Ivan Radenović Explained

Ivan Radenović
Position:Power forward / center
Height M:2.09
Weight Kg:111
Nationality:Serbian
Birth Date:10 June 1984
Birth Place:Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
College:Arizona (2003–2007)
Draft Year:2007
Career Start:2002
Career End:2017
Years1:2002–2003
Team1:Partizan
Years2:2007–2008
Team2:Akasvayu Girona
Years3:2008–2009
Team3:Panellinios
Years4:2009
Team4:CSKA Moscow
Years5:2009–2010
Team5:Cajasol Sevilla
Years6:2010–2011
Team6:Menorca Bàsquet
Years7:2011–2013
Team7:Donetsk
Years8:2013–2014
Team8:Crvena zvezda
Years9:2015
Team9:AZS Koszalin
Years10:2015–2016
Team10:Igokea
Years11:2016
Team11:Hapoel Holon
Years12:2017
Team12:Spirou Charleroi
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Ivan Radenović (Serbian: Иван Раденовић; born June 10, 1984) is a Serbian former professional basketball player who last played for Spirou Charleroi of the Belgian League. Standing at, he plays at the power forward and center positions. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.

Early life

Radenović was born in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia, in the former Yugoslavia, and began playing basketball in the junior teams for Partizan Belgrade. His talent came to prominence during the 2002 Albert Schweitzer Games in Germany where he played for a Serbian youth team, averaging 7.4 points and 3.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 59.3 percent (16-of-27) from the floor. He made his senior debut for Partizan during the 2002–03 season.

College career

Mid-way through the 2003–04 season, Radenović joined the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team and their head coach Lute Olson, where he had one of the most successful debuts in Wildcats history, scoring 17 points against Liberty University on December 28, 2003.[1] [2] That very same season, Radenović earned Honorable Mention Pac-10 All Freshman honors. He was a great addition to the Wildcats' team that needed help at the big man position. That season Radenović averaged 5.8 points per game, 2.9 rebounds per game, and shoot 25.7% from the three-point line, 39.7% in field goals, and 76.7% from the free throw line.[3] [4]

During the 2004–05 season, Radenović's game improved a lot. He was a key man on a Wildcats team that lost to the Illinois Fighting Illini in the 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Elite Eight game. During the season Radenović averaged 8.6 points per game, 5.5 rebounds per game,[5] and posted four double doubles and six double figure rebounding games.[6] A notable performance was his Pac-10 game at UCLA where he scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.[7] [8] The same season Radenović was voted the most improved player of them by his teammates.[6]

In the 2005–06 season, Radenović was a key player on a Wildcats' team plagued by off-court problems. He was named the team's co-MVP by his teammates. That same season he averaged 12.5 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game,[9] and had a team-leading four double-doubles during the season.

His senior season of 2006–07 was his year as a leader on a team filled with talent. The absence of Kirk Walters' rebounding throughout the season damaged the Wildcats' game plan. The Wildcats were forced to rely on the younger members on the roster like Chase Budinger and Marcus Williams and eventually lost to Purdue in the first round of the 2007 March Madness Tournament. For the 2006–07 season Radenović averaged 15.1 points per game, 7.6 rebounds per game and 2.1 assists per game, and shoot 50.7% from the field.[10] His highlight of the season was a 37-point, 9-rebound and 7-assist performance in an 85–80 overtime win over Stanford on March 3, 2007.[11] This included 11 of 11 free throws. In that game he was guarded by two future NBA players, top-14 pick Brook Lopez and his twin brother Robin Lopez.[12]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft, Radenović joined the Los Angeles Clippers for the Las Vegas Summer League.[13] However, he played in only three out of the five games for the Clippers, after which he parted ways with the team. In August 2007, Radenović moved to Europe and signed a two-year contract with the Akasvayu Girona of the Spanish Liga ACB.[14] After one season with Girona, he moved to the Greek League club Panellinios, signing one-year contract.[15]

In September 2009, Radenović signed a one-year contract with the Russian powerhouse CSKA Moscow,[16] but at the end of December his contract was terminated.[17] He ended the 2009–10 season at the Spanish team Cajasol Sevilla.[18] In August 2010, he moved to Menorca Bàsquet for the 2010–11 season.[19] In July 2011, he signed a two-year contract with Donetsk.[20]

On September 24, 2013, he signed with Crvena zvezda for the 2013–14 season.[21] Over 10 Euroleague games with Crvena zvezda, he averaged 8.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.

