2024-10-23
Nikola Vucevic has represented the Montenegrin national team in five major international tournaments, he also played in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament this past summer. He is in danger of never getting the chance to do it again.
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| Country: | Montenegro |
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2024-06-26
The Bahamas national team and the Montenegro national team went up against each other in the Acropolis Tournament in Greece, which went Montenegro's way with a final score of 93-80. At one point, the Bahamas were up 13 points in the second quarter (40-27), and the first half ended with a score of 43-35 in favor of the Bahamas. However, Montenegro found a way to pull back.
2024-06-26
Montenegro were dismantled at the hands of Greece (57-86) in their first test after 10 days into the mini preparation for the Olympic Qualifying tournament.
2024-06-25
Nikola Vucevic's 20-point performance wasn't enough for Montenegro, who were unable to go the distance with hosts Greece in their first friendly game. With Giannis Antetokounmpo being unavailable for coach Vassilis Spanoulis, Vucevic dominated the paint, adding 11 rebounds and 3 assists in 33 minutes.
2024-05-30
Chicago Bulls big man Nikola Vucevic spearheads the list of players that Montenegro NT head coach Bosko Radovic announced ahead of the upcoming Olympic Qualifying Tournament. On the other hand, Bojan Dubljevic, Nikola Ivanovic, Nemanja Radovic, Marko Todorovic and Vladimir Mihailovic will not be at the tournament in Riga.
2024-05-30
The Greek Basketball Federation has confirmed that a friendly Acropolis tournament will take place on June 25-27. Greece, Montenegro, and the Bahamas will be among the participating countries. Acropolis tournament schedule: Greece will also play a friendly game against Poland on June 21, ahead of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Piraeus.
2023-09-01
Team USA has faced the fiercest resistance in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 so far. Despite that, Steve Kerr's team edged out Montenegro 85-73 and stays undefeated in the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record.Â
2024-10-23
Nikola Vucevic has represented the Montenegrin national team in five major international tournaments, he also played in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament this past summer. He is in danger of never getting the chance to do it again.
2024-06-26
The Bahamas national team and the Montenegro national team went up against each other in the Acropolis Tournament in Greece, which went Montenegro's way with a final score of 93-80. At one point, the Bahamas were up 13 points in the second quarter (40-27), and the first half ended with a score of 43-35 in favor of the Bahamas. However, Montenegro found a way to pull back.
2024-06-26
Montenegro were dismantled at the hands of Greece (57-86) in their first test after 10 days into the mini preparation for the Olympic Qualifying tournament.
2024-06-25
Nikola Vucevic's 20-point performance wasn't enough for Montenegro, who were unable to go the distance with hosts Greece in their first friendly game. With Giannis Antetokounmpo being unavailable for coach Vassilis Spanoulis, Vucevic dominated the paint, adding 11 rebounds and 3 assists in 33 minutes.
2024-05-30
Chicago Bulls big man Nikola Vucevic spearheads the list of players that Montenegro NT head coach Bosko Radovic announced ahead of the upcoming Olympic Qualifying Tournament. On the other hand, Bojan Dubljevic, Nikola Ivanovic, Nemanja Radovic, Marko Todorovic and Vladimir Mihailovic will not be at the tournament in Riga.
2024-05-30
The Greek Basketball Federation has confirmed that a friendly Acropolis tournament will take place on June 25-27. Greece, Montenegro, and the Bahamas will be among the participating countries. Acropolis tournament schedule: Greece will also play a friendly game against Poland on June 21, ahead of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Piraeus.
2023-09-01
Team USA has faced the fiercest resistance in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 so far. Despite that, Steve Kerr's team edged out Montenegro 85-73 and stays undefeated in the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record.Â
2023-08-16
Montenegro national team head coach Bosko Radovic confirmed the final roster for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. Emir Hadzibegovic became the last cut from the team. The final 12-man roster includes Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic, Bojan Dubljevic, Kendrick Perry, and Marko Simonovic, who spent the last two seasons playing for the Bulls.
