KK Mega Basket
| Mega Bemax | |||
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| Leagues | KLS Adriatic League | ||
| Founded | December 23, 1998 (1998-12-23) | ||
| History | KK Avala Ada 1998–2005 KK Mega Basket 2005–present | ||
| Arena | Mega Factory[1] Pinki Sports Hall | ||
| Location | HQ: Belgrade, Serbia A: Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia | ||
| Team colors | Pink and Light Blue | ||
| President | Velimir Mihailović | ||
| Head coach | Dejan Milojević | ||
| Championships | 1 National Cup | ||
| Website | bcmegabasket.net | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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Košarkaški klub Mega Basket (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Мега Баскет), currently known as Mega Bemax due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball team based in Belgrade though playing its home games in Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia ever since the start of the 2014–15 season.
In addition to Belgrade and Sremska Mitrovica, the club also played its home games in Kruševac (2012–13 season) and Smederevo (2013–14 season). The club participates in the KLS and ABA League. Since 2004, it has been controlled by Serbian sports agent Miško Ražnatović and his BeoBasket sports agency.
Contents
1 History
2 Logos
3 Sponsorship naming
4 Arena
5 Players
5.1 Current roster
5.2 Players with multiple nationalities
5.3 Depth chart
5.4 Squad changes for the 2018–19 season
5.4.1 In
5.4.2 Out
5.5 Players in the NBA draft
6 Coaches
7 Trophies and awards
7.1 Trophies
7.2 Individual awards
8 Notable players
9 References
10 External links
History
KK Avala Ada was established on 23 December 1998 by a group of basketball enthusiasts, all employed at Avala Ada packaging factory. The club played in the lower ranks, functioning as part of Avala Ada sports society that was formed at the same time.
In the summer of 1999, the club won the City of Belgrade regional league (the summer league), thus qualifying for the Serbian Second League (fourth-tier competition in the FR Yugoslavia basketball pyramid). Playing the 1999–2000 season in the Second League, the club set an ambitious goal of gaining promotion on its first try and succeeded.
The 2000–01 season was played in the Serbian First League, finishing third and barely missing the promotion. The following 2001–02 season, Avala Ada finished third again. In the 2002-03, the club again missed promotion based on the league standing, but managed to qualify to federal First B League through playoffs in Novi Bečej, beating KK Vrbas and KK Zeta.
Playing its first season, 2003–04, in the federal rank in First B League (Serbian group), Avala Ada finished third thus missing promotion to top league.
Before the start of 2004–05, the most significant development in club's short history occurred - it was taken over by BeoBasket sports agency led by Miško Ražnatović. After that, at the end of the 2004–05 season, they have qualified for the highest competition level in the country. In December 2005, the club changed its name to KK Mega Basket. At the same time the club signed sponsorship agreement with bakery company Ishrana a.d. from Smederevo, and in the period from 2005 to 2007, the club officially named Mega Ishrana. Later, also for sponsorship reasons, the club was called Mega Aqua Monta in the 2007–08 season, and Mega Hypo Leasing in the 2008–09 season.
In August 2009, before the start of the 2009–10 season, another city club called KK Vizura merged into KK Mega Hypo Leasing, and the club was renamed KK Mega Vizura. In 2016, Mega Leks won its first trophy ever when it beat KK Partizan 86–80 in the Serbian Cup Final.[2]
On June 14, 2018, the club signed a contract on sports and technical cooperation with OKK Beograd.[3][4]
On August 11th, 2018, the club played the University of Kentucky Wildcats Men's College Basketball Team.
Logos
| Evolution of the Logo | ||||||||
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| 2009–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | 2016–2017 | 2017–2018 | 2018–present | |||
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Sponsorship naming
The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
Mega Ishrana (2005–2007)
Mega Aqua Monta (2007–2008)
Mega Hypo Leasing (2008–2009)
Mega Vizura (2009–2014)
Mega Leks (2014–2017)
Mega Bemax (2017–present)
Arena
Vizura Sports Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the New Belgrade municipality and it has a capacity of 1,500 seats.
During 2013–14 season, Mega Vizura hosted their ABA League matches in Sports Hall Smederevo, and for the 2014–15 season they relocated to Sports Hall Pinki in Sremska Mitrovica.
