK Zadar

KK Zadar is a Croatian professional basketball team from the city of Zadar playing in the A-1 Liga.Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment...

and Partizan

KK Partizan

, therefore proving to be better than all three fierce rivals. Led by Vladimir Cvetković

Vladimir Cvetković

Vladimir Cvetković is a Serbian former basketball player and sports administrator. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 13 seasons. With Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships and 1 National Cup. He spent his whole career with KK Crvena zvezda....

, the title was won by Kapičić

Dragan Kapičić

Dragan Kapičić is a Serbian retired basketball player.He played with Red Star Belgrade. With Red Star Belgrade he won two National Championships, three National Cups and one Saporta Cup...

, Lazarević, Sarjanović, Simonović

Ljubodrag Simonović

Ljubodrag "Duci" Simonović, PhD is a Serbian retired basketball player and author. He played with Red Star Belgrade, with which he won two National Championships, three Radivoj Korać National Cups and one Saporta Cup. From 1976 to 1978, he played for 1. FC 01 Bamberg in the German Basketball...

, Skulić, Slavnić

Zoran Slavnić

Zoran "Moka" Slavnić is a Serbian retired basketball player and current coach. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 10 senior seasons. One of the best European point gards of all time. With KK Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships, 3 National Cups and one Saporta Cup. He also won ACB with...

, Pavlović, Đurić, Todosijević, Vučinić and Kapetanović. At that time, they were the youngest championship winning team in Yugoslavian basketball.

The twelfth title was won in the 1971-72 season, after which Zvezda's league success deteriorated gradually. In the 70s the club won the national cup three times, and most of the work in those years was done by Slavnić, Simonović, Kapičić, Vučinić and Živković. This generation of players definitely failed to certify their talent by winning only two national championships and three national cups, although they were widely considered capable of achieving much more.

Continental competitions (1970s and 1980s)

Red Star also had significant international success, having played in five continental cup finals so far.

Zvezda lost the first Cup Winners' Cup

Saporta Cup

Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, where the National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe...

finals to Italian Olimpia Simental

Olimpia Milano

Olimpia Milano is a Lega Basket Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" because team officials imported from the United States red...

in 1972 by a score of 70:74. Then, in 1974, they defeated Zbrojevka from Czechoslovakia by a score of 86:75. This team's third finals in the Cup Winners' Cup were lost to Spartak Leningrad by a score of 62:63 in 1975. In the club's first Korać Cup

Korac Cup

The Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup...

finals, in Paris in 1984, French Élan

Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez

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won by a 73:67 score. In the Korać Cup second finals in 1998 Zvezda played two matches with Mash Verona from Italy. They triumphed in the away match with 74:68 score, but lost the home match by 64:73. With the total score being 138:141, the precious trophy wasn't won.

Another comeback (1990s)

Early 1990s were marked by play-off finals with arch-rivals Partizan in 1992 they lost final series led by coach Dušan Vujošević. The thirteenth championship title was won after a gap of no less than 21 years, in 1993. In the fifth match of the playoff finals Zvezda beat fierce rivals and co-tenants Partizan. The players who won that championship title are: Obradović

Saša Obradovic

Saša Obradović is a retired Serbian professional basketball player who spent his career in Europe. With KK Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships. Obradović was the head coach of BC Kyiv, he left the club due to the drastic cuts in clubs budget...

, Ilić, Jovanović, Marinković, Jovanović, Lisica, Tomašević

Dejan Tomaševic

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, Vidačič, Trifunović

Aleksandar Trifunovic (basketball)

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, Cvetković

Rastko Cvetković

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, Kaličanin, Stojaković

Predrag Stojakovic

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(then only a youngster) and Jovanović. In the next season Red Star won its fourteenth national championship title literally without any problems. In the playoff finals Partizan was beaten by 4:1 overall.