2023-07-30
The Serbian national team was supposed to play a friendly game against Montenegro. It will not take place due to an administrative issue. As Mozzart Sport reports, the match between the two teams, scheduled for August 5th, has been canceled.
2023-07-21
The Montenegrin national team has started preparations for the World Cup, where they will compete along with Lithuania, Egypt and Mexico in Manila to reach the second stage. At the first gathering, coach Bosko Radovic could count on 14 players, while Nikola Vucevic, Kendrick Perry and Marko Simonovic will join their teammates a few days later.
2023-06-12
Montenegrin NT head coach Bosko Radovic has announced the preliminary roster of 24 players for the upcoming FIBA World Cup 2023. The notable inclusion in the squad is the Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic, who is expected to play a key role for Montenegro.
2023-06-07
Nikola Vucevic's participation with Montenegro in the upcoming FIBA World Cup in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines had largely been up in the air for quite some time. But now every dilemma has been resolved since the Chicago Bulls superstar will wear his national team's jersey this summer. This was confirmed for the Montenegrin media by coach Bosko Radovic.
2023-05-22
An incredible basketball story comes from Montenegro, where Elyjah Williams started his overseas career after finishing college. Recently, he was practically trapped in the Balkan country. Fortunately, his case was solved a few days ago.
2023-02-26
In the lower echelons of Group K, Montenegro (7-5) became the last team to grab the remaining ticket to the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Hosting the already-eliminated Czech Republic (3-9) in Podgorica, the Balkan side, qualified for their second-straight World Cup with a 88-70 (32-14, 18-11, 20-21, 18-24) win.
2022-11-14
Nikola Ivanovic left the Montenegro-Lithuania game in the mid-fourth quarter due to an apparent ankle injury. He asked the referee to stop the game and limped to his team's bench. Ivanovic was in visible pain. Crvena Zvezda's guard did not return to the court after the sustained injury. He finished the match with 11 points, 3 assists, and 9 EFF in 27 minutes.
2022-09-10
Yet another player is unhappy with the level of referees in the EuroBasket 2022. Montenegrin forward Dino Radoncic after Montenegro's loss to Germany (85-79) in the round of 16, bashed the referees in an interview in the mixed with the Montenegrin media. Radoncic believed that the low level of officiating might have decided the game and Montenegro's elimination.
2022-09-10
The German national team advanced to the quarterfinals of the EuroBasket 2022 after holding off Montenegro's comeback and winning with a final score of 85-79 (19-10, 29-14, 19-26, 18-29).
2022-09-10
Tournament host Germany (4-1) finished second in Group B with 4 wins and 1 loss. The Germans defeated France (76-63), Bosnia and Herzegovina (92-82), Lithuania (109-107), and Hungary (106-71), but lost to Slovenia (88-80).
2022-09-07
Igor Drobnjak made a couple of clutch shots down the stretch, and Montenegro (3-2) beat Georgia (1-4) 81-73 (21-19, 20-16, 17-17, 23-21) to deny the hosts a place in the playoffs. With the teams separated by three with three minutes to go (65-62), Montenegro went on a quick little 5-0 run and forced head coach Ilias Zouros to call a timeout.
2022-09-07
Poor attendance, mediocre organization, and incidents on and off the court. It's fair to say that EuroBasket 2022 for Tbilisi didn't go as smoothly as everyone wanted. Nevertheless, as Turkey's head coach Ergin Ataman said, everyone came here for basketball. And on the last day of Group A, Tbilisi might have a turn of events like none of the other groups.
2022-09-06
Spain (3-1) dominated in the first half against Montenegro (2-2) 82-65 (27-17, 26-14, 14-17, 15-17) to take first place in Group A. Although the beginning of the game was pretty close (11-13), Spain closed out the first quarter strong and already led by 10 (27-17).
2022-09-04
Sasha Vezenkov went off for 26 points, 17 of which were in the first half, but it was not enough to overcome Montenegro which captured its second win with a 91-81 (21-21, 24-25, 22-12, 23-24) victory in Group A.
