Montenegro National Teams

[Buducnost PG]

As 1st montenegrin basketball NT started the U20 with the preparation on Monday this week.

Roster:

Suad Sehovic 87 SG 197cm Bosna Sarajevo
Dusan Stjepovic (palys in Italy, no more info)
Igor Bijelic 88 – F/C 207cm Mogren Budva
Marko Raznatovic (FMP no mor info)
Nemanja Milosevic (New Jersey Tech) 6-8 SF/PF
Boban Medenica 87 SF 201cm Mornar Bar
Milovan Savic 87 C 203cm Mornar Bar
Marko Mijovic 87 188cm G Mornar Bar
Aleksa Popovic 87 201cm SG/SF Danilovgrad
Dragan Zekovic 87 210cm C Arkadia Traiskirchen
Goran Martinic 87 187 cm G Ulcinj
Maksim Sutranovic 88 209cm C Niksic
Goran Gajovic 199cm G 88 Niksic
Darko Kastratovic 88 189 PG Niksic
Marko Kulic Niksic (no more info)
Vladimir Dasic 88 206cm SF/PF Buducnost Podgorica
Ljubo Jovanovic 87 207cm C Buducnost Podgorica
Sead Sehovic 89 200cm SG/SF Bosna Sarajevo
Boris Savovic 87 207cm PF Hemofarm Vrsac

Nenad Mijatovic (87 PG of Buducnost Podgorica) broke his leg on holiday in Budva and will not be able to play.

Nikola Dragovic (87 SF UCLA) will play for Serbia and also Petar Despotovic (88 SG Hemofarm Vrsac/ on loan in Mega Ishrane) will play for Serbia.

[Srle]

I dont know much abou those players, except Savovic and Dasic. Too bad we gave up on Savovic. He is a Serbian kid from Herzegovina, Trebinje. He had one huge game this year when many players frmo Hemofarm were injured, somethink like 24 points and 15 boards. But its fair. We recived Dragovic and Despotovic.And more important young talented players like Rondovic,Dasovic,Subotic etc. It would be nice if we could steal Pekovic. But its not likely to happen.

[Buducnost PG]

I dont know much abou those players, except Savovic and Dasic. Too bad we gave up on Savovic. He is a Serbian kid from Herzegovina, Trebinje. He had one huge game this year when many players frmo Hemofarm were injured, somethink like 24 points and 15 boards. But its fair. We recived Dragovic and Despotovic.And more important young talented players like Rondovic,Dasovic,Subotic etc. It would be nice if we could steal Pekovic. But its not likely to happen.

Now that Vujosevic is the new coach of Montenegro i think the chances are high that he will play for Montenegro. Pekovic´s father is working for RTCG (montenegrin national televison) so he must be pro Montenegro and Pekovic could end up playing for them.

That Despotovic would play for Serbia was from the 1st day clear for me. He is from Pljevlja a city were the most people ( i think around 70%) declare them as serbs. Dragovic called himself as montenegrin, but because of problems with Buducnost managment before few years he will not play for Montenegro. The most persons in the montenegrin fedaration are the one from Budcunost.

I think the team is strong enough to get to the A Division. It would be great with Mijatovic, Savovic and Dasic. As you said Savovic is a good one. As i know he was cut some days before the last U20 in Turkey togehter with Teodosic. Another Savovic will play for the U18 or better said is in the squad which inclued 45 players now. He is also playing in Hemofarm. Perhaps he is his brother.

Serbia definetly get some nice talent.

Dragovic-87-Podgorica
Despotovic-88-Pljevlja
Rondovic-91-?
Subotic-90-Tivat
Besovic-92-? he played for Buducnost before so perhaps born in Podgorica
Andusic-91-? i didn´t know that he is from Montenegro, before few days. Good player i think. Nice scorer.
Bogdan Jovanovic-91-?

From players which are born in Montenegro, but play in serbian clubs now and will play for Motenegro

Tedorovic-91-? plays in Partizan
Celebic-91-? plays in Srem
Loncovic-91-? plays in Zvezda

Loncovic was one of the best players for the U16 of Zvezda with Rondovic and Radisavljevic.

But the big question will be if Nikola Mirotic and Nikola Rakocevic will play for Montenegro. If this happen then they have get some huge talent. Especially in Mirotic. Both play for Real Madrid and Mirtoic seems to be amazing. He is playing better against older competion as Djekic and Musli for example right now.

Djordje Pavicevic said on friday that it will be know in the next 4-5 days if some players from Italy, Spain, USA and Partizan will also be in the squad for the preparation of the U16. Since yesterday follwing players are training in Bar.