Players
Current roster
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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Players with multiple nationalities

Luka Ašćerić
Miloš Koprivica
Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | |
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C | Goga Bitadze | Filip Stanić | Miloš Koprivica | ||
PF | Nikola Mišković | Stefan Fundić | Aleksandar Langović | ||
SF | Adam Mokoka | Andrija Marjanović | |||
SG | Kostja Mushidi | Edin Atić | Dejan Janjić | Luka Cerovina | |
PG | Luka Ašćerić | Ognjen Čarapić | Branislav Ratkovica |
Squad changes for the 2018–19 season
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| Position | # | Player | Moving from |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG | 6 | ||
| SG | 20 | ||
| SG | 3 | ||
| C | 65 | ||
| GF | 10 |
Out
| Position | # | Player | Moving to |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG | 10 | ||
| C | 21 | ||
| PG | 12 | ||
| SF | 13 | ||
| C | 0 | ||
| PG | 4 |
Players in the NBA draft
| # | Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs |
| Position | Player | Year | Round | Pick | Drafted by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 2007 | 2nd round | 60th | Dallas Mavericks, traded to Chicago Bulls | |
| C | 2014 | 2nd round | 41st | Denver Nuggets | |
| PG | 2014 | 2nd round | 52nd | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| SG | 2014 | 2nd round | 54th | Philadelphia 76ers, traded to San Antonio Spurs | |
| G/F | 2016 | 1st round | 24th | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| C | 2016 | 2nd round | 32nd | Los Angeles Lakers | |
| G/F | 2016 | 2nd round | 35th | Boston Celtics, traded to Memphis Grizzlies | |
| SF | 2017 | 2nd round | 49th | Denver Nuggets | |
| PG | 2017 | 2nd round | 58th | New York Knicks | |
| PF/C | 2017 | 2nd round | 60th | Atlanta Hawks |
Coaches
- Avala Ada
Boško Đokić (2005)
Miodrag Kadija (2005–2006)
- Mega Basket
Oliver Popović (2006–2007)
Mihailo Uvalin (2007)
Dragiša Šarić (2007)
Aleksandar Kesar (2007–2008)
Mihailo Uvalin (2008–2009)
Miodrag Rajković (2009–2010)
Vlada Vukoičić (2010–2012)
Dejan Milojević (2012–present)
Trophies and awards
Trophies
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Individual awards
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Notable players
Nikola Jokić
Boban Marjanović
Vasilije Micić
Rade Zagorac
Novica Veličković
Marko Kešelj
Aleksandar Rašić
Ivan Paunić
Nemanja Dangubić
Danilo Anđušić
Dejan Musli
Tadija Dragićević
Nikola Dragović
Radovan Đoković
Nikola Janković
Ognjen Jaramaz
Nemanja Jaramaz
Dušan Katnić
Nemanja Krstić
Marko Luković
Milovan Raković
Nenad Miljenović
Stevan Jelovac
Nikola Rebić
Vukašin Aleksić
Aleksandar Aranitović
Saša Avramović
Sava Lešić
Jovan Novak
Mladen Pantić
Ivan Paunić
Boris Savović
Jovo Stanojević
Stefan Stojačić
Strahinja Stojačić
Đorđe Simeunović
Luka Drča
Aleksandar Marelja
Ratko Varda
Uroš Nikolić
Branko Milisavljević
Strahinja Dragićević
Marko Tejić
Aleksandar Mitrović
Đorđe Drenovac
Luka Cerovina
Slavko Stefanović
Uroš Duvnjak
Branislav Đekić
Nikola Pavlović
Milivoje Božović
Vladimir Petrović-Stergiou
Nenad Šulović
Andrija Bojić
Nikola Maravić
Petar Despotović
Marko Đurković
Mihailo Jovičić
Andrija Marjanović
Milan Milovanović
Miladin Peković
Vladimir Popović
Igor Mijajlović
Andrija Simović
Dušan Stanković
Stefan Đorđević
Vlado Janković
Nemanja Kapetanović
Branislav Vićentić
Milenko Veljković
Stefan Glogovac
Aleksandar Lazić
Ivica Zubac
Alpha Kaba
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot
Dylan Ennis
Nikola Ivanović
Danilo Nikolić
Petar Popović
Nemanja Radović
Radosav Spasojević
Mašan Vrbica
Corey Webster
Vlatko Čančar
Duşan Çantekin
Jeremiah Rivers
References
^ "MEGA FACTORY FOR MEGA FUTURE". bcmegabasket.net. Retrieved 25 June 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ ISTORIJSKI KUP KORAĆA ZA MEGU! (in Serbian)
^ "Mega i OKK Beograd potpisali ugovor o saradnji". b92.net. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "POTPISANA SARADNJA Megini talenti u OKK Beogradu". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
External links
Official website (in Serbian)
Club Profile at aba-liga.com
Club Profile at eurobasket.com