On 25 January 2015, he signed with the Polish club AZS Koszalin for the rest of the 2014–15 PLK season.[22]

On October 6, 2015, he signed an open-contract with the Bosnian team Igokea.[23] In January 2016, he left Igokea[24] and signed with Hapoel Holon for the rest of the 2015–16 Israeli League season.[25]

On January 24, 2017, Radenović signed with Belgian club Spirou Charleroi for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[26]

Career statistics

Euroleague

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10| style="text-align:left;"| CSKA Moscow| 6 || 0 || 10.2 || .500 || .000 || .750 || 1.0 || .3 || .0 || .2 || 2.5 || 1.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14| style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda| 10 || 3 || 21.1 || .491 || .235 || .794 || 3.5 || 1.7 || .8 || .1 || 8.2 || 9.9|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"|| 16 || 3 || 17.0 || .493 || .235 || .658 || 2.6 || 1.2 || .5 || .1 || 6.0 || 6.6

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20040515134210/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=233620012 Liberty vs. Arizona - Recap - December 28, 2003
  2. http://www.arizonaathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=8174&SPID=518&DB_OEM_ID=1600&ATCLID=40944 Arizonaathletics.com
  3. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/12/arizona-wildcats Arizona Wildcats Statistics - 2003-04
  4. http://www.arizonaathletics.com/downloads1/10616.pdf?ATCLID=39534&SPSID=8158&SPID=518&DB_OEM_ID=1600 Arizonaathletics.com
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20090316113408/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/stats?teamId=12&year=2005 Arizona Wildcats Statistics - 2004-05
  6. http://www.arizonaathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=8158&SPID=518&DB_OEM_ID=1600&ATCLID=39534&Q_SEASON=2006 Arizona athletics 2006 season
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20050306174105/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=250430026 Olson within three Pac-10 wins of Wooden
  8. http://wc.arizona.edu/papers/98/97/02_1.html Arizona.edu papers
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20090322023952/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/stats?teamId=12&year=2006 Arizona Wildcats Statistics - 2005-06
  10. https://archive.today/20120724183253/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/stats?teamId=12&year=2007 Arizona Wildcats Statistics - 2006-07
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20070306064819/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=270620024 Arizona 85, Stanford 80, OT
  12. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=270620024 Arizona 85, Stanford 80 - Box score - March 3, 2007
  13. Web site: 2007 Clippers Summer League Team . 2016-02-12 . 2016-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160216032736/http://origin.nba.com/summerleague2007/team/index.jsp?team=clippers . dead .
  14. News: El Akasvayu Girona anuncia el fichaje de Ivan Radenovic. 12 February 2016. acb.com. es. 16 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170216050159/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=43431. dead.
  15. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723184756/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/34354/448/panellinios-tabs-ivan-radenovic Panellinios tabs Ivan Radenovic
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20091208050152/http://www.cskabasket.com/news/?a=news&id=7247&lang=en CSKA signed Ivan Radenovic
  17. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/63966/180/cska-and-ivan-radenovic-part-ways CSKA and Ivan Radenovic part ways
  18. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/79484/ivan-radenovic-to-cajasol.html Ivan Radenovic to Cajasol
  19. http://thehoopsmarket.blogspot.com/2010/08/menorca-basquet-signs-ivan-radenovic.html Menorca Bàsquet signs Ivan Radenovic
  20. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/86832/180/bc-donetsk-signs-radenovic BC Donetsk signs Radenovic
  21. Web site: Ivan Radenović u crveno-belom . kkcrvenazvezda.rs . Serbian . 24 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927101506/http://www.kkcrvenazvezda.rs/index.php/article/ivan-radenovic-u-crveno-belom . September 27, 2013 .
  22. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/poland/149900/ivan-radenovic-signs-with-azs-koszalin.html Ivan Radenovic signs with AZS Koszalin
  23. News: Igokea adds Radenović . 6 October 2015 . abaliga.com . 6 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151006174845/http://www.abaliga.com/a10220/News/Igokea_adds_Radenovic.html . October 6, 2015 .
  24. News: Ćapin dobio otkaz, Radenović nas napustio. 12 February 2016. igokea.rs. 9 January 2016. Serbian. 24 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210924144637/https://igokea.rs/capin-dobio-otkaz-radenovic-nas-napustio/. dead.
  25. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/188083/ivan-radenovic-signs-with-hapoel-holon.html Ivan Radenovic signs with Hapoel Holon
  26. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/belgium/224070/ivan-radenovic-inks-with-spirou-charleroi.html Ivan Radenovic inks with Spirou Charleroi