The 2016–17 season is the Crvena zvezda 72nd season in the existence of the club. The team played in the Basketball League of Serbia, in the Adriatic League and in the Euroleague.
Overview Season 2016–17 saw Crvena zvezda parting ways with its two star players, Maik Zirbes and Quincy Miller, as well as Tarence Kinsey, Vladimir Štimac and Vasilije Micić. During the pre-season, the club signed Ognjen Kuzmić, Milko Bjelica and Charles Jenkins, brought talented Petar Rakićević and promoted Ognjen Dobrić from its development team. When the season already began, the club brought on Nate Wolters who was waived by Detroit Pistons. Squad was finally completed mid-season, with the addition of Deon Thompson to the roster. Building on previous years tactics, Zvezda's trademark became its strong, aggressive defense, pressure on the ball, intercepting passes, steals and resulting fast breaks. In January 2017. coach Dejan Radonjić achieved his 200th victory leading Zvezda. He also brought another Radivoj Korać Cup to the team. Zvezda has ended the regular ABA league season with 25 wins on their record, while losing only once, which was the best regular season record made by any team in the history of the regional competition so far. Team narrowly stayed out of Top 8, ending up on 9th place, having the same number of victories as 8th placed Darussafaka, but having worse head-to-head record. However, it decisively defended ABA league trophy, defeating Budućnost VOLI (2-1) and Cedevita (3-0) on its way. In the domestic championship, Zvezda ended league part with the score of 13-1, defeated Mega Leks (2-0) and FMP (3-0) in the playoffs, and lifted another trophy.
Players Squad information Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
Depth chart
Players with multiple nationalities Milko Bjelica Charles Jenkins Ognjen Kuzmić
Out on loan Dejan Davidovac (at FMP since 2015) Stefan Lazarević (at FMP since 2014) Aleksa Radanov (at FMP since 2015) Dragan Apić (at FMP since 2015) Aleksandar Aranitović (at FMP since 2016) Stefan Kenić (at Smederevo 1953 since 2016) Marko Tejić (at Mega Bemax since 2016) Marko Radovanović (at Borac Čačak since 2016)
Players in
Position#PlayerMoving fromSF 13 Ognjen Dobrić FMP (Loan return)PF15 Marko Tejić FMP (Loan return)G 22 Charles Jenkins EA7 Emporio Armani MilanC 32 Ognjen Kuzmić PanathinaikosF/C 51 Milko Bjelica Darüşşafaka DoğuşG/F 20 Petar Rakićević MetalacPG 0 Nate Wolters Beşiktaş Sompo JapanPF 2 Deon Thompson Galatasaray Odeabank
Players out Position#PlayerMoving toPF15 Marko Tejić Mega Leks (Loan)SF– Danilo Ostojić1 Metalac ValjevoF30 Quincy Miller Maccabi Tel AvivC33 Maik Zirbes Maccabi Tel AvivPG13 Vasilije Micić TofaşSG1 Tarence Kinsey Hapoel JerusalemC51 Vladimir Štimac Beşiktaş Sompo JapanPG4 Nikola Rebić Mega Leks
Notes: 1 On loan during entire 2015–16 season.
