Predrag Savović Explained

Predrag Savović
Position:Guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:6
Weight Lbs:225
Nationality:Montenegrin / Spanish
Number:4, 1, 11
Birth Date:21 May 1976
Birth Place:Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Highschool:Ivan Goran Kovacic
College:
Draft Year:2002
Career Start:1993
Career End:2009
Years1:1993–1995
Team1:Partizan
Years2:1995–1996
Team2:Beovuk 72
Years3:1996–1997
Team3:Zorka Šabac
Team4:Denver Nuggets
Years5:2004
Team5:Spirou Charleroi
Years6:2005–2009
Team6:Iurbentia Bilbao
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Predrag Savović (Serbian: Предраг Савовић; born 21 May 1976) is a Montenegrin former professional basketball player. Among many teams in his professional career he played for KK Partizan Belgrade, the NBA's Denver Nuggets and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB.

Early life and college career

Savović was born in Pula, SR Croatia, at the time part of SFR Yugoslavia, to a family of Montenegrin descent. He attended Ivan Goran Kovačić High School in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. He attended the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) from 1997 to 1998 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.[1] 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.[2]

Career

Savović grew up playing for Partizan Belgrade, Beovuk, and IVA Zorka Pharm 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 at guard position by that time that made a transition from NCAA to NBA without being drafted. He only played in 27 NBA games, totaling 83 points, 25 rebounds and 22 assists. Savović' final NBA game was played on April 2, 2003 in a 75 - 83 loss to the New York Knicks where he played for nearly 5 minutes and had no stats other than three missed field-goals.

For the last five years of his professional basketball career, he has been an important member of Bilbao Basket, a member of ACB League in Spain until his retirement in 2009.

Personal life and business career

Predrag Savović is a co-founder of IBEXMONT D.O.O:, a consulting firm based in Republic of Montenegro. . He is also a Public Speaker on subject of Team Work and Team Efficiency working closely with many companies in Spain and other European countries. He is also a co-founder of BADAIS INTERNATIONAL a successful flower wholesale business in London UK.

His younger brother, Boban, is also a retired basketball player and an assistant coach of JL Bourg Basket of PRO A French premiere basketball league.

In November 2021 he joined a team of Fintech company BRYDG CAPITAL in London as a Business Development Manager.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/?clubcode=bil&pcode=CKG EurocupBasketball.com Profile
  2. Web site: Predrag Savovic bio. NBA. 9 February 2012. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20080117080617/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/predrag_savovic/bio.html. 17 January 2008.