Dejan Musli

Dejan Musli

Musli with Partizan Belgrade against MZT in Skopje in October 2013.
No. 44 – Mega Leks
Position Center
League Adriatic League
Basketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born January 3, 1991
Prizren, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight 262 lb (119 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2013 / Undrafted
Pro career 2009–present
Career history
2007–2010 FMP
2010–2012 Caja Laboral
2011 → Fuenlabrada
2012 → Mega Vizura
2012–2014 Partizan
2015–present Mega Leks
Career highlights and awards

Dejan Musli (Cyrillic: Дејан Мусли; born January 3, 1991) is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Mega Leks of the Basketball League of Serbia. Standing at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), he plays at the center position.

Professional career

FMP

In the youth Musli won the Euroleague Basketball Nike International Junior Tournament two times with FMP dominating in the paint and winning MVP awards, which made him one of the most promising young players of his generation.[1] In January 2009, Musli signed his first professional four-year contract with FMP, team where he spent previous 2 seasons at the junior level.[2] In the summer of 2009, he won with his team the 2009 Euroleague NIJT defeating the Lithuanian Lietuvos rytas. He scored 31 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in the final game, while also guarding Jonas Valančiūnas who scored 22 points.[3] Despite being one of the most promising European players, in March 2010 Musli decided not to enter the 2010 NBA Draft.[4]

Caja Laboral

On September 22, 2010, Musli signed a five-year contract with the Spanish team Caja Laboral.[5] In first season with the team, he saw very little playing time, also having played only two games in his first Euroleague season.

In February 2011, Musli was loaned to the Italian team Montegranaro until the end of season, but was quickly sent back due to concerns about his poor work ethic and questionable attitude.[6][7] He didn't play any official game due to illness.[8] In October 2011 he was loaned on one-month assignment to the Spanish side Fuenlabrada, in order to return his game shape.[9]

In February 2012, he was once again loaned, this time to Mega Vizura until the end of season.[10] Over the course of season, he averaged 9.1 points and 6.4 rebounds in the Basketball League of Serbia.[11] He played just ten games over two years in all competitions with Caja Laboral.

Partizan Belgrade

On 18 July 2012, shortly after terminating his contract with Caja Laboral, Musli signed a three-year contract with Partizan Belgrade, with option to leave after two seasons.[12][13] In the first Euroleague season with Partizan, he averaged 9.5 points and 4.9 rebounds over 10 games. After solid first season in Partizan, Musli's minutes per game dropped slightly in his second season with the team, which also reflected on his stats. He averaged 5.3 points and 3.1 rebounds over 23 Euroleague games. In April 2014, at the Basketball League of Serbia game against Crnokosa, he scored season-high 22 points and added 5 rebounds while spending only 13 minutes on the court.[14] In 2014, he won his second straight and club's 13th consecutive Serbian League defeating Red Star Belgrade with 3-1 in the final series.[15]

Mega Leks

On December 30, 2014, Musli signed with Mega Leks for the rest of the season.[16] In a debut for the new team against Cibona, he scored 26 points and grabbed 5 rebounds.[17] Over 10 games in the Adriatic League, he averaged 15 points and 9.2 rebounds per game.

International career

Musli played for Serbian national team at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Greece and won a gold medal. He was named the tournament MVP averaging 16.3 points, 11.8 rebounds and 5.1 blocks per game.[18]

Euroleague 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.

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Baskonia 2 0 2.0 .000 .000 .500 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .5 -2.0
2012–13 Partizan 10 8 21.6 .527 .000 .773 4.9 1.0 .8 .4 9.5 9.8
2013–14 Partizan 23 7 14.6 .495 .000 .538 3.1 .3 .3 .1 5.3 5.4
Career 35 15 15.8 .506 .000 .619 3.5 .5 .4 .2 6.2 6.2

References

  1. ↑ Petrinović, Igor. "Euroleague profiles: Dejan Musli, Partizan NIS Belgrade". euroleague.net. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Three more youngsters for FMP". Sportando. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "FMP win Nike International Junior Tournament". Sportando. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Shermadini and Musli will not enter in NBA draft". Sportando. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  5. ↑ N., D. "Musli u Kahi Laboral narednih pet sezona". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Dejan Musli loaned to Montegranaro". Sportando. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Givony, Jonathan. "NBA Draft Prospects at the 2012 Copa del Rey". draftexpress.com. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Euroleague - Caja Laboral returns Dejan Musli from Montegranaro". mlbb.d11.gr. eurobasket.com.
  9. ↑ "Dejan Musli regresa a la disciplina del Caja Laboral". acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "El Caja Laboral cede a Dejan Musli al Mega Vizura hasta final de temporada". acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Dejan Musli and Caja Laboral part ways, next stop Partizan". Sportando. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Musli u redovima tima iz Humske". kkpartizan.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Musli tri godine u Partizanu". B92 (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "Stotka Partizana protiv Crnokose". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Ništa novo, Partizan je šampion!". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  16. ↑ "New Year’s change in Mega – Musli in, Marelja out". abaliga.com. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  17. ↑ "Fantastic Miljenović was not enough". abaliga.com. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "MUSLI NAMED MVP". fibaeurope.com. 29 July 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

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