Zvezda won the championship for the fifteenth time in 1998. In those playoff finals Red Star beat FMP Železnik

KK FMP

KK FMP , also known as FMP Železnik, is a defunct Serbian basketball club.Based in the Belgrade's neighborhood of Železnik, the club continually posts notable results every competition it competes in...

by an overall score of 3:1. The main star of that team was without any doubt Yugoslavian national team power forward Milenko Topić

Milenko Topić

Milenko Topić is a retired Serbian basketball player who played at the power forward position. He played for several clubs in his country and abroad, most notably with KK Hemofarm. Topić was also a member of the FR Yugoslavia national team at four major tournaments during the 1990s.-External...

, and other influential players were Rakočević

Igor Rakocevic

Igor Rakočević is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Montepaschi Siena. He can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is 1.94 m tall...

, Popović

Oliver Popović

Oliver Popović is retired Serbian/Yugoslav basketball player, currently working as basketball coach. Yugoslav champion and Cup holder , silver medalist of Russian and Greek basketball championships; bronze medalist of 1988 European Champions' Cup, winner of 1989 Korać Cup and 2003 NEBL;...

and Bolić.

Last ten years (2000s)

In the early part of 2002, the club got a complete new management. Individuals from the political and business milieu close to ruling Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Serbia)

The Democratic Party is a political party in Serbia. It is described as a social liberal or social democratic party.-Pre-war history:The Democratic Party was established on 16 February 1919 from unification of Sarajevo parties independent radicals, progressives, liberals and the Serbian part of...

, such as Živorad Anđelković (nicknamed Žika Pauk), Goran Vesić, and Igor Žeželj, took over key positions in the club. From summer 2002 onwards, the project called evropska Zvezda (European Red Star) was thought up in order to slowly and methodically return the club on the path of its former glory. To that end, the club hired Slovenia

Slovenia

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n coach Zmago Sagadin

Zmago Sagadin

Zmagoslav "Zmago" Sagadin , whose first name in Slovene means "winner", is a legendary Slovenian basketball coach. He is also a founder of Slovenia's first national basketball team and co-founder of the Adriatic Basketball League...

who became the organizational centerpiece at the club. In his first season Sagadin did not actually coach the team (that role was given to Aleksandar Trifunović

Aleksandar Trifunovic (basketball)

), but he did make all the important personnel decisions in the role of a sport director. Under Sagadin's guidance Red Star entered Adriatic League at the beginning od 2002/03 season. In August 2003, ahead of the 2003/04 season, Sagadin took over the coaching duties formally as well. Despite all the efforts, the club did not manage to win any major trophies in this period, and in November 2004 Sagadin got fired.

In the last couple of years the club is struggling to get back on a winning streak, and managed to win the 2003 and 2006 national cup (Radivoj Korać Cup) finals. The first of them was held in Novi Sad, where Zvezda beat the national champion Partizan, then the host Vojvodina

KK Vojvodina

KK Vojvodina Srbijagas is a professional basketball club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently participates in the Basketball League of Serbia...

and, finally, Refleks

KK FMP

from Železnik. All three matches were won in overtime, which is something to remember, especially when it is known that those matches were played without some of the best players, including the team captain Igor Rakočević

Igor Rakocevic

Igor Rakočević is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Montepaschi Siena. He can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is 1.94 m tall...

who missed the final match. Besides Rakočević, the cup was won by Jeretin

Goran Jeretin

Goran Jeretin is a Montenegrin professional basketball player who plays for Artland Dragons.-Basketball career:...

, Radivojević

Vuk Radivojević

Vuk Radivojević is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently playing with Red Star Belgrade....

, Dozet, Mirković, Richardson

Norman Richardson

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, Bjelica

Milko Bjelica

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, Đurić, Dragojlović, Bogdanović

Luka Bogdanović

Luka Bogdanović is a Serbian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Spanish club Cajasol Sevilla.-External links:* at acb.com* at euroleague.net* at adriaticbasket.com...

