Predrag Savović

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Predrag Savović
Position	Guard
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Team	Iurbentia Bilbao
Born	May 21, 1976 (1976-05-21) (age 32) Pula, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia)
Nationality	Serbia
College	Hawaii
Draft	Not drafted
Pro career	–present
Former teams	Denver Nuggets 2002–2003

Predrag Savović (born May 21, 1976 in Pula, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in present-day Croatia) is a Serbian professional basketball player with also aSpanish passport, formerly of NBA's Denver Nuggets.

[edit] Education

Savović graduated from Ivan Goran Kovacic High School 1994. He also graduated with honors from University of Hawaii at Manoa at year 2002 with two degrees in International and Finance. He also holds a minor degree in Economics from the same university.

[edit] Career

At the outbreak of war in Croatia and breakup of Yugoslavia Savović's family (including his brother Slobodan Boban, also a professional basketball player) fled to Serbia where he played with Partizan Belgrade, KK Beovuk, and KK Iva Zorka Pharm. However, after not being able to find himself playing in the league of former Yugoslavia 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 by that time to make a jump from NCAA to NBA.

Currently, he is in his third season for Iurbentia Bilbao in the Spanish ACB.