Dragan Milosavljević

Dragan Milosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Милосављевић; born May 11, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Unicaja of the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he plays the shooting guard position.

Dragan Milosavljević
No. 12 – Unicaja
PositionShooting guard
LeagueLiga ACB
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1989-05-11) May 11, 1989
Kruševac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2011 / Undrafted
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2009Napredak Kruševac
2009–2010Radnički Kragujevac
2010–2015Partizan
2015–2017Alba Berlin
2017–presentUnicaja
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
EuroBasket
2017 Turkey

Professional career

Early career

Milosavljević began his career in Napredak Kruševac where he played until 2009. He was signed by Radnički Kragujevac in 2009. He stayed there for one season, playing in the Serbian League and ABA League. In the ABA League, he averaged 10.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game for Radnički.

Partizan Belgrade (2010–2015)

On June 28, 2010, he signed a three-year deal with Partizan Belgrade.[1] In his first season in Partizan, he won the Adriatic League, Serbian League and Radivoj Korać Cup. In the EuroLeague, Milosavljević averaged 4.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, while in the ABA League he averaged 6.9 points and 3 rebounds per game.

In his second season, Milosavlijevic helped his club to defend titles in Serbian League and Radivoj Korać Cup. In the 2011–12 Euroleague season, he averaged 8.2 points and 3.7 rebounds in 10 games of group stage. In the 2011–12 Adriatic League season, Milosavljević averaged 8.3 points and 3.6 rebounds over 27 games. On July 4, 2012, he extended his contract for two more seasons with Partizan.[2]

Next season, Milosavljević won the Serbian League for the third time and he was named the MVP of the finals. In the 2012–13 Euroleague, he scored a career-high of 9.9 points per game. In the Adriatic League he helped his team to return the title after a one-year break averaging 6.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

Despite some financial difficulties the club was facing in the summer of 2013, Dragan Milosavljevic decided to stay with Partizan Belgrade.[3] Then, after the departure of team captain Vladimir Lučić, he became the next team captain.[4] Along with Léo Westermann and Bogdan Bogdanović he was supposed to lead the backcourt of Partizan in the upcoming season. In a second game of the 2013–14 Euroleague season against JSF Nanterre, he scored 26 points, while also pulling down 6 rebounds, to help his team win by huge margin.[5] In the Euroleague game against Maccabi Tel Aviv on January 24, he has torn ACL on his right knee, which sidelined him for the remainder of the season.[6] He was expected to return on court in six to eight months.[7][8] In his first season as captain of Partizan, he averaged career-high 12.1 points and 3.7 rebounds per game in the 2013–14 Euroleague, while also averaging 12.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 17 games of the 2013–14 Adriatic League season.

On August 5, 2014, Milosavljević extended his contract for one more season with the club.[9] In December 2014, he returned on the court after ten months of absence due to the injury.[10] The rest of the season, he averaged 11 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1 assist over ABA League 20 games.

Alba Berlin (2015–2017)

On June 25, 2015, Milosavljević signed a two-year contract with the German club Alba Berlin.[11] On October 1, he debuted for the team in 74–54 win over ratiopharm Ulm in Round 1 of the German League; he had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.[12] Alba Berlin eventually lost in the quarterfinal series of 2016 BBL Playoffs with 3–0 to Skyliners Frankfurt. In the German League, he averaged 12.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists over 35 games. In 2015–16 Eurocup season, Milosavljević appeared in 17 games, averaging 14.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.

In 2016–17 season, Alba Berlin was once again stopped in the quarterfinal series of 2017 BBL Playoffs with 3–1 to Bayern Munich. In 30 games of the German League, Milosavljević averaged 12.7 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. 2016–17 EuroCup season, Milosavljević averaged 12.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists over 14 games.

Unicaja Málaga (2017–present)

In July 2017, he signed a contract with the Spanish team Unicaja Málaga.[13] In his first season with the club, he appeared in 27 EuroLeague games and averaged 6.4 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. In ACB League, he averaged 4.5 points per game.

In 2018–19 season, he averaged 6.2 points and 2.6 assists in 19 EuroCup appearances for Unicaja. In 37 ACB League games, he had similar production, averaging 6.6 points per game.

On June 12, 2019, Milosavljević signed a two-year contract extension with Unicaja.[14] In August 2019, while representing Serbia in a game against Turkey, as part of preparations for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Milosavljević suffered ACL tear in his left knee, which will keep him off the court at least until 2020.[15] In November 2020, he returned to trainings after a 15-month break.[16]

Serbian national team
See also: 2017 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

The Serbian national team head coach Dušan Ivković called Milosavljević for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey, but he didn't manage to make the final roster.[17]

He represented Serbia for the first time at the EuroBasket 2015 under head coach Aleksandar Đorđević.[18] In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the toughest Group B with 5-0 record, and then eliminated Finland and Czech Republic in the round of 16 and quarterfinal game, respectively. However, they were stopped in the semifinal game by Lithuania with 67–64,[19] and eventually lost to the host team France in the bronze-medal game with 81–68.[20] Over 7 tournament games played, Milosavljević saw very little playing time, mostly being used by head coach as a defensive task specialist.[21]

Milosavljević also represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017 where they won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.[22]

In preparations for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Milosavljević was on the list of 14 candidates for the final 12-men roster of Serbia,[23] but he suffered serious left knee injury in a friendly Acropolis Tournament game against Turkey. The injury was later diagnosed to be ACL tear, preventing Milosavljević to represent Serbia in the World Cup.[15]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Partizan 16619.0.381.222.6501.9.8.6.14.21.3
2011–12 101028.9.333.239.8103.71.4.6.68.25.9
2012–13 10726.5.522.273.7242.81.2.9.49.99.2
2013–14 141332.0.435.344.6673.71.6.9.312.19.7
2017–18 Unicaja 271618.5.417.333.7692.61.0.5.16.45.6
Career 775223.4.419.296.7272.81.1.7.27.76.0

References
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  2. "Dragan Milosavljevic extended contract with Partizan Belgrade". Sportando. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  3. "Dragan Milosavljevic to stay with Partizan, Nemanja Gordic to leave". Sportando. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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  6. "Partizan NIS losses Milosavljevic". euroleague.net. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  7. "KRAJ SEZONE ZA KAPITENA CRNO-BELIH: Milosavljević povredio prednje ukrštene ligamente". kurir-info.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  8. "Gagi: Najmanje 6 meseci van terena". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  9. "Nastavak saradnje sa kapitenom Milosavljevićem". kkpartizan.rs (in Serbian). 5 August 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
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  12. "Will Cherry führt ALBA BERLIN zum Auftaktsieg / 74:54-Heimerfolg gegen Ulm". beko-bbl.de (in German). 1 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  13. "Milosavljević potpisao za Unikahu: Došao sam u veliki klub, Nedović mi je mnogo toga pričao". novosti.rs (in Serbian). Tanjug. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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  17. "Milosavljević otpao, u Tursku ide 13 igrača" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  18. "AMBITIOUS SERBIA UNVEIL POWERFUL 12-MAN SQUAD". eurobasket2015.org. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  19. "LITHUANIA END SERBIAN STREAK, RETURN TO FINAL". eurobasket2015.org. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  20. "FRANCE REWARD HOME SUPPORT WITH BRONZE". eurobasket2015.org. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  21. "Player profile: Dragan Milosavljevic". eurobasket2015.org. FIBA Europe. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  22. "Slovenia overcome injuries to claim historic title in Dragic's swansong". FIBA.basketball. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  23. "Đorđević skratio spisak za Mundobasket na 14 igrača". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
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