Miloš Vujanić

Miloš Vujanić
Personal information
Born (1980-11-13) November 13, 1980
Loznica, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2002 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career 1999–2012
Position Point guard
Coaching career 2012–present
Career history
As player:
1999–2001 Crvena zvezda
2001–2003 Partizan
2003–2005 Skipper Bologna
2005–2006 Barcelona
2006–2007 Panathinaikos
2007–2008 Dynamo Moscow
2008–2009 Efes Pilsen
2009–2010 Murcia
2010–2011 Panionios
As coach:
2012–2013 Partizan (assistant)
Career highlights and awards

As a player:

Medals
Representing  Yugoslavia
FIBA World Cup
2002 Indianapolis National Team
Universiade
1999 Palma de Mallorca National Team
2001 Beijing National Team

Miloš Vujanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Вујанић; born November 13, 1980) is a Serbian former professional basketball player, and basketball coach. A two-time All-EuroLeague selection, he won the EuroLeague championship with Panathinaikos, in 2007.

Professional career

Vujanić started his professional career with Crvena zvezda, in 1999. After two seasons at the club, he signed with Partizan, in the summer of 2001. In the 2002 NBA Draft, Vujanić was selected with the 36th overall pick, by the New York Knicks, but later, his draft rights were traded to the Phoenix Suns.[1] However, he decided to stay with Partizan for one more season,[2] and he was the top scorer of the EuroLeague 2002–03 season, averaging 25.8 points per game. In the summer of 2003, he moved to the Italian League, and signed a three-year deal with Skipper Bologna.

International career

With the senior FR Yugoslav national team, Vujanić won the gold medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, in Indianapolis. He was also a member of the senior Serbia and Montenegro national team at the EuroBasket 2003, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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, and regional competition if applicable.

† Denotes seasons in which Vujanić won the EuroLeague
Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2001–02 Partizan 12 7 27.9 .455 .386 .750 3.0 2.8 .8 .1 13.5 10.5
2002–03 Partizan 14 12 34.3 .418 .408 .844 1.9 3.2 1.1 .0 25.8 24.0
2003–04 Bologna 20 16 29.2 .456 .385 .835 1.7 1.8 1.3 .0 16.3 13.6
2004–05 Bologna 20 20 29.3 .449 .338 .781 2.9 2.5 1.4 .1 16.6 16.1
2005–06 Barcelona 4 1 11.6 .400 .000 1.000 .3 1.0 .5 .0 2.5 1.0
2006–07† Panathinaikos 19 0 14.4 .347 .345 .771 .4 .7 .5 .0 5.6 2.5
2007–08 Panathinaikos 2 0 6.9 .666 1.000 .500 .0 .0 .0 .0 3.0 1.5
2008–09 Efes Pilsen 10 7 25.4 .507 .361 .800 1.8 1.7 1.0 .1 10.9 9.5
Career 101 63 25.5 .441 .370 .810 1.8 2.0 1.0 .0 14.0 11.9

References and notes

  1. ↑ Suns Complete 8-Player Trade with Knicks nba.com, January 5, 2004.
  2. ↑ Krstic i Vujanic za B92: Ostajemo u Partizanu (in Serbian), b92.net, June 27, 2002.
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