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Miroslav Raduljica
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Raduljica in 2023
No. 13 – Maroussi
Center
Personal information
Born (1988-01-05) January 5, 1988 (age 36)
Inđija, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 2.13 m (6 ft 12 in)
Listed weight 113 kg (249 lb)
Career information
NBA Draft 2010 / Undrafted
Pro career 2005–present
League Greek Basket League
Career history
2005–2010 FMP
2006–2007 → Borac Čačak
2010–2013 Efes Pilsen
2011 → Alba Berlin
2011–2012 → Partizan Belgrade
2012–2013 → Azovmash
2013–2014 Milwaukee Bucks
2014 Shandong Lions
2015 Minnesota Timberwolves
2015–2016 Panathinaikos
2016–2017 Olimpia Milano
2017–2020 Jiangsu Dragons
2020–2021 Zhejiang Lions
2021 Goyang Orions
2022–2023 Crvena zvezda
2023–present Maroussi
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× Serbian League champion (2012, 2023)
  • 2× Serbian Cup winner (2012, 2023)
  • Serbian League Top Scorer (2010)
  • Greek Cup winner (2016)
  • Italian Cup winner (2017)
  • Serbian League MVP (2010)
  • FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship MVP (2008)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
Summer Olympics
Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Silver 2014 Spain Team
EuroBasket
Silver 2009 Poland Team
Universiade
Gold 2009 Belgrade Team
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Gold 2008 Latvia Team
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Gold 2007 Serbia Team
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Gold 2005 Serbia and Montenegro Team

Miroslav Raduljica (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирослав Радуљица, born January 5, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Maroussi of the Greek Basket League. He has also represented the Serbian national team in international competition. Standing at 2.13 m (6 ft 12 in), he plays at the center position.

Professional career

Raduljica began his career playing with the KK FMP junior teams in Serbia. He made his professional debut with FMP during the 2005–06 season. He spent the 2006–07 season on loan at KK Borac Čačak and then moved back to FMP.

On July 8, 2010, Raduljica signed a five-year contract with Turkish club Efes Pilsen, but was loaned to Alba Berlin during the season, with which he reached the finals of the German Bundesliga. On August 25, 2011, Raduljica was loaned to Partizan Belgrade for one season. On September 22, 2012, Raduljica was loaned to the Ukrainian team Azovmash for one season.

On July 26, 2013, Raduljica signed with the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. In his rookie season, Raduljica played sparingly for the 15-67 Bucks, averaging just 9.7 minutes per game. In 48 games, he averaged 3.8 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.

On August 26, 2014, Raduljica was traded, along with Carlos Delfino and a 2015 second round draft pick, to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Jared Dudley and a 2017 conditional first round draft pick. On August 29, 2014, he was waived by the Clippers.

On September 19, 2014, Raduljica signed a one-year, $1.5 million guaranteed contract with the Shandong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association. On December 23, 2014, his contract was bought out by Shandong for $1.2 million. In 14 games, he averaged 18 points and 9 rebounds per game.

On January 8, 2015, Raduljica signed a 10-day contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves. On January 19, 2015, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Timberwolves. On January 28, 2015, he was waived by the Timberwolves after appearing in five games.

On July 18, 2015, Raduljica signed a two-year deal with Greek club Panathinaikos. On December 4, 2015, he had a personal career single-game scoring high in EuroLeague, with 25 points against Barcelona in a 93–86 home win. After one season, he parted ways with the team.

On July 15, 2016, Raduljica signed a two-year deal with Italian team EA7 Emporio Armani Milano. After one season, he left Milano. On June 9, 2017, he signed with the Jiangsu Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association. Raduljica averaged 25.4 points and 9.8 rebounds per game in the 2019–20 season. On September 3, 2020, he signed with Zhejiang Lions.

In July 2021, Raduljica signed for the Goyang Orions of the Korean Basketball League. He was waived on December 11, after averaging 8.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.

Raduljica subsequently spent the 2022-2023 campaign back home with KK Crvena zvezda.

On September 7, 2023, Raduljica signed with Greek club Maroussi.

Serbian national team

Miroslav Raduljica (battle of two centres)
Miroslav Raduljica (left) vs Jure Balažič

Raduljica played with the Serbian junior national teams and with them he won gold medals at the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, and the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (where he was named the MVP).

He also played with the senior team that won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 2009. Raduljica was a member of the Serbian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup under head coach Aleksandar Đorđević. Over 9 tournament games, he averaged 13 points and 4.6 rebounds in 21 minutes per game.

He represented Serbia again at the EuroBasket 2015. In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the tournament's toughest group, Group B, with a 5–0 record, and then eliminated Finland and Czech Republic in the round of 16 and quarterfinal games, respectively. However, they were stopped in the semifinal game by Lithuania, by a score of 67–64, and eventually lost to the host team, France, in the bronze-medal game, by a score of 81–68. Being a starting center, and one of the team's along with Miloš Teodosić and Nemanja Bjelica, Raduljica averaged 13.5 points and 5.0 rebounds, on 61.7% shooting from the field, in 9 tournament games; playing 18 minutes on average.

Raduljica also represented Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics where they won the silver medal, after losing to the United States in the final game with 96–66.

At the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the national team of Serbia was dubbed as favorite to win the trophy, but was eventually upset in the quarterfinals by Argentina. With wins over the United States and Czech Republic, it finished in fifth place. Raduljica was named the team's captain due to absence of Teodosić and in 7 tournaments games he averaged 6.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists.

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  *  Led the league

CBA

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Shandong 14 2 26.1 .538 .000 .795 9.1 1.7 1.3 .3 18.3
2017–18 Jiangsu 38* 12 30.9 .541 .217 .835 9.8 2.8 1.4 .4 21.8
2018–19 44 23 30.2 .579 .442 .830 9.6 2.9 1.2 .8 22.9
2019–20 30 16 31.5 .556 .377 .803 9.8 2.6 1.2 .9 25.4
2020–21 Zhejiang 35 34 31.9 .534 .283 .803 10.5 4.5 1.2 .5 23.6
Career 161 87 30.1 .550 .264 .813 9.8 2.9 1.3 .6 22.4

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Efes Pilsen 4 0 3.9 1.000 .000 1.000 .0 .5 .3 .0 1.3 .8
2011–12 Partizan 10 3 13.0 .385 .000 .794 3.3 .5 .1 .4 5.7 5.1
2015–16 Panathinaikos 27 9 20.3 .568 .000 .821 4.4 1.3 .7 .1 12.7 13.7
2016–17 Milano 29 23 15.3 .520 .000 .806 3.2 .9 .6 .1 8.1 7.8
Career 70 35 17.09 .544 .000 .816 3.7 1.0 .5 .2 9.9 10.3

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Milwaukee 48 2 9.7 .540 .000 .818 2.3 .5 .1 .3 3.8
2014–15 Minnesota 5 0 4.6 .375 .000 1.000 1.0 .0 .1 .0 1.6
Career 53 2 9.2 .530 .000 .825 2.1 .4 .2 .2 3.6

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Miroslav Raduljica para niños

  • List of European basketball players in the United States
  • List of Serbian NBA players
  • List of Olympic medalists in basketball
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