Dejan Kravić Explained

Dejan Kravić
Position:Center
Height Ft:7
Height In:0
Weight Lb:244
Team:Free Agent
Birth Date:9 September 1990
Birth Place:Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Serbian / Canadian
College:
Draft Year:2014
Career Start:2014
Years1:2014–2015
Team1:Rethymno Cretan Kings
Years2:2015–2016
Team2:Den Bosch
Years3:2016–2017
Team3:Rethymno Cretan Kings
Years4:2017
Team4:Brussels
Years5:2017–2018
Team5:Panionios
Years6:2018–2019
Team6:Virtus Bologna
Years7:2019–2020
Team7:Obradoiro
Years8:2020–2022
Team8:San Pablo Burgos
Years9:2022
Team9:Unicaja
Years10:2022–2023
Team10:Victoria Libertas Pesaro
Years11:2023
Team11:Casademont Zaragoza
Highlights:

Dejan Kravić (Serbian: Дејан Кравић; born September 9, 1990) is a Serbian-Canadian professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Spanish Liga ACB.

College career

Kravic started his college career with York University. In his sophomore season, Kravic averaged 15.6 points and 9.6 rebounds.[1] In the 2011–12 season, he was redshirted. In the 2012–13 season, he played his first games for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. He was named to the First Team Academic All-Big 12.

Professional career

2014–15 season

On July 21, 2014, he signed his first professional contract with Rethymno Aegean in Greece.[2]

2015–16 season

On August 25, 2015, his arrival to SPM Shoeters Den Bosch of the Netherlands was announced.[3] Kravić averaged 14.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game in the DBL regular season. In the playoffs, he averaged 12.4 points and 6.5 rebounds in 8 games.[4]

2016–17 season

On July 25, 2016, Kravić returned to Rethymno, signing a two-year deal.[5]

2017–18 season

On July 14, 2017, Kravić signed with Excelsior Brussels.[6] On October 20, 2017, he left Brussels.[7] In November 2017, he signed with Panionios of the Greek League.[8]

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

In the summer of 2017, Kravić played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for Team Fredette. He competed for the $2 million prize, and for Team Fredette, he scored 12 points in their first round game, which they lost to Team Utah (Utah Alumni) 100-97.[9]

2018–19 season

On July 5, 2018, Kravić signed a deal with Virtus Bologna.[10] With Virtus, he won the Basketball Champions League (BCL) trophy on May 5, 2019. The team beat Iberostar Tenerife in the final, Kravić had 4 points and 5 rebounds in the deciding game. Kravić joined Obradoiro in 2019 and averaged 13.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game in ACB play.

2019–20 season

On July 21, 2020, he has signed with San Pablo Burgos of the Liga ACB.[11] He won the Basketball Champions League for a second year in a row with Burgos.[12] He became the second player ever to have won two BCL titles, after Kevin Punter.[13]

2021–22 season

Kravić began the season with San Pablo Burgos and averaged 8.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game.

On January 28, 2022, he signed with Unicaja.[14]

2022–23 season

On August 16, 2022, he has signed with Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[15]

International career

Kravic is eligible to play in the Serbian national basketball team.[16]

In June 2014, national team head coach Saša Đorđević included him on the preliminary list of 29 players being considered for the twelve roster spots for the 2014 FIBA World Cup.[17] Three weeks later, in early July 2014, Kravić further made Đorđević's shortened list of 20 players invited for the training camp.[18] However, in early August, following the training camp, he got cut as the team began its pre-tournament friendlies.[19]

Career statistics

Europe

|-| align=center | 2014–15| rowspan="2" align="left"| Rethymno Aegean | rowspan="3" align="center"| GBL| 26 || 16.6 || .510 || .000 || .500 || 4.8 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 0.8 || 6.6|-| align=center | 2016–17| 13 || 22.2 || .638 || .000 || .571 || 5.7 || 0.4 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 9.4|-| align=center | 2017–18| align=left | Panionios | 22 || 18.9 || .614 || .000 || .620 || 4.9 || 0.5 || 0.9 || 1.1 || 11.8|-| align=center | 2018–19| align=left | Virtus Bologna | align=center | LBA| 28 || 21.6 || .579 || .000 || .675 || 5.9 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 1.2 || 10.9|-| align=center | 2019–20| align=left | Obradoiro | rowspan="2" align="center"| ACB| 23 || 27.7 || .602 || .000 || .632 || 6.4 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 1.3 || 13.2|-| align=center | 2020–21| align=left | San Pablo Burgos | 33 || 20.7 || .598 || .000 || .530 || 4.7 || 0.7 || 1.0 || 0.7 || 10.8|-|-class=sortbottom| align="center" colspan=3 | Career[20] | 145 || 21.1 || .588 || .000 || .599 || 5.3 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 10.5

