Dušan Tanasković Explained

Dušan Tanasković
Position:Center / power forward
Height M:2.08
Weight Kg:103
Team:Mega Basket
Birth Date:23 February 2001
Birth Place:Smederevska Palanka, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Serbian
Career Start:2018
Years1:2018–2022
Team1:Partizan NIS
Years2:2018–2021
Team2:Mladost Zemun
Years3:2021–2022
Team3:Dunav
Years4:2022–present
Team4:Igokea
Years5:2023
Team5:Borac WWIN
Years6:2023–2024
Team6:MZT Skopje
Years7:2024–present
Team7:Mega Basket
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Dušan Tanasković (Serbian: Душан Танасковић, born February 23, 2001) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Mega Basket.

Professional career

Tanasković began his basketball career at the youth system with Partizan Belgrade. Prior to the 2018–19 season, Tanasković was loaned out to Mladost Zemun as a two-way affiliate player, making him available for the senior roster of Partizan. On December 22, 2018, Tanasković made his Adriatic League debut with Partizan in a home win over Cedevita, making no records in under 3 minutes of playing time.[1] On February 5, 2019, at age 17, he debuted in the EuroCup in a loss to Alba Berlin, recording 6 points and 2 rebounds in under 11 minutes of playing time.[2] [3] On February 28, Tanasković signed his first professional contract for Partizan.[4] Through 20 games in the 2018–19 Serbian First League with Mladost Zemun, Tanasković averaged 8.2 points, 6 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks in 22 minutes per game.

In June 2022, Tanasković signed a 3-year contract with Igokea of the ABA League, joining his brother's team.[5]

National team career

Tanasković was a member of the Serbian under-16 national team that won the bronze medal at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Montenegro. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 4.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.[6] He was a member of the Serbian under-17 team that participated at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Argentina. Over three tournament games, he averaged 9.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.[7]

Personal life

His older brother Nikola is a basketball player.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ROUND 12, ABA liga, Season 2018/19, Partizan NIS Beograd 71–76 Cedevita Zagreb . aba-liga.com . 24 June 2019.
  2. Web site: 2018-19 Top 16 Round 6 ALBA Berlin 97 Partizan NIS Belgrade 74 . euroleague.net . 24 June 2019.
  3. Web site: CRNO-BELA BUDUĆNOST Dušan Tanasković ima samo 17 godina, ali će nastup Partizana u Berlinu pamtiti večno . sport.blic.rs . 24 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Partizan "zaključao" perspektivnog centra . mondo.rs . 24 June 2019.
  5. Web site: Igokea m:tel extend contracts with Nikola Tanasković, Stefan Đorđević & James Robinson and confirm the transfer of Dušan Tanasković . aba-liga.com . 16 June 2022.
  6. Web site: 2017 Serbia 14 - Dusan Tanaskovic . archive.fiba.com . 24 June 2019.
  7. Web site: Dusan TANASKOVIC, Serbia 2017 . fiba.basketball . 24 June 2019.