| Position | Guard |
|---|---|
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Born | May 21, 1976 Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| College | UAB Hawaiʻi |
| Draft | Undrafted |
| Pro career | 1993–2009 |
| Career history | Partizan Belgrade (1993-95) KK Beovuk (1995-96) KK Šabac (1996-97) Denver Nuggets (2002-03) Charleroi (2004) Iurbentia Bilbao (2005-09) |
Predrag Savović (born May 21, 1976 in Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired professional basketball player. He played for the NBA's Denver Nuggets and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB, among other teams.
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Savović attended Ivan Goran Kovacic High School in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. He also attended the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) from 1997–98 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]
Savović grew up playing for Partizan Belgrade, KK Beovuk, and KK 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 by that time to make a jump from NCAA to NBA. Last five years he has been an important member of Iurbentia Bilbao Basket, a member of ACB League in Spain until his retirement in 2009.
Predrag is a founder of Global Business Connections, firm based in Republic of Montenegro, dedicated to finding potential investment opportunities internationally for its clients as well as helping them do business in Serbia and Montenegro as well as in Spain and the United States through a network of business partners and associates.
His younger brother Boban is also a retired basketball player[2] and his cousin Zlatko is also a professional basketball player.[2]
After some years working in Bilbao Basket he became the president of the club in December 2010.[3]