2022-09-01
Furkan Korkmaz scored a game-winning floater with 23 seconds remaining to push Turkey over Montenegro 72-68 (14-18, 27-13, 12-20, 19-17). Bojan Dubljevic provided a strong performance for Montenegro to push the underdogs past Turkey 70-65 (18-14, 13-27, 20-12, 20-15) to achieve the first upset in the tournament.
2022-08-30
Montenegro found itself in front of many question marks ahead of Eurobasket 2022, losing early its star from the NBA, Nikola Vucevic, who will not be present for the upcoming EuroBasket. Nevertheless, the final 12-man roster with which the Montenegrin national team will fight in the EuroBasket was announced on Tuesday and includes both Kendrick Perry and Bojan Dubljevic.
2022-08-28
Montenegro (5-3) concluded its preparation for the upcoming EuroBasket 2022 with a loss against Group K leaders Lithuania (8-1) in FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. Now, Montenegrins hope to show their best version in the European championship.
2022-08-27
After struggling in the first half, Lithuania decisively won the third quarter en route to a confident victory over Montenegro 90-73 (22-21, 17-15, 32-15, 19-22).
2022-08-14
During his recent presentation with Unicaja Malaga, Kendrick Perry joked that he could play at center if he were asked to do so by his coach. "I will do whatever it takes, that's what I've done throughout my whole career," the Spanish team's new signing argued. Of course, that's far from the best-case scenario for the 29-year-old guard who's going to make his ACB League debut next season.Â
2022-08-13
In preparation for the upcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Greece (August 25, Belgrade) and Turkey (August 28, Istanbul), Serbia defeated Montenegro 82-73 in Belgrade behind closed doors. It was the first friendly game for Svetislav Pesic's side ahead of their official matches.Â
2022-08-07
With less than one month left before the EuroBasket 2022, the new Tbilisi arena is ready to welcome its first big sporting event. Georgia will host the Group A of the tournament, which features Montenegro, Georgia, Spain, Bulgaria, Belgium, and Turkey.
Seasons:
24/25
| 23/24
| 22/23
| 21/22
| 19/20
| 18/19
| 17/18
| 16/17
| 13/14
| 12/13
| 11/12
| 10/11
FIBA EuroBasket
| NO | GM | MIN | 2P M/A | 3P M/A | FT M/A | REB | AS | ST | TO | BS | PF | RF | PTS | EFF | |
| 4 | Nikola Vucevic | 6 | 24:37 |
35/69
(50.7%) |
2/6
(33.3%) |
9/15
(60%) |
7.7 4.7/3 |
1.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0 | 14.2 | 14.7 |
| 5 | Vladimir Mihailovic | 6 | 19:55 |
5/15
(33.3%) |
4/21
(19%) |
0/2
(0%) |
2.5 2/0.5 |
1.5 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 0 | 3.7 | 0.3 |
| 6 | Suad Sehovic | 6 | 12:25 |
3/4
(75%) |
5/13
(38.5%) |
1/3
(33.3%) |
2.3 2/0.3 |
1.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 7 | Nikola Pavlicevic | 6 | 15:49 |