Rade Ivanovic, Aleksander Dobrovic, Mladen Novakovic, Nikola Lalic, Nemanja Djurisic and Luka Rakic from Buducnost Podgorica.. Milos Koljic, Zarko Krivokapic, Aleksander Nikolic and Bojan Dubljevic from Niksic. Nemanja Radovic from Centar Bijelo Polje. Nikola Ljujic of Jedinstov Bijelo Polje. Nikola Djuric from Bojs Bar. Mihailo Sekulovic from Dzoker Podgorica. Ognjen Scepanovic (Gorstak Kolasin), Aleksander Drincic (Primorije), Vladimir Bulatovic (Rozaje), Nino Celebic (Srem), Marko Loncovic (Zvezda), Nikola Lazovic (Italy), Marko Bugosija (Mladost Zemun), Bogdan Cebalovic (Mornar Bar), Miroslav Damjanovic (Rudar Pljevlja), Nikola Tomic (Bonus Niksic) and Nemanja Bulatovic (Gorstak Kolasin).

[Srle]

Rondovic is Also born in Montenegro. He is a very nice player. 6"10 and only 16 years old. I think Montenegro will qulify i Divison A this year. Serbia will always bring talented players from Bosnia and Montenegro. Its a quantity that's count. And FMP is the team that have very good scouting all over a Balkan. I dont know why Dusan Ognjenovic is not on the list of cadets. He is also from Hercegovina,Trebinje. 6"11, only 16 years old. He had solid numbers in tournament in Serbia backing Dejan Musli. It would be stupid to lost him to Bosnia or Montenegro(No Offense).

[Buducnost PG]

Rondovic is Also born in Montenegro. He is a very nice player. 6"10 and only 16 years old. I think Montenegro will qulify i Divison A this year. Serbia will always bring talented players from Bosnia and Montenegro. Its a quantity that's count. And FMP is the team that have very good scouting all over a Balkan. I dont know why Dusan Ognjenovic is not on the list of cadets. He is also from Hercegovina,Trebinje. 6"11, only 16 years old. He had solid numbers in tournament in Serbia backing Dejan Musli. It would be stupid to lost him to Bosnia or Montenegro(No Offense).

I am serb from Montenegro and have no problems with that, that players from Montenegro play for Serbia. I hope that the boys will have a nice career. For me this is not that much important if Dragovic plays for Montenegro or Serbia. The politic wanted that i have 2 NT now. But there is one interesting think. Players which plays in montenegrin clubs immediately said that they will play for Montenegro like Dasic and Mijatovic. The others which went to Serbia not. But it will be difficulter in the future to bring in players from Montenegro to play for Serbia, then it is in the case of Bosnia. The situation with the people in Montenegro and in BIH is not the same. There is not this hating as it is in BIH with serbs, croats and bosjnaks. And the other point is, that Montenegro has junior cagegories right now and knows how to work. Earlier in SCG i heard there were 11 trainingcenters for the juniors and 3 of them were in Montenegro. So Montenegro will benefit from this in the future. In the case of BIH there are no real tournaments of junior, cadet or pionir competition so they lose a lot kids to Serbia and Croatia. I heard Bojan Bogdanovic (now Real Madrid) was on the preparation of BIH U16 but they said he is to weak. I am sure one of the bosses sold him to the croatian federation. This kid is the best croatian player born in 89. I think the same happend with Preldzic. BIH has not a U20 for years.

[Srle]

I have same fealling to about Montenegro. I still thin clubs from Serbia(FMP as example) will continue to bring talented kids from Montenegro. Especially kids who decleared as Serb's. They usally offer education together with basketball. They have their own academy. Also nobody can stop kids from either country to play for national team they want. I think Bodiroga's camp in Trebinje is a great thing. I thik it will continue to grow and grow.

[Joško Poljak Fan]

I think BiH federation knew little to none about Preldžić... but Slovan didn't force him up either and he didn't get much playing time untill he got the passport. That's true as well.
I think BiH federation should finally prevent all those players running away playing for Croatia, Serbia or Slovenia.

good luck to Montenegro, in the near future might just happen all ex-Yu republics would participate in EC which would mean 6 places among 16 teams.

[Billy]

So, Sweden will go up against Montenegro in one of the div B semifinals and Swedens HC Kostas Flevarakis just went on the record as saying that Montenegro is one of the eight best NTs in Europe at the moment.

Got me thinking, is it possible that its true?

What NTs are definitely better and which one that has qualified for Poland are doubtfully so?

I personally dont know if I can say that Germany (without Nowitzky) and Russia are better. Neither am I sure Bulgaria, Israel, Poland, GB or Latvia would win in a two game series.

[Picek]

Honestly?
I think they are really good but it is hard to make a good comparison without watching them playing against Europe's best
if they would be in Poland they would definitely be fighting for a place in Turkey..
but I don't think they would be a medal contender yet..

[bhoy_Athens]

MONTENEGRO will be for sure in the 1st division of Eurobasket! As in water polo,they startd from the below divisions and they conquered the eurochampion,as now I hope that they will be with us all next years...

Try to believe,that by the Ex-Yugoslavia,there will be 6 NT in the European top.


