Miroslav Raduljica

Miroslav Raduljica (Serbian: Мирослав Радуљица, born January 5, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He also represents the Serbian national basketball team in international competition. Standing at 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in), he plays at the center position.

Miroslav Raduljica
Raduljica playing for Serbia in 2015
No. 15 – Zhejiang Lions
PositionPower forward / Center
LeagueCBA
Personal information
Born (1988-01-05) January 5, 1988
Inđija, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)
Listed weight113 kg (249 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2010 / Undrafted
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2005–2010FMP
2006–2007→Borac Čačak
2010–2013Efes Pilsen
2011→Alba Berlin
2011–2012→Partizan
2012–2013→Azovmash
2013–2014Milwaukee Bucks
2014Shandong Lions
2015Minnesota Timberwolves
2015–2016Panathinaikos
2016–2017Emporio Armani Milano
2017–2020Jiangsu Dragons
2020–presentZhejiang Lions
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
Summer Olympics
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
2014 Spain
EuroBasket
2009 Poland
Universiade
2009 BelgradeTeam
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
2008 LatviaTeam
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
2007 SerbiaTeam
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
2005 Serbia and MontenegroTeam

Professional career

Raduljica began his career playing with the KK FMP junior teams in Serbia. He made his professional debut with FMP during the 2005–06 season. He spent 2006–07 season on loan at KK Borac Čačak and then moved back to FMP.

On July 8, 2010, Raduljica signed a five-year contract with Turkish club Efes Pilsen,[1] but was loaned to Alba Berlin during the season, with which he reached the finals of the German Bundesliga. On August 25, 2011, Raduljica was loaned to Partizan Belgrade for one season.[2] On September 22, 2012, Raduljica was loaned to the Ukrainian team Azovmash for one season.[3][4]

On July 26, 2013, Raduljica signed with the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association.[5] In his rookie season, Raduljica played sparingly for the 15-67 Bucks, averaging just 9.7 minutes per game. In 48 games, he averaged 3.8 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.[6]

On August 26, 2014, Raduljica was traded, along with Carlos Delfino and a 2015 second round draft pick, to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Jared Dudley and a 2017 conditional first round draft pick.[7] On August 29, 2014, he was waived by the Clippers.[8]

On September 19, 2014, Raduljica signed a one-year, $1.5 million guaranteed contract with the Shandong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association.[9][10] On December 23, 2014, his contract was bought out by Shandong for $1.2 million.[11] In 14 games, he averaged 18 points and 9 rebounds per game.

On January 8, 2015, Raduljica signed a 10-day contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.[12] On January 19, 2015, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Timberwolves.[13] On January 28, 2015, he was waived by the Timberwolves after appearing in five games.[14]

On July 18, 2015, Raduljica signed a two-year deal with Greek club Panathinaikos.[15][16] On December 4, 2015, he had a personal career single-game scoring high in EuroLeague, with 25 points against Barcelona in a 93-86 home win.[17] After one season, he parted ways with the team.[18]

On July 15, 2016, Raduljica signed a two-year deal with Italian team EA7 Emporio Armani Milano.[19] After one season, he left Milano.[20] On June 9, 2017, he signed with the Jiangsu Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association.[21] Raduljica averaged 25.4 points and 9.8 rebounds per game in the 2019-20 season. On September 3, 2020, he signed with Zhejiang Lions.[22]

Serbian national team
See also: 2016 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team
Miroslav Raduljica (left) vs Jure Balažič

Raduljica played with the Serbian junior national teams and with them he won gold medals at the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, and the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (where he was named the MVP).[23]

He also played with the senior team that won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 2009. Raduljica was a member of the Serbian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup under head coach Aleksandar Đorđević. Over 9 tournament games, he averaged 13 points and 4.6 rebounds in 21 minutes per game.[24]

He represented Serbia again at the EuroBasket 2015.[25] In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the tournament's toughest group, Group B, with a 5-0 record, and then eliminated Finland and Czech Republic in the round of 16 and quarterfinal games, respectively. However, they were stopped in the semifinal game by Lithuania, by a score of 67–64,[26] and eventually lost to the host team, France, in the bronze-medal game, by a score of 81–68.[27] Being a starting center, and one of the team's along with Miloš Teodosić and Nemanja Bjelica, Raduljica averaged 13.5 points and 5.0 rebounds, on 61.7% shooting from the field, in 9 tournament games; playing 18 minutes on average.[28]

Raduljica also represented Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics where they won the silver medal, after losing to the United States in the final game with 96–66.[29]

At the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the national team of Serbia was dubbed as favorite to win the trophy,[30] but was eventually upset in the quarterfinals by Argentina.[31] With wins over the United States and Czech Republic, it finished in fifth place.[32][33] Raduljica was named the team's captain due to absence of Teodosić and in 7 tournaments games he averaged 6.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists.

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.

CBA
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Shandong 14NA26.1.538.000.7959.11.71.3.318.3
2017–18 Jiangsu 38NA30.9.541.217.8359.82.81.4.421.8
2018–19 44NA30.2.579.442.8309.62.91.2.822.9
2019–20 30NA31.5.556.377.8039.82.61.2.925.4
Career 126NA29.7.554.345.8169.62.51.3.622.1

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Efes Pilsen 403.91.000.0001.000.0.5.3.01.3.8
2011–12 Partizan 10313.0.385.000.7943.3.5.1.45.75.1
2015–16 Panathinaikos 27920.3.568.000.8214.41.3.7.112.713.7
2016–17 Milano 292315.3.520.000.8063.2.9.6.18.17.8
Career 703517.09.544.000.8163.71.0.5.29.910.3

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Milwaukee 4829.7.540.000.8182.3.5.1.33.8
2014–15 Minnesota 504.6.375.0001.0001.0.0.1.01.6
Career 5329.2.530.000.8252.1.4.2.23.6

See also

References
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  2. PARTIZAN takes Raduljica on loan from Efes
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  5. Bucks Sign Free-Agent Center Miroslav Raduljica
  6. 2013-14 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats
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  8. "Clippers Waive Carlos Delfino And Miroslav Raduljica". NBA.com. August 29, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
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  10. Miroslav Raduljica cashed out of China, next stop NBA?
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  14. "Wolves Sign Guard Lorenzo Brown to a 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. January 28, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
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