5/9
(55.6%) |
11/24
(45.8%) |
3/3
(100%) |
2.3 1.5/0.8 |
3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0 | 7.7 | 7.2 |
| 8 | Dino Radoncic | 5 | 12:05 |
4/8
(50%) |
1/5
(20%) |
4/6
(66.7%) |
1 0.8/0.2 |
0.4 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Marko Todorovic | 5 | 12:20 |
6/12
(50%) |
0/0 |
2/4
(50%) |
2.4 1.4/1 |
0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0 | 2.8 | 1.2 |
| 12 | Nemanja Djurisic | 6 | 20:11 |
9/21
(42.9%) |
5/18
(27.8%) |
2/5
(40%) |
3.2 1.8/1.3 |
0.7 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 5.8 | 1.5 |
| 13 | Tyrese Rice | 5 | 19:15 |
7/19
(36.8%) |
8/22
(36.4%) |
7/9
(77.8%) |
1.4 1/0.4 |
2.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 9 | 5.6 |
| 14 | Bojan Dubljevic | 6 | 21:07 |
15/26
(57.7%) |
11/18
(61.1%) |
14/16
(87.5%) |
6.7 5.7/1 |
1.8 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 12.8 | 14.7 |
| 15 | Filip Barovic | 6 | 16:39 |
7/21
(33.3%) |
0/0 |
2/9
(22.2%) |
3.2 1.7/1.5 |
0.3 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 20 | Nikola Ivanovic | 6 | 18:10 |
9/20
(45%) |
6/20
(30%) |
6/9
(66.7%) |
1.3 1.2/0.2 |
3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 21 | Nemanja Vranjes | 6 | 12:58 |
0/7
(0%) |
8/19
(42.1%) |
3/4
(75%) |
1.5 1.2/0.3 |
1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Statistics
2023/2024
| GM | 2P M/A | 3P M/A | FT M/A | REB | AS | ST | TO | BS | RBS | PF | RF | PTS | |
| OQT | 2 |
43.5%
37/85 |
26.5%
13/49 |
87.9%
29/33 |
44.5
29/15.5 |
18 | 6.5 | 11 | 0.5 | 0 | 20 | - | 71 |
2022/2023
| GM | 2P M/A | 3P M/A | FT M/A | REB | AS | ST | TO | BS | RBS | PF | RF | PTS | |
| FIBA WC | 5 |
52.3%
115/220 |
28%
33/118 |
75.6%
68/90 |
38.6
24.6/14 |
17 | 9 | 13.2 | 2.2 | - | 20.2 | - | 79.4 |
2021/2022
| GM | 2P M/A | 3P M/A | FT M/A | REB | AS | ST | TO | BS | RBS | PF | RF | PTS | |
| FIBA WC Q | 4 |
52%
79/152 |
30.6%
30/98 |
77%
57/74 |
34.3
25.3/9 |
15.3 | 6.8 | 9.5 | 3.8 | - | 20.8 | - | 76.3 |
| EuroBasket | 6 |
55%
126/229 |
32.9%
51/155 |
78.6%
55/70 |
33.5
22.3/11.2 |
17 | 7.5 | 11.5 | 1.8 | - | 19.3 | - | 76.7 |
2019/2020
| GM | 2P M/A | 3P M/A | FT M/A | REB | AS | ST | TO | BS | RBS | PF | RF | PTS | |
| EuroBasket Q | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
0
0/0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 |
2018/2019
| GM | 2P M/A | 3P M/A | FT M/A | REB | AS | ST | TO | BS | RBS | PF | RF | PTS | |
| FIBA WC | 5 |
51.9%
96/185 |
29.7%
43/145 |
74.2%
49/66 |
34.2
23.6/10.6 |
17.2 | 8.6 | 14 | 3.6 | - | 22.6 | - | 74 |
2017/2018
| GM | 2P M/A | 3P M/A | FT M/A | REB | AS | ST | TO | BS | RBS | PF | RF | PTS |
2016/2017
| GM | 2P M/A | 3P M/A | FT M/A | REB | AS | ST | TO | BS | RBS | PF | RF | PTS | |
| EuroBasket | 6 |
45.5%
105/231 |
36.7%
61/166 |
62.4%
53/85 |
37
25.2/11.8 |
17.8 | 6 | 12 | 3.7 | - | 22 | - | 74.3 |
2012/2013
