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 2011
Personal information
Born	(1983-09-05) September 5, 1983 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2005 / Undrafted
Playing career	2003–2017
Position	Power forward
Career history
2003–2004	Železnik Workers
2004–2005	Borac Čačak
2005–2006	FMP
2006–2008	UNICS Kazan
2008–2010	Cajasol Sevilla
2010–2011	Valencia Basket
2011–2014	Anadolu Efes
2014–2016	Bayern Munich
2016–2017	Dinamo Sassari
Career highlights and awards
All-Euroleague Second Team (2011) Adriatic League champion (2006) Turkish League All-Star (2013) German League All-Star (2016)

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

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.

Euroleague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2010–11	Valencia	21	13	25.4	.450	.365	.851	4.6	1.0	.8	.4	11.9	12.0
2011–12	Anadolu Efes	16	8	27.1	.371	.345	.824	5.6	1.1	.8	.4	10.0	11.8
2012–13		29	25	22.7	.416	.320	.814	3.7	1.0	1.0	.1	9.4	9.8
2013–14		23	19	26.1	.411	.344	.694	3.7	2.2	.7	.3	10.5	10.2
2014–15	Bayern	10	6	25.2	.451	.462	.750	4.4	1.2	.7	.2	13.1	13.2
2015–16		9	9	24.4	.411	.300	.846	5.8	1.7	1.0	.2	11.2	11.2
Career		108	80	25.0	.419	.351	.790	4.4	1.4	.8	.3	10.7	11.0

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. 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. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
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.

External links

• Duško Savanović at acb.com (in Spanish)
• Duško Savanović at beko-bbl.de (in German)
• Duško Savanović at euroleague.net
• Duško Savanović at fiba.com
• Duško Savanović at legabasket.it (in Italian)
• Duško Savanović at tblstat.net