, Vitkovac

Cedomir Vitkovac

Čedomir Vitkovac is a Serbian professional basketball player. He currently plays for KK Igokea.-Career:Vitkovac began his professional career with KK Napredak Kruševac in 1999. In the summer of 2003, he moved to KK Crvena zvezda where he played for three seasons. In October 2006, he moved to KK...

and Nešović. The 2006 cup was won in Belgrade when Zvezda won superiorly against Hemofarm

KK Hemofarm

Košarkaški klub Hemofarm is a professional basketball club from Vršac, Serbia. The club currently participates in the Adriatic League and Serbian League...

by 80:65. The team was coached by Dragan Šakota

Dragan Šakota

Dragan Šakota ; born June 16, 1952 in Belgrade) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current coach...

and featured the likes of Jeretin, Gurović

Milan Gurovic

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, Henderson

Gerrod Henderson

Gerrod Dewayne Henderson is an American professional basketball player.He played for Panionios, Hemofarm, Crvena zvezda, Anwil Włocławek and Azovmash Mariupol.-References:...

, Raičević

Miroslav Raicevic

Miroslav Raičević also known as Miroslav Marinos-Raitsevits is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball player. He plays as both a power forward and center. He is 2.08 m in height and he weighs 106 kg .-Pro career:Raičević began his career playing with the youth teams of the Budućnost Peć...

, O'Bannon

Larry O'Bannon

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, Milošević

Igor Milosevic

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, Subotić, Mišanović

Nenad Mišanovic

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, Dragojlović, Vitkovac

Cedomir Vitkovac

, Radivojević

Vuk Radivojević

Vuk Radivojević is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently playing with Red Star Belgrade....

and Antić

Pero Antić

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Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserves	Injured
C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...	Mile Ilić Mile Ilic Mile Ilić is a Serbian professional basketball player formerly of the New Jersey Nets of the NBA. Ilić, a 7 ft 1 in tall center, was drafted by the Nets in 2005 as the 43rd overall pick, and began his rookie season in 2006-07....	Petar Popović	Uroš Nikolić Uroš Nikolić Uroš Nikolić is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently playing with Red Star Belgrade....
PF Power forward (basketball) Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...	Bojan Subotić	Nikola Marković			Bojan Radetić
SF Small forward The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...	Andreja Milutinović Andreja Milutinović Andreja Milutinović is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently playing with Red Star Belgrade....	Sava Lešić
SG Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...	Nemanja Nedović Nemanja Nedović Nemanja Nedović is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently playing with Red Star Belgrade....	Branko Lazić		Nikola Vasić Nikola Vasić Nikola Vasić is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently on a tryout with Red Star Belgrade....
PG Point guard Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...	Bojan Popović Bojan Popovic Bojan Popović is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is a 1.91 m tall point guard, currently playing as a starter at Red Star Belgrade.-Professional career:Popović is a product of FMP's youth system...	Filip Čović Filip Čović Filip Čović is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently playing with Red Star Belgrade.A product of FMP's youth system, Filip spent 5 years playing for their senior side....	Aleksandar Cvetković Aleksandar Cvetković Aleksandar Cvetković is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently playing with Red Star Belgrade....		Vuk Radivojević Vuk Radivojević Vuk Radivojević is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently playing with Red Star Belgrade....

Achievements and titles

European Cup Winner's Cup
Saporta Cup
Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, where the National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe...

: 1
Winners (1): 1973-74
Runners-up (2): 1971-72
European Cup Winner's Cup Basketball 1971-72
-Group A:-Group B:-Semifinals:-Final:- External links :*...

, 1974-75

Korać Cup
Korac Cup
The Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup...

