Predrag Savović

Predrag Savović
Personal information
Born	May 21, 1976 (age 48); Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian / Spanish
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Ivan Goran Kovacic; (Herceg Novi, Yugoslavia)
College	UAB (1997–1998); Hawaiʻi (1999–2002);
NBA draft	2002: undrafted
Playing career	1993–2009
Position	Guard
Number	4, 6
Career history
1993–1995	Partizan Belgrade
1995–1996	Beovuk 72
1996–1997	Šabac
2002–2003	Denver Nuggets
2004	Spirou Charleroi
2005–2009	Iurbentia Bilbao
Career highlights and awards
	Basketball League champion (2004); AP honorable mention All-American (2002); 2× First-team All-WAC (2001–2002); WAC Tournament MVP (2002);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Predrag Savović (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Савовић; born May 21, 1976) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He played for the NBA's Denver Nuggets and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB, among other teams.

Early life and college career

Savović was born in the Socialist Republic of Croatia city Pula to a family of Serbian descent.^[1]^[2] He attended Ivan Goran Kovacic High School in Herceg Novi, Serbia and Montenegro. He also attended the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) from 1997–98 and then the University of Hawaii at Manoa, in the U.S., from 1998 to 2002. He holds degrees in International Business and Finance as well as Economics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.^[3] He also holds an EMBA Degree from University of Deusto, Deusto Business School. Predrag was a first-team All-Western Athletic Conference pick in his junior and senior seasons, the MVP of the 2002 WAC tournament, and an honorable mention All-American selection by the Associated Press. Hawaii advanced to the first round of the NCAA tournament of 2002.^[4]

Career

Savović grew up playing for Partizan Belgrade, KK Beovuk, and KK Šabac. He moved to the American NCAA even though he was well into his twenties. Undrafted, he signed with the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets in 2002, for whom he played during the 2002-03 NBA season, making him one of only few European players by that time to make a jump from NCAA to NBA. Last five years he has been an important member of Iurbentia Bilbao Basket, a member of ACB League in Spain until his retirement in 2009.

Personal life and Business

Predrag is a founder of Global Business Connections, a firm based in Republic of Montenegro.^{[citation needed]}

His younger brother Boban is also a retired basketball player^[5] and his cousin Zlatko is also a professional basketball player.^[5]

After some years working in Bilbao Basket he became the president of the club in December 2010.^[6]

Notes

^ Bigold, Pat (July 13, 1999). "War has changed Predrag Savovic". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
^ Bigold, Pat (March 25, 1999). "The dream has become a nightmare". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
^ EurocupBasketball.com Profile
^ "Predrag Savovic bio". NBA. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Lehigh Guard Zlatko Savovic A War Survivor
^ Predrag Savovic, new president of Bilbao Basket

External links

[war_has_changed-1] Bigold, Pat (July 13, 1999). "War has changed Predrag Savovic". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved June 12, 2013.

[dream_has_become-2] Bigold, Pat (March 25, 1999). "The dream has become a nightmare". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved June 12, 2013.

[3] EurocupBasketball.com Profile

[NBA_bio-4] "Predrag Savovic bio". NBA. Retrieved February 9, 2012.

[Lehigh-5] Lehigh Guard Zlatko Savovic A War Survivor

[6] Predrag Savovic, new president of Bilbao Basket

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