Duško Savanović

Duško Savanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Душко Савановић, born September 5, 1983) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. A 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) power forward, he represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally and was an All-Euroleague Second Team selection in 2011.

Duško Savanović
Savanović with Serbian national team in August 2011.
Personal information
Born (1983-09-05) September 5, 1983
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight102 kg (225 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2005: undrafted
Playing career2003–2017
PositionPower forward
Career history
2003–2004Železnik Workers
2004–2005Borac Čačak
2005–2006FMP
2006–2008UNICS Kazan
2008–2010Cajasol Sevilla
2010–2011Valencia Basket
2011–2014Anadolu Efes
2014–2016Bayern Munich
2016–2017Dinamo Sassari
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

Early years

In his first three years of the professional career, Savanović played for domestic clubs, two seasons with the FMP and one season with the Borac Čačak, both participants of the YUBA League. He helped FMP to win the Adriatic League title in 2006, the second in the club's history.[1]

UNICS Kazan

In October 2006, after almost ten years of playing with the FMP (including his youth career), he signed a two-year contract with the Russian basketball team UNICS Kazan.[2] UNICS also participated in the ULEB Cup. In his second season in the club, he played 15 games in the ULEB Cup and averaged 11.2 points and 3.9 rebounds per game helping his team to reach the Final Eight, while in the Russian League he averaged 11 points and 4.7 rebounds over 22 games.[3]

Cajasol

On 27 June 2008, Savanović signed with the Spanish basketball team Cajasol.[4] In the 2008–09 season, he averaged 14.7 points on 41% three-point shooting and 4.8 rebounds in 36 games in the ACB League. He led Cajasol to its best season of the decade, reaching the Spanish King's Cup final eight and the ACB League playoffs for the first time since 2000.

Valencia BC

After two seasons of playing for Cajasol, on 14 June 2010, Savanović signed with another Spanish team Valencia Power Electronics.[5] Power Electronics was Savanović's first Euroleague club. In his first season in the Euroleague he averaged 11.9 points and 4.6 rebounds in 21 games at the European elite competition.[6] He was named All-Euroleague Second Team at the end of the season.[7]

Anadolu Efes

On 20 June 2011, after one season with the Valencia, Savanović signed a three-year contract with Turkish team Anadolu Efes.[8] In 16 games (8 as starter) in the Euroleague, he averaged 10 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, while in the regular season of the Turkish Basketball League he averaged 12.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.[9]

Bayern Munich

On July 18, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with the German team Bayern Munich.[10]

Dinamo Sassari

On June 4, 2016, Savanović signed with Dinamo Sassari for the 2016–17 season.[11] After the end of the season, in May 2017, his agent confirmed that he has retired from professional basketball.[12]

Serbian national team
Savanović with Anadolu Efes in 2012

Savanović has been a member of the Serbian national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship where Serbia was defeated 99-88 by Lithuania in the game for the bronze medal. He was capped for the national team of Serbia at the EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania where Serbia finished 8th. He averaged 13.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.[13]

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

Euroleague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Valencia 211325.4.450.365.8514.61.0.8.411.912.0
2011–12 Anadolu Efes 16827.1.371.345.8245.61.1.8.410.011.8
2012–13 292522.7.416.320.8143.71.01.0.19.49.8
2013–14 231926.1.411.344.6943.72.2.7.310.510.2
2014–15 Bayern 10625.2.451.462.7504.41.2.7.213.113.2
2015–16 9924.4.411.300.8465.81.71.0.211.211.2
Career 1088025.0.419.351.7904.41.4.8.310.711.0

See also

References
  1. "Belgrade basketball team FMP wins Adriatic League". Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  2. "Savanović potpisao za Uniks". mondo.rs (in Serbian). October 23, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  3. "Dusko Savanovic Basketball Player Profile". eurobasket.com. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  4. "Cajasol lands Dusko Savanovic". Euroleague Basketball. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  5. "Valencia lands Dusko Savanovic". sportando.net. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  6. "SAVANOVIC, DUSKO". Euroleague. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  7. "MVP Diamantidis heads 2010-11 All-Euroleague First Team". Euroleague.net. May 7, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  8. "EFES PILSEN adds All-Euroleague Savanovic". Euroleague. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  9. "Dusko Savanovic". TBLStat.net.
  10. "Bayern brings Savanovic on board". Euroleague.net. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  11. "Il mercato Dinamo parte da Dusko Savanovic". dinamobasket.com (in Italian). 4 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  12. "Potvrđeno: Savanović u penziji!". b92.net (in Serbian). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  13. "Dusko Savanovic". FIBA Europe. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
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