Boban Marjanović

Boban Marjanović

Marjanović with Crvena zvezda in September 2013.
No. 13 – Crvena zvezda Telekom Belgrade
Position Center
League Serbian League
ABA League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born August 15, 1988
Zaječar, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 2.23 m (7 ft 4 in)
Listed weight 133 kg (293 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2010 / Undrafted
Pro career 2006–present
Career history
2006–2010 Hemofarm
2007 → Swisslion Takovo
2010–2011 CSKA Moscow
2011 → Žalgiris Kaunas
2011–2012 Nizhny Novgorod
2012 Radnički Kragujevac
2012–2013 Mega Vizura
2013–present Crvena zvezda
Career highlights and awards

Boban "Bobi" Marjanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Бобан Марјановић; born August 15, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Crvena zvezda Belgrade of the Serbian League. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team in the international competitions. Standing at 2.23 m (7 ft 4 in), he plays the center position.

Professional career

Early years

Marjanović began his professional career with Hemofarm in the 2006–07 season of the Adriatic League, but was loaned to Basketball League of Serbia team Swisslion Takovo in January 2007. After half a season there, he moved back to Hemofarm. In the following seasons, he played an important role for his team together with his teammates from the national team, Stefan Marković and Milan Mačvan.

2010–2012

In the summer of 2010, Marjanović signed a three-year contract with CSKA Moscow on insistence of Duško Vujošević.[1] However, after Vujošević got fired, Marjanović lost his place in the first team. On December 31, 2010, he was loaned to Žalgiris until the end of the 2010–11 season.[2]

In July 2011, he signed with Nizhny Novgorod,[3] staying there for half a season. In January 2012, he returned to Serbia and signed with Radnički Kragujevac for the rest of the 2011–12 season.[4]

Mega Vizura

In July 2012, he signed a contract with the Serbian team Mega Vizura for the 2012–13 season.[5] He had a great season, and was named the MVP of the Serbian League.[6]

Crvena zvezda

On July 2, 2013, Marjanović signed a two-year contract with Crvena zvezda Belgrade.[7][8] In December 2013, he was named the Euroleague MVP for Round 10.[9] In April 2014, alongside with his teammate DeMarcus Nelson, he was selected for the ideal team of the 2013–14 ABA League season.[10][11]

In the first game of 2014–15 Euroleague season, Marjanović led his team to 76–68 victory against Galatasaray, scoring 22 points and pulling 10 rebounds in 28 minutes on the court.[12] He was later named the Euroleague MVP for Round 1.[13] On November 22, 2014, he recorded 23 points and career-high 17 rebounds for a total index rating of 39, in a double overtime 103–110 loss against Galatasaray.[14] At the time, his 17 rebounds in a single game was a highest number of rebounds by any player in the three-seasons span of the Euroleague.[15] For his performances he was named MVP of the Euroleague regular season.[16]

On April 9, in a game against Panathinaikos, he set the Euroleague record for the most rebounds in a single season with 256, passing the previous record of Mirsad Türkcan who had 248 rebounds in a 2002–03 Euroleague season.[17] He also set the Euroleague record for the most double-doubles in a season with 16, passing the previous record of Tanoka Beard who had 14 in a 2004–05 Euroleague season.[17] Over 24 Euroleague games, he averaged all career-high 16.6 points, league-leading 10.7 rebounds and 25.7 in PIR.[17][18]

Serbian national team

As a junior national team player, Marjanović won the gold medals at the 2007 World U19 Championship and the 2008 European U20 Championship. He was on candidate list before the EuroBasket 2009 and the 2010 FIBA World Championship, but did not get in the final 12-man squad. His senior team debut at major tournament came at the EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania, where Serbia finished 8th.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.

Led the league

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 CSKA 8 3 11.4 .458 .000 .923 3.5 .4 .6 .6 4.3 5.6
2010–11 Žalgiris 6 1 12.3 .647 .000 .643 3.5 .3 .2 .5 5.2 5.7
2013–14 Crvena zvezda 10 9 19.9 .616 .000 .621 7.7 1.0 .9 .8 10.8 15.2
2014–15 Crvena zvezda 24 24 27.3 .621 .000 .781 10.7 1.0 .4 .9 16.6 25.7
Career 48 37 21.3 .610 .000 .755 8.0 .8 .5 .8 11.9 17.7

References

  1. ↑ "CSKA Moscow adds size with Marjanovic". euroleague.net. July 6, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ "ZALGIRIS gets center Marjanovic on loan". euroleague.net. December 31, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Boban Marjanovic moves to BC Nizhny Novgorod". sportando.net. July 2, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Boban Marjanović pojačao Radnički iz Kragujevca" (in Serbian). blic.rs. January 7, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Boban Marjanovic inks with Mega Vizura". sportando.net. July 20, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Boban Marjanović MVP Superlige, Rakočević drugi, Bakić treći" (in Serbian). blic.rs. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Red Star adds size with Boban Marjanovic". Sportando.net. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Marjanović dve godine u Zvezdi!". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Regular season Round 10 bwin MVP: Boban Marjanovic, Crvena Zvezda Telekom". Euroleague.net. December 21, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  10. ↑ "The ideal five of the 2013/14 season selected". abaliga.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "ABA: ’Večiti’ i Šarić u timu lige". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "Crvena Zvezda takes first Game of the Week against Galatasaray". euroleague.net. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "Regular season Round 1 bwin MVP: Boban Marjanovic, Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade". euroleague.net. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "EL: Erceg ukrao pobedu Zvezdi!". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "Erceg, Arroyo star in Galatasaray’s 2OT win over Crvena Zvezda". euroleague.net. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  16. ↑ Todić, Maja (20 December 2014). "MVP: Boban Marjanović najbolji košarkaš prvog dela Evrolige!". sportklub.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Zvezda's Marjanovic sets rebounds mark to end milestone season". euroleague.net (9 April 2015). Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Marjanović u istoriji Evrolige!". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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