:
Runners-up (2): 1983-84, 1997-98

National Championships: 15
- 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1969, 1972, 1993, 1994, 1998

National Cups: 6
- 1971, 1973, 1975, 2004, 2006

Notable former players

Nemanja Bjelica

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Luka Bogdanović

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Zlatko Bolić Vladimir Cvetković

Vladimir Cvetković

Dražen Dalipagić

Dražen Dalipagic

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Ladislav Demšar Vlade Divac

Vlade Divac

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Tadija Dragićević

Tadija Dragicevic

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Nemanja Đurić Aleksandar Gec Milan Gurović

Milan Gurovic

Nebojša Ilić Slobodan Janković

Slobodan Jankovic

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Srđan Kalember Dragan Kapičić

Dragan Kapičić

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Marko Kešelj

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Dragan Lukovski

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Saša Obradović

Saša Obradovic

Nebojša Popović

Nebojša Popovic

Nebojša Popović was a Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator...

Branislav Prelević

Branislav Prelevic

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Vladimir Radmanović

Vladimir Radmanovic

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Zoran Radović

Zoran Radovic

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Miroslav Raičević

Miroslav Raicevic

Igor Rakočević

Igor Rakocevic

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Tulio Roklicer Ljubodrag Simonović

Ljubodrag Simonović

Zoran Slavnić

Borislav Stanković

Borislav Stankovic

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Predrag Stojaković

Predrag Stojakovic

Dragan Tarlać

Dragan Tarlac

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Dejan Tomašević

Dejan Tomaševic

Milenko Topić

Aleksandar Trifunović

Aleksandar Trifunovic (basketball)

Miloš Vujanić

Miloš Vujanic

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Rajko Žižić

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Steven Marković

Steven Markovic

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Elmedin Kikanović

Elmedin Kikanovic

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Pero Antić

Pero Antić is a Macedonian professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 10 ¾ in in height and plays at the power forward and center positions.-Pro career:...

Boris Bakić

Boris Bakic

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Milko Bjelica

Omar Cook

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Goran Jeretin

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Obinna Ekezie

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Antonio Burks

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Gerrod Henderson

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Ricardo Marsh Adam Morrison

Adam Morrison

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Larry O'Bannon

Larry O'Bannon is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays with the club Boca Juniors. He stands 1.94 m tall and he plays at the shooting guard position.-Early life:...

Andre Owens

Andre Owens is an American professional basketball player.A 6'4" guard, he played competitively at Perry Meridian High School where he was an Indiana All-Star in his senior season. Owens attended Indiana University and then transferred to the University of Houston...

Scoonie Penn

James "Scoonie" Donell Penn is an American professional basketball player. He plays at the point guard position. His height is 5 ft 11 in and he weighs 180 pounds.-Amateur career:...

Mike Taylor

Mike Taylor (basketball)

Michael Rene "Mike" Taylor is an American professional basketball player.-College basketball:Collegiately, Taylor played three seasons for Chipola College and Iowa State University , leading the latter team in scoring with 16.0 points per game...

Jahmar Young Andrew Wisniewski

Andrew Wisniewski

Andrew Wisniewski is an American professional basketball player. He plays at the point guard position for Turkish side Efes Pilsen.-Playing career:...

Players on the NBA Draft
NBA Draft
The NBA Draft is an annual event in which the thirty teams from the National Basketball Association can draft players who are eligible and wish to join the league. These players are usually amateur U.S. college basketball players, but international players are also eligible to be drafted...

Igor Rakočević

Igor Rakocevic

Igor Rakočević is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Montepaschi Siena. He can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is 1.94 m tall...

- 2nd round, 51st overall on 2000 NBA Draft

2000 NBA Draft

The 2000 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2000 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Until 2011, it was the last draft held at the home arena of an NBA team; the following and subsequent drafts have all taken place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. This draft is...

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Minnesota Timberwolves

The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor...

Tadija Dragićević

Tadija Dragicevic

Tadija Dragićević is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently plays with Angelico Biella....

- 2nd round, 53st overall on 2008 NBA Draft

2008 NBA Draft

The 2008 NBA Draft was held on June 26, 2008 at the Washington Mutual Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, including...

