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Bojan Dubljević

Bojan Dubljević

Montenegrin basketball player (born 1991)


Bojan Dubljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојан Дубљевић; born 24 October 1991) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He also represents the senior Montenegrin national basketball team in national team competitions. Standing at 2.05 m (6 ft 8 34 in) tall[1] barefoot,[2] he plays at the power forward and center positions.[3]

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Professional career

Dubljević started his career in 2009, with Lovćen Cetinje, and he played from 2010 to 2012, with Budućnost Podgorica, before signing with the Liga ACB team Valencia Basket, on a three-year contract.[4] In his first season at Valencia, Dubljević was named the EuroCup 2012–13 season Rising Star of the Year.[5]

In June 2013, he extended his contract with Valencia Basket through the 2015–16 season. The contract included an NBA buyout clause, in the original amount of 1 million euros. The buyout amount, however, decreased to 200,000 euros in the summer of 2015.[6] In 2017, he won his first Liga ACB championship with Valencia, after beating Real Madrid 1–3 in the finals. Dubljević displayed a strong loyalty to Valencia. In 2018, he referred to playing for the club as his "dream" over going to the NBA.[7]

On June 30, 2023, Dubljević amicably parted ways with the Spanish club after eleven whole seasons together and on July 10, he signed with Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League.[8] Dubljević left Valencia as the club's all time leader in points and rebounds.[9]

NBA draft rights

The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Dubljević in the 2013 NBA draft, at 59th overall.[10] In 2019, his draft rights were traded to the Portland Trail Blazers.[11] On February 9, 2023, Dubljević's draft rights were traded to the New York Knicks in a four-team trade involving the Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers and Charlotte Hornets.[12]

National team career

Dubljević played with the junior national teams of Montenegro, being a part of the All-Tournament team at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[13] With the senior Montenegrin national basketball team, Dubljević played at the 2013 EuroBasket and the 2017 EuroBasket.

Career statistics

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  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    Won a EuroLeague championship *  Led the league

EuroLeague

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Awards and accomplishments

Valencia

Individual

Montenegrin junior national team


References

  1. "Bojan Dubljević Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  2. "Bojan Dubljevic: "Valencia is my dream, not the NBA"". Eurohoops. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  3. "Welcome to Zenit, Bojan!". Zenit.com. August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  4. "Timberwolves draft Montenegrin F Bojan Dubljevic at pick No. 59". Minneapolis Star Tribune. June 27, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  5. "New York Knicks Acquire Josh Hart". NBA.com. February 9, 2023. New York Knicks announced today that the team has acquired guard/forward Josh Hart and the draft rights to Bojan Dubljevic and Daniel Diez from Portland.

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