Predrag Savović

Predrag Savović
	Savović with Bilbao Basket in March 2009.
Personal information
Born	21 May 1976 (age 47); Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegrin / Spanish
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Ivan Goran Kovacic
College	UAB (1997–1998); Hawaii (1999–2002);
Iurbentia Bilbao
Career highlights and awards
	Belgian League champion (2004); AP honorable mention All-American (2002); 2× First-team All-WAC (2001, 2002); WAC tournament MVP (2002);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Predrag Savović (

Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB

.

Early life and college career

WAC Champions 2002, University of Hawaii

Savović was born in

NCAA tournament of 2002.^[2]

2002-03 NBA season, making him one of only few European players at guard position by that time that made a transition from NCAA to NBA without being drafted. He only played in 27 NBA games, totaling 83 points, 25 rebounds and 22 assists. Savović' final NBA game was played on April 2, 2003 in a 75 - 83 loss to the New York Knicks

where he played for nearly 5 minutes and had no stats other than three missed field-goals.

For the last five years of his professional basketball career, he has been an important member of Bilbao Basket, a member of ACB League in Spain until his retirement in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life and business career

Predrag Savović is a co-founder of IBEXMONT D.O.O:, a consulting firm based in Republic of Montenegro. ^{[citation needed]}. He is also a Public Speaker on subject of Team Work and Team Efficiency working closely with many companies in Spain and other European countries. He is also a co-founder of BADAIS INTERNATIONAL a successful flower wholesale business in London UK.

His younger brother, Boban, is also a retired basketball player and an assistant coach of JL Bourg Basket of PRO A French premiere basketball league.

After some years working in

Bilbao Basket he became the president of the club in December 2010 until he left the club in the summer of 2017. He held a position as a CEO of Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D. professional basketball club in Spain from 2017 - 2019. From 2019 to 2021 he was employed one more time as a CEO of CD Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D.

In November 2021 he joined a team of Fintech company BRYDG CAPITAL in London as a Business Development Manager.

References

^ EurocupBasketball.com Profile
^ "Predrag Savovic bio". NBA. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

[1] EurocupBasketball.com Profile

[NBA_bio-2] "Predrag Savovic bio". NBA. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2]

Early life and college career

Career

Personal life and business career

See also

References

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