College

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13| style="text-align:left;"| Texas Tech| 31 || 28 || 21.5 || .515 || .000 || .611 || 5.2 || 1.2 || .7 || 1.3 || 9.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14| style="text-align:left;"| Texas Tech| 32 || 29 || 21.2 || .505 || .000 || .646 || 4.6 || .8 || .4 || 1.3 || 7.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 63 || 57 || 21.3 || .511 || .000 || .628 || 4.9 || 1.0 || .6 || 1.3 || 8.1

Honours

Club

Den Bosch

2015–16

2015

Virtus Bologna

2018–19[21]

San Pablo Burgos

2019–20,[22] 2020–21[23]

2021[24]

Individual

2016

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dejan Kravic Bio - Texas Tech University Official Athletic Site . Texastech.com . 2015-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150908005113/http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/dejan_kravic_776681.html . 2015-09-08 .
  2. Web site: Player Profile – Dejan Kravic Signs First Professional Contract In Greece . Slan Sports Management . 2014-07-21 . 2015-08-29.
  3. Web site: Dejan Kravic completeert selectie Shoeters . Bd.nl . 2015-08-29.
  4. http://www.basketballleague.nl/speler/444 Statistics of Dejan Kravic
  5. News: el:ΕΠΕΣΤΡΕΨΕ "ΣΠΙΤΙ" ΤΟΥ Ο ΝΤΕΓΙΑΝ ΚΡΑΒΙΤΣ. http://rethymnobc.gr/%ce%b5%cf%80%ce%b5%cf%83%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b5%cf%88%ce%b5-%cf%83%cf%80%ce%b9%cf%84%ce%b9-%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85-%ce%bf-%ce%bd%cf%84%ce%b5%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1%ce%bd-%ce%ba%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b2%ce%b9/. 25 July 2016. rethymnobc.gr. 25 July 2016. Greek. 14 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170214004457/http://rethymnobc.gr/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%88%CE%B5-%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%BF-%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%B9/. dead.
  6. Web site: WELCOME DEJAN KRAVIC ! . 2017-07-15 . 2017-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171115231002/http://www.brusselsbasketball.be/welcome-dejan-kravic/ . dead .
  7. https://www.sportando.com/en/europe/belgium/250809/basic-fit-brussels-parted-ways-with-dejan-kratic-osvaldas-matulionis.html Basic Fit Brussels parted ways with Dejan Kratic, Osvaldas Matulionis
  8. http://www.eurobasket.com/Greece/news/512932/Panionios-ink-Dejan-Kravic Panionios ink Dejan Kravic.
  9. Web site: Bracket The Basketball Tournament. www.thetournament.com. en. 2018-02-27. 2019-05-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190514091135/https://www.thetournament.com/bracket. dead.
  10. https://sportando.basketball/en/italy/serie-a/280435/virtus-bologna-signs-dejan-kravic.html Virtus Bologna signs Dejan Kravic
  11. News: Dejan Kravic leaves Monbus Obradoiro to sign with San Pablo Burgos. July 21, 2020. Sportando. En. July 21, 2020. Maggi. Alessandro.
  12. News: Hereda San Pablo Burgos crowned 2020 Basketball Champions League winners. 4 October 2020. 5 October 2020. Basketball Champions League.
  13. Web site: Sacrifice could earn Burgos a shot at back-to-back BCL titles, says two-time champion Kravic. Basketball Champions League. 13 October 2020. 16 October 2020.
  14. Web site: Yahyabeyoglu . Fersu . Schmidt-Scheuber . Miles . Dejan Kravic joins Unicaja . Eurobasket . January 28, 2022 . January 28, 2022.
  15. News: Dejan Kravic joins VL Pesaro. August 16, 2022. Sportando. En. August 17, 2022. Carchia . Emiliano .
  16. Web site: Kravic pursuing hoop dreams | The London Free Press . Lfpress.com . 2014-08-01 . 2015-08-29.
  17. News: SP: Đorđević objavio širi spisak. B92.net. 6 June 2014. 10 July 2016.
  18. News: Đorđevićevih 20 odabranih bez Bobija Marjanovića!. telegraf.rs. 1 July 2014. 10 July 2016.
  19. News: Dejan Kravić otpao sa spiska za SP!. RTS.rs. 1 August 2014. 10 July 2016.
  20. Web site: Dejan Kravic International Stats. 13 May 2021. Sports Reference. 13 May 2021.
  21. Web site: Bologna dazzle on way to 2019 Basketball Champions League crown. 5 May 2019. Basketball Champions League. 21 July 2020.
  22. News: Hereda San Pablo Burgos crowned 2020 Basketball Champions League winners. 4 October 2020. 5 October 2020. Basketball Champions League.
  23. News: History! Hereda San Pablo Burgos defeat Pinar Karsiyaka, win back-to-back titles. 9 May 2021. 10 May 2021. Basketball Champions League.
  24. News: Vitor Benite wins MVP of the 2021 FIBA Intercontinental Cup after San Pablo Burgos' victory. FIBA. 7 February 2021. 7 February 2021.
  25. News: KRAVIC NAMED YORK MALE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. York University. 25 March 2010. 14 May 2021.