Nemanja Nedović

Nemanja Nedović (pronounced [němaɲa nêːdoʋitɕ]; Serbian: Немања Недовић; born June 16, 1991) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He also represented the senior Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in), he can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Nemanja Nedović
Nedović in October 2018
No. 26 – Panathinaikos
PositionShooting guard / Point guard
LeagueGreek Basket League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991
Nova Varoš, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight87 kg (192 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 30th overall
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2012Crvena zvezda
2012–2013Lietuvos rytas
2013–2014Golden State Warriors
2013–2014→Santa Cruz Warriors
2014–2015Valencia
2015–2018Unicaja
2018–2020Olimpia Milano
2020–presentPanathinaikos
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam

Player profile

Nedović's strong points are his ball handling skills and elite athleticism, as he proved to be one of the very best athletes in European basketball. He is known for an excellent first step and can play easily above the rim.[1] He was labeled during the 2013 NBA draft as "The European Derrick Rose" by some ESPN analysts because of his athleticism, explosiveness, versatility, similar size, and ability to play both guard positions. After he was drafted by the Golden State Warriors, Mark Jackson, the team coach, has said that Nedović "is a very good athlete with highly deceptive speed."[2]

Professional career

Early years

Nedović began to train in Italy with Ascoli basketball when he was 11 years of age. He lived there because his father was playing professional handball locally with the Ascoli Piceno Handball. After that, he trained for two years in Nova Varoš. In 2005, he moved to Crvena zvezda at the age of 15. He had success in the junior competition, as in 2008, when he became champion with the junior team of Crvena zvezda.

After that, he moved to the first team where he finally made a breakthrough professionally.[3] In his first season with the team, he was scoring in double digits, forcing the team management to extend a contract with him for one more season.[4] He stayed in the club until June 2012.

Lietuvos rytas

In the summer of 2012, he signed a contract with the Lithuanian team Lietuvos rytas Vilnius.[5] In his first EuroLeague season with Rytas he averaged 9.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

Golden State Warriors

On 27 June 2013, Nedović was selected with the 30th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns. He was later traded to the Golden State Warriors on draft night. He is also the last draft pick called by David Stern in his career as a commissioner of the NBA.[6] On 9 July 2013 he signed with the Warriors.[7] During his rookie season, he had multiple assignments with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League.[8]

In July 2014, Nedović joined the Warriors for the 2014 NBA Summer League where he averaged 9.4 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists in five games.[9] On 11 November 2014, he was waived by the Warriors.[10]

Spanish League

On 14 November 2014, Nedović signed a two-year deal with the Spanish team Valencia.[11] Over five EuroLeague games he played for Valencia, he averaged 8 points and 3.6 assists per game. In July 2015, he parted ways with the team.[12]

On July 2, 2015, the same day when he parted ways with Valencia, he signed a one-year contract with Unicaja.[13] On May 30, 2016, he signed a new two-year contract with the team.[14] In April 2017, he won the EuroCup with Unicaja after beating Valencia BC in the Finals.[15] On June 7, 2017, Nedović re-signed with Unicaja for the 2017–18 season.[16] On June 27, 2018, Nedović officially left Unicaja after 3 years.[17]

Olimpia Milano

On June 27, 2018, Nedović signed a multi-year deal with the Italian club Olimpia Milano.[18]

Panathinaikos

On July 13, 2020, Nedović signed with Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague.[19]

National team career
Nedović playing for Serbia at EuroBasket 2013
See also: 2016 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team

Nedović was member of U20 Serbia national basketball team in 2009, 2010 and 2011 at FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. In 2012, he played with Serbia men's national basketball team at FIBA EuroBasket 2013 qualification. During Eurobasket 2013, Nedović's game saw many ups and downs as he led a very young and inexperienced, but nonetheless talented Serbia team, showing great performances against Lithuania and particularly France in a 77-65 blowout, in which he outplayed one of his role models, Tony Parker, scoring 17 points on 5/8 shooting for three. Serbia ended up being swept easily by Spain in quarterfinals as Nedović and the entire Serbia team struggled offensively.[20]

He represented Serbia once again at the EuroBasket 2015 under head coach Aleksandar Đorđević, after missing the 2014 World Cup.[21] 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,[22] and eventually lost to the host team France in the bronze-medal game with 81–68.[23] Over 9 tournament games, Nedović averaged 8.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game on 52% shooting from the field.[24]

Nedović 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.[25]

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.

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Golden State 2405.9.205.167.875.6.5.0.01.1
Career 2405.9.205.167.875.6.5.0.01.1

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Lietuvos Rytas 10523.3.367.343.7002.52.1.8.29.86.8
2014–15 Valencia 5219.3.405.4001.0001.03.61.4.28.07.0
2015–16 Unicaja 23815.1.391.279.750.81.9.3.17.44.8
2017–18 241825.1.429.358.8452.04.8.6.116.816.7
2018–19 Milano 15723.5.461.414.8062.52.7.8.111.510.4
2019–20 17316.5.373.343.8291.21.7.3.17.96.2
Career 944320.3.408.349.8131.62.8.6.110.89.3

See also

References
  1. DraftExpressProfile: Nemanja Nedovic, Stats, Comparisons, and Outlook
  2. Simmons, Rusty (13 July 2013). "Warriors' top pick Nedovic works with team". sfgate.com. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. "POVERENJE U MLADI TIM". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  4. "Crvena Zvezda keeps Nemanja Nedovic and Uros Nikolic". Sportando. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  5. "Lietuvos Rytas inks Nedovic". Euroleague. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  6. Thompson II, Marcus (27 June 2013). "Golden State Warriors get guard Nemanja Nedovic with 30th pick in draft". mercurynews.com. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  7. Golden State Warriors Sign Nemanja Nedovic to Contract
  8. "2013-14 NBA Assignments". Archived from the original on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
  9. "2014 Summer League Player Profile: Nemanja Nedovic". NBA.com. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  10. "Warriors Waive Nemanja Nedovic". NBA.com. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  11. "Valencia, Nedovic agree until June of 2016". Euroleague.net. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  12. "Nemanja Nedovic, Valencia Basket part ways". sportando.com. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  13. "Nedovic, segunda incorporación del Unicaja". unicajabaloncesto.com (in Spanish). 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  14. "Unicaja Malaga signs Nemanja Nedovic to a two-year contract extension". sportando.com. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  15. "7DAYS EuroCup Finals, Game 3: Unicaja Malaga is the champion!". Eurocupbasketball.com. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  16. "Unicaja Malaga announced the extension of Nedovic". Eurohoops.net. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  17. "Unicaja Malaga ufficializza l'addio di Nemanja Nedovic" [Unicaja Malaga formalizes the departure of Nemanja Nedovic]. sportando.basketball (in Italian). June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  18. "Milan adds scoring punch with guard Nedovic". euroleague.net. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  19. "Nemanja Nedovic is a newcomer of Panathinaikos". Sportando. July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  20. "IMPERIOUS SPAIN ROLL PAST SERBIA". eurobasket2013.org. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  21. "AMBITIOUS SERBIA UNVEIL POWERFUL 12-MAN SQUAD". eurobasket2015.org. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  22. "LITHUANIA END SERBIAN STREAK, RETURN TO FINAL". eurobasket2015.org. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  23. "FRANCE REWARD HOME SUPPORT WITH BRONZE". eurobasket2015.org. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  24. "Player profile: Nemanja Nedovic". eurobasket2015.org. FIBA Europe. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  25. "Rio Olympics 2016: USA beat Serbia in men's basketball to win last gold of Games". BBC Sport. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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