| GM | 2P M/A | 3P M/A | FT M/A | REB | AS | ST | TO | BS | RBS | PF | RF | PTS | |
| EuroBasket | 5 |
48.3%
100/207 |
28.6%
34/119 |
76.3%
74/97 |
33.6
22.4/11.2 |
11 | 2.8 | 10.6 | 2 | - | 21 | - | 75.2 |
2010/2011
| GM | 2P M/A | 3P M/A | FT M/A | REB | AS | ST | TO | BS | RBS | PF | RF | PTS | |
| EuroBasket | 5 |
50.5%
96/190 |
27.6%
29/105 |
69%
78/113 |
36.8
25/11.8 |
13.8 | 5.6 | 15.6 | 1.6 | - | 25.2 | - | 71.4 |
FIBA EuroBasket
Team records - 2016/2017 Season
Personal records - 2016/2017 Season
| Efficiency | 27 | Nikola Vucevic | Czech Republic | -- |
| Points | 22 | Tyrese Rice | Croatia | -- |
| Rebounds | 14 | Nikola Vucevic | Czech Republic | -- |
| Assists | 6 | Nikola Pavlicevic | Romania | -- |
| Steals | 3 | Dino Radoncic | Romania | -- |
| Blocks | 3 | Nikola Vucevic | Czech Republic | -- |
| 2-pointers made | 8 | Nikola Vucevic | Czech Republic | -- |
| 3-pointers made | 6 | Bojan Dubljevic | Latvia | -- |
| Free throws made | 5 | Tyrese Rice | Croatia | -- |
Average recors - all seasons
| Efficiency | 2021-2022 | 68.7 |
| Points | 2021-2022 | 76.7 |
| Rebounds | 2016-2017 | 37 |
| Assists | 2021-2022 | 17 |
| Steals | 2021-2022 | 7.5 |
| Blocks | 2016-2017 | 3.7 |
| 2-pointers made | 2021-2022 | 21 |
| 3-pointers made | 2016-2017 | 10.2 |
| Free throws made | 2012-2013 | 14.8 |
Average recors - all seasons
| Efficiency |
Kendrick Perry 2021/2022 |
17 |
| Points |
Tyrese Rice 2012/2013 |
16.8 |
| Rebounds |
Nikola Vucevic 2016/2017 |
7.7 |
| Assists |
Kendrick Perry 2021/2022 |
7.2 |
| Steals |
Kendrick Perry 2021/2022 |
2.2 |
| Blocks |
Filip Barovic 2016/2017 |
1.2 |
| 2-pointers made |
Nikola Vucevic 2016/2017 |
5.8 |
| 3-pointers made |
Kendrick Perry 2021/2022 |
2.3 |
| Free throws made |
Tyrese Rice 2012/2013 |
4.4 |
FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers
Average recors - all seasons
| Efficiency | 2019-2020 | 0 |
| Points | 2019-2020 | 0 |
| Rebounds | 2019-2020 | 0 |
| Assists | 2019-2020 | 0 |
| Steals | 2019-2020 | 0 |
| Blocks | 2019-2020 | 0 |
| 2-pointers made | 2019-2020 | 0 |
| 3-pointers made | 2019-2020 | 0 |
| Free throws made | 2019-2020 | 0 |
Schedule
| FIBA EuroBasket | |||
| 2017-09-01 |
 Spain
|
Montenegro | 99-60 stat » |
| 2017-09-02 | Montenegro |
 Hungary
|
72-48 stat » |
| 2017-09-04 | Montenegro |
 Croatia
|
72-76 stat » |
| 2017-09-05 |
 Czech Republic
|
Montenegro | 75-88 stat » |
| 2017-09-07 | Montenegro |
 Romania
|
86-69 stat » |
| 2017-09-10 |
 Latvia
|
Montenegro | 100-68 stat » |
| FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers | |||
| 2016-08-31 | Montenegro |
 Slovakia
|
97-65 |
| 2016-09-03 |
 Albania
|
Montenegro | 73-113 |
| 2016-09-07 |
 Georgia
|
Montenegro | 74-76 |
| 2016-09-10 |
Slovakia
|
Montenegro | 62-99 |
| 2016-09-14 | Montenegro |
Albania
|
94-56 |
| 2016-09-17 | Montenegro |
Georgia
|
84-90 |