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Utah Jazz

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Nemanja Bjelica

- 2nd round, 35st overall on 2010 NBA Draft

2010 NBA Draft

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Washington Wizards

The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...

Coaching history

See: List of Red Star Belgrade basketball coaches

Notable coaches:
Vladislav Lučić

Vladislav Lučić

Vladislav "Lale" Lučić is a retired Serbian basketball coach.-Biography:He won 2 National Championships with Red Star Belgrade in 1992/93 and 1993/94 season and National Cup with KK Partizan in 1998/99 season. He was also head coach of Germany at Eurobasket 1995 and Eurobasket 1997.-References:...

Božidar Maljković

Božidar Maljkovic

Božidar "Boža" Maljković is a Serbian basketball coach, one of the most successful in Europe, having won a title with practically all clubs he trained, including four Euroleague titles with three different clubs...

(1981-86, assistant) Aleksandar Nikolić

Aleksandar Nikolic

Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić was a renowned Bosnian Serb basketball player and coach from Yugoslavia. He is considered to be so instrumental and important to the game's development in the country that he is often referred to as the Father of Yugoslav basketball...

Svetislav Pešić

Svetislav Pešic

Svetislav Pešić Svetislav Pešić (Светислав Пешић) Svetislav Pešić (Светислав Пешић) (born August 28, 1949 in Pirot, Serbia, is former Serbian professional basketball player and a present day Serbian basketball coach. He is the current coach of BC Red Star.-Playing career:...

Nebojša Popović

Nebojša Popovic

Nebojša Popović was a Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator...

Zmago Sagadin

Ranko Žeravica

Ranko Žeravica is a retired Serbian basketball coach.- Club level :On the club level, he has coached:...

Individual awards

Basketball Hall of Fame
Basketball Hall of Fame
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Aleksandar Nikolić

Aleksandar Nikolic

Borislav Stanković

Borislav Stankovic

FIBA Hall of Fame
FIBA Hall of Fame
FIBA Hall of Fame honors basketball players, coaches and administrators who have contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA in 1991. It includes the "Samaranch Library", the biggest basketball library in the world that, as of 2007, has over 10,000 basketball...

Ranko Žeravica

Ranko Žeravica

Ranko Žeravica is a retired Serbian basketball coach.- Club level :On the club level, he has coached:...

Aleksandar Nikolić

Aleksandar Nikolic

Nebojša Popović

Nebojša Popovic

Nebojša Popović was a Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator...

Borislav Stanković

Borislav Stankovic

50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
The 50 Greatest Contributors in Euroleague History were chosen on February 3, 2008, in Madrid, Spain. The occasion was the fiftieth anniversary since the founding of the FIBA European Champions Cup, officially recognized as the predecessor to today's Euroleague.The list was made up of the...

Aleksandar Nikolić

Aleksandar Nikolic

Božidar Maljković

Božidar Maljkovic

MVP Awards

NLB League
NLB League
Liga ABA, also known as Adriatic League, until September 2011 known as the NLB Liga ABA for sponsorship reasons, is a top-level regional basketball league, featuring teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Israel, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.The league exists alongside scaled-down national...

MVP 2006-07 Milan Gurović
Milan Gurovic
Milan Gurović is a retired controversial Serbian professional basketball player.Gurović, a regular member of the FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro national team, turned out for many clubs all over Europe during his career....
NLB League
NLB League
Liga ABA, also known as Adriatic League, until September 2011 known as the NLB Liga ABA for sponsorship reasons, is a top-level regional basketball league, featuring teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Israel, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.The league exists alongside scaled-down national...

MVP 2007-08 Tadija Dragićević
Tadija Dragicevic
Tadija Dragićević is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently plays with Angelico Biella....
ULEB Eurocup MVP 2006-07 Milan Gurović
Milan Gurovic
Milan Gurović is a retired controversial Serbian professional basketball player.Gurović, a regular member of the FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro national team, turned out for many clubs all over Europe during his career....

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