Dejan Kravić

Dejan Kravić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Кравић; born September 9, 1990) is a Serbian-Canadian professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Spanish Liga ACB.

Dejan Kravić
Free Agent
PositionCenter
Personal information
Born (1990-09-09) September 9, 1990
Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian / Canadian
Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight244 lb (111 kg)
Career information
College
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015Rethymno Cretan Kings
2015–2016Den Bosch
2016–2017Rethymno Cretan Kings
2017Brussels
2017–2018Panionios
2018–2019Virtus Bologna
2019–2020Obradoiro
2020–2022San Pablo Burgos
2022Unicaja
2022–2023Victoria Libertas Pesaro
2023Casademont Zaragoza
Career highlights and awards

College career

Kravic started his college career with York University. In his sophomore season, Kravic averaged 15.6 points and 9.6 rebounds.[1] In the 2011–12 season, he was redshirted.[1] In the 2012–13 season, he played his first games for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. He was named to the First Team Academic All-Big 12.[1]

Professional career

2014–15 season

On July 21, 2014, he signed his first professional contract with Rethymno Aegean in Greece.[2]

2015–16 season

On August 25, 2015, his arrival to SPM Shoeters Den Bosch of the Netherlands was announced.[3] Kravić averaged 14.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game in the DBL regular season. In the playoffs, he averaged 12.4 points and 6.5 rebounds in 8 games.[4]

2016–17 season

On July 25, 2016, Kravić returned to Rethymno, signing a two-year deal.[5]

2017–18 season

On July 14, 2017, Kravić signed with Excelsior Brussels.[6] On October 20, 2017, he left Brussels.[7] In November 2017, he signed with Panionios of the Greek League.[8]

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

In the summer of 2017, Kravić played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for Team Fredette. He competed for the $2 million prize, and for Team Fredette, he scored 12 points in their first round game, which they lost to Team Utah (Utah Alumni) 100-97.[9]

2018–19 season

On July 5, 2018, Kravić signed a deal with Virtus Bologna.[10] With Virtus, he won the Basketball Champions League (BCL) trophy on May 5, 2019. The team beat Iberostar Tenerife in the final, Kravić had 4 points and 5 rebounds in the deciding game.[11] Kravić joined Obradoiro in 2019 and averaged 13.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game in ACB play.

2019–20 season

On July 21, 2020, he has signed with San Pablo Burgos of the Liga ACB.[12] He won the Basketball Champions League for a second year in a row with Burgos.[13] He became the second player ever to have won two BCL titles, after Kevin Punter.[14]

2021–22 season

Kravić began the season with San Pablo Burgos and averaged 8.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game.

On January 28, 2022, he signed with Unicaja.[15]

2022–23 season

On August 16, 2022, he has signed with Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[16]

International career

Kravic is eligible to play in the Serbian national basketball team.[17]

In June 2014, national team head coach Saša Đorđević included him on the preliminary list of 29 players being considered for the twelve roster spots for the 2014 FIBA World Cup.[18] Three weeks later, in early July 2014, Kravić further made Đorđević's shortened list of 20 players invited for the training camp.[19] However, in early August, following the training camp, he got cut as the team began its pre-tournament friendlies.[20]

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  Bold  Career high

Europe
Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Rethymno Aegean GBL 2616.6.510.000.5004.80.20.40.86.6
2016–17 1322.2.638.000.5715.70.40.91.09.4
2017–18 Panionios 2218.9.614.000.6204.90.50.91.111.8
2018–19 Virtus Bologna LBA 2821.6.579.000.6755.90.50.61.210.9
2019–20 Obradoiro ACB 2327.7.602.000.6326.41.01.01.313.2
2020–21 San Pablo Burgos 3320.7.598.000.5304.70.71.00.710.8
Career[21] 14521.1.588.000.5995.30.60.81.010.5

College
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Texas Tech 312821.5.515.000.6115.21.2.71.39.0
2013–14 Texas Tech 322921.2.505.000.6464.6.8.41.37.3
Career 635721.3.511.000.6284.91.0.61.38.1

Honours

Club
Den Bosch
Virtus Bologna
San Pablo Burgos

Individual

References
  1. "Dejan Kravic Bio - Texas Tech University Official Athletic Site". Texastech.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  2. "Player Profile – Dejan Kravic Signs First Professional Contract In Greece". Slan Sports Management. 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  3. "Dejan Kravic completeert selectie Shoeters". Bd.nl. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  4. Statistics of Dejan Kravic
  5. ΕΠΕΣΤΡΕΨΕ "ΣΠΙΤΙ" ΤΟΥ Ο ΝΤΕΓΙΑΝ ΚΡΑΒΙΤΣ. rethymnobc.gr (in Greek). 25 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. WELCOME DEJAN KRAVIC !
  7. Basic Fit Brussels parted ways with Dejan Kratic, Osvaldas Matulionis
  8. Panionios ink Dejan Kravic.
  9. "Bracket | The Basketball Tournament". www.thetournament.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  10. Virtus Bologna signs Dejan Kravic
  11. "Bologna dazzle on way to 2019 Basketball Champions League crown". Basketball Champions League. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  12. Maggi, Alessandro (July 21, 2020). "Dejan Kravic leaves Monbus Obradoiro to sign with San Pablo Burgos". Sportando. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  13. "Hereda San Pablo Burgos crowned 2020 Basketball Champions League winners". Basketball Champions League. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  14. "Sacrifice could earn Burgos a shot at back-to-back BCL titles, says two-time champion Kravic". Basketball Champions League. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  15. Yahyabeyoglu, Fersu; Schmidt-Scheuber, Miles (January 28, 2022). "Dejan Kravic joins Unicaja". Eurobasket. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  16. Carchia, Emiliano (August 16, 2022). "Dejan Kravic joins VL Pesaro". Sportando. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  17. "Kravic pursuing hoop dreams | The London Free Press". Lfpress.com. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  18. "SP: Đorđević objavio širi spisak". B92.net. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  19. "Đorđevićevih 20 odabranih bez Bobija Marjanovića!". telegraf.rs. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  20. "Dejan Kravić otpao sa spiska za SP!". RTS.rs. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  21. "Dejan Kravic International Stats". Sports Reference. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  22. "Hereda San Pablo Burgos crowned 2020 Basketball Champions League winners". Basketball Champions League. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  23. "History! Hereda San Pablo Burgos defeat Pinar Karsiyaka, win back-to-back titles". Basketball Champions League. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  24. "Vitor Benite wins MVP of the 2021 FIBA Intercontinental Cup after San Pablo Burgos' victory". FIBA. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  25. "KRAVIC NAMED YORK MALE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR". York University. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
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