[Send a PM to Picek if you want to know the meaning or use Google translate. rikhardur]

[Mirza Delibasic]

If they would be in Poland they would probably be fighting for a 1/4 final, or even 1/2 final

[Srle]

Now you are getting ahead of yourself. Beating Iceland is not same as beating nations in A division.They have nice front court but they back court except black Montenegrin really suck.

[rikhardur]

Montenegro Ready For The Challenge

If the movers and shakers in Montenegrin basketball know anything heading into their qualifying campaign for EuroBasket 2011 this summer, it's this.

They will not beat opponents by an average margin of 22.6 points per game as they did in EuroBasket Division B.

After Saturday's Division A draw in Munich, the Montenegrins will be happy just to win games.

The will go up against Latvia, Israel, Finland and Italy in Group A.

"Our group has the most quality, there's no doubt at all," said Danilo Mitrovic, the sports director of the Montenegro national teams.

"It wasn't like I was hoping for, but that's what we've got."

Still, Mitrovic does like his team's chances of making it to the EuroBasket for the first time and for good reason.

Nikola Pekovic is the team's leading player, the starting center for European heavyweights Panathinaikos.

Vlado Scepanovic is the team captain and he is a link to past success, having played for Yugoslavia's gold-medal winning team at the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens.

Vladimir Dasic is a 21-year-old forward who tasted success with the Montenegrin youth teams and is now honing his craft under the watchful eye of Ettore Messina at Real Madrid.

There is a lot more talent to draw from for Montenegro, and it's all in good hands with Partizan Belgrade coach Dusko Vujosevic also serving as the boss of Montenegrin national team.

"We know our qualities," Mitrovic said, "and at the draw, I saw some signs of relief at some other national federations who weren't drawn with us in the same group."

Mitrovic, in fact, despite the presence of so many strong teams, was bold enough to say: "Still, I think we are favorites in our group. I'm sure we'll qualify for the EuroBasket, and even our coach (Dusko) Vujosevic said in our (telephone) chat immediately after the draw that the 'group isn't easy at all', even he's an optimist, too."

http://www.fibaeurope.com/coid_3d3Yv...frontpage.html

[albiongate]

According to the montenegrin newspaper Vijesti, Danilo Mitrovic (a montenegrin basketball federation official) and Partizan Belgrade head coach Dusko Vujosevic are trying to convince Strahinja Milosevic (203, 1985, Partizan Belgrade) to play for Montenegro.

http://www.vijesti.me/index.php?id=336743

Milosevic has already played twice for serbian university NT, but the serbian federation will certainly allow him to change his basketball nationality as it was done previously for Ratko Varda and many others. Montenegrins can also expect the help of the boss of serbian federation, Dragan Kapicic who is from montenegrin descent.

[albiongate]

The top scorer of the turkish championship, Qunicy Douby (191, 1984, Darussafaka TUR) received montenegrin citizenship and will took part to qualifications for EC 2011.

Danilo Mitrovic, the sports director of the Montenegro national teams told that Vujosevic will choose the naturalized player (Cook or Douby) according to the opponent. But also, that Omar Cook remain the main naturalized player.

He also denied rumours about Strahinja Milosevic.

http://www.sportal.rs/news.php?id=27406

[pohani komarac]

Montenegro preliminary squad: John Koljević, Omar Cook, Goran Jeretin, Vlado Scepanovic (captain), John Maras, Predrag Drobnjak, Nikola Pekovic, Slavko Vranes, Vladimir Golubovic Vladimir Dragicevic, Vladimir Dašić, Milko Bjelica, Suad Šehović, Sead Šehović, Miloš Borisov, Nikola Vučević and Quincy Douby

http://www.fibaeurope.com/coid_z6N0F...frontpage.html

they translated Ivan in John...Fiba

[SunOverHStreet]

Montenegro preliminary squad: Ivan Koljević, Omar Cook, Goran Jeretin, Vlado Šćepanović (captain), Ivan Maraš, Predrag Drobnjak, Nikola Peković, Slavko Vraneš, Vladimir Golubović, Vladimir Dragičević, Vladimir Dašić, Milko Bjelica, Suad Šehović, Sead Šehović, Miloš Borisov, Nikola Vučević and Quincy Douby.

Nice frontcourt, but where is Žarko Rakočević? He must have stepped on Dule's nerve or something...

P.S.
I couldn't stand that John thingy, so I changed a little...

[vaslover]

Dusko Vujosevic resigned his post as a head coach of Montenegro NT.

[rikhardur]

Dusko Vujosevic resigned his post as a head coach of Montenegro NT.

Božidar Maljković, Luka Pavićević and Dejan Radonjić are among the candidates.

[vaslover]

Božidar Maljković, Luka Pavićević and Dejan Radonjić are among the candidates.

I suppose Bozidar Maljkovic will be great option for them.