Milovan Raković

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Milovan Raković
No. 50 – Joventut Badalona
Position Center
League Liga ACB
Personal information
Born (1985-02-19) 19 February 1985 (age 39)
Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 280 lb (127 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2007 / Round: 2 / Pick: 60th overall
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Playing career 2003–present
Career history
2003–2004 Polet Keramika
2004–2006 Atlas Banka Novi Beograd
2006–2007 Mega Ishrana
2007–2010 Spartak Saint Petersburg
2010–2012 Montepaschi Siena
2011–2012 Žalgiris Kaunas
2012–2013 Bilbao Basket
2013–2014 Triumph Lyubertsy
2014–2015 Türk Telekom
2016–present Joventut Badalona
Career highlights and awards

Milovan Raković (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Раковић; born 19 February 1985) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Liga ACB. He is a 2.08 m tall center.

Professional career

Raković played in youth categories of KK Partizan. He made his senior debut with Polet Keramika in the 2003–04 season. From 2004 to 2006 he played with Atlas and for the 2006–07 season he moved to Mega Ishrana. He was the last player picked in the 2007 NBA Draft; he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks and then traded along with cash to the Orlando Magic.[1]

In 2007, he joined the Russian Super League club Spartak Saint Petersburg and stayed with them for three seasons. On July 6, 2010, he signed a three-year deal with the Italian club Montepaschi Siena.[2] In July 2011, he was loaned to BC Žalgiris in Lithuania for the 2011–12 season.[3] In the summer of 2012, he parted ways with Siena

On July 10, 2012, Raković signed two-year contract with the Spanish team Bilbao Basket.[4][5] After being released from Bilbao Basket, he signed a one-year deal with Triumph Lyubertsy on July 25, 2013.[6]

On July 14, 2014, Raković's rights were traded from the Orlando Magic to the Chicago Bulls.[7] On July 18, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with Türk Telekom.[8] After one season, he left the Turkish club.

On January 20, 2016, he signed with the Spanish club Joventut Badalona for the rest of the 2015–16 ACB season.[9]

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.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Montepaschi 22 22 17.4 .547 .000 .560 3.8 .4 .7 .2 8.0 6.3
2011–12 Žalgiris 16 2 15.5 .522 .000 .567 2.6 .4 .6 .3 7.1 4.6
Career 38 24 16.6 .538 .000 .564 3.3 .4 .6 .2 7.6 5.6

National Team

As a member of the FR Yugoslavia under-16 national team, he won a gold medal at the 2001 EuroBasket.

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