Club Technical Staff General Manager Davor Ristović Team Manager Nebojša Ilić Head coach Dejan Radonjić Assistant coach Borko Radović Assistant coach Nikola Birač Assistant coach Saša Kosović Conditioning coach Dragan Gačević Physiotherapist Milorad Ćirić
Kit
Supplier: Champion Main sponsor: mts
Back sponsor: Idea Short sponsor:
Competitions Overall
Overview
Adriatic League
Regular season
Results by round
Matches
Playoffs
Semifinals
Finals
EuroLeague
Regular season
Results by round
Matches
Serbian Super League
Regular season League table
Results by round
Matches
Playoffs Semifinals
Finals
Radivoj Korać Cup
Individual awards EuroLeague MVP of the Month January 2017: Ognjen Kuzmić
Individual statistics leaders Steals per game: Charles Jenkins (2.07)
Adriatic League Finals MVP Charles Jenkins
Ideal Starting Five PG: Stefan Jović SG: Charles Jenkins SF: Marko Simonović Source:
MVP of the Round 11th: Ognjen Kuzmić 15th: Marko Simonović 16th: Luka Mitrović SF1: Ognjen Kuzmić SF3: Charles Jenkins F1: Charles Jenkins F2: Charles Jenkins F3: Deon Thompson
Serbian Super League Finals MVP Ognjen Dobrić MVP of the Round 8th: Ognjen Dobrić
Radivoj Korać Cup MVP Marko Gudurić Top Scorer Marko Simonović
Statistics
*Led the leaguePlayerLeft during season
Adriatic League Player 31 0 16.22 .488 .303 .767 3.1 1.1 0.5 0.4 9.1 9.1 25 0 20.25 .417 .324 .680 2.8 1.6 0.8 0.1 7.8 6.9 29 0 7.10 .462 .292 .750 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 2.5 1.7 30 0 18.38 .508 .398 .845 2.6 2.4 1.0 0.1 9.0 10.0 32 0 22.28 .476 .506 .847 2.0 3.1 1.3 0.3 9.8 10.6 23 0 20.08 .516 .351 .594 2.7 5.9 1.1 0.3 6.9 12.6 30 0 19.33 .663 .000 .699 5.5 0.8 0.0 0.2 9.7 13.8 32 0 21.47 .410 .363 .863 2.3 1.2 1.3 0.2 5.7 6.6 30 0 19.28 .485 .349 .686 5.4 2.4 0.5 0.4 7.1 10.7 8 0 7.12 .571 .667 .667 1.4 1.1 0.6 0.1 2.8 3.6 12 0 6.18 .500 .412 .000 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 2.9 2.1 32 0 21.22 .458 .380 .747 2.3 1.0 1.0 0.3 10.2 9.6 14 0 12.05 .566 .000 .706 2.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 5.1 5.1 25 0 19.00 .464 .260 .757 3.0 3.3 0.8 0.2 9.2 11.9 6 0 15.00 .444 .385 .667 0.8 2.8 0.8 0.0 4.5 6.5
EuroLeague Player 30 1 15.37 .464 .193 .795 3.0 1.1 0.5 0.3 7.4 7.5 24 24 19.20 .449 .296 .842 2.0 0.7 0.6 0.1 5.3 2.5 13 0 5.16 .700 .167 .333 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.0 1.6 0.6 29 4 18.47 .488 .304 .859 2.1 2.1 0.6 0.1 7.8 6.4 30 29 26.05 .452 .425 .848 1.9 2.7 2.1* 0.1 9.4 9.5 23 23 23.53 .495 .291 .613 2.1 5.6 1.3 0.0 7.5 9.3 30 30 20.41 .549 .000 .707 7.0 1.0 1.0 0.6 9.4 13.9 30 6 23.37 .583 .368 .571 2.2 0.3 1.4 0.1 4.4 4.0 28 27 15.42 .505 .167 .536 2.3 1.4 0.5 0.1 4.1 4.3 Did not play 3 2 5.36 .333 .000 .000 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 -1.0 30 3 26.43 .549 .390 .824 3.6 0.7 0.8 0.5 12.6 11.7 13 0 10.28 .561 .000 .500 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 4.3 4.4 27 1 15.04 .458 .380 .781 2.1 2.2 0.7 0.0 7.1 6.8 2 0 7.25 .250 .000 .000 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5
Serbian Super League Player 18 1 13.57 .565 .423 .821 2.4 1.0 0.4 0.2 8.3 8.7 19 14 22.25 .519 .316 .857 3.8 2.2 0.6 0.0 7.9 9.7 19 9 15.16 .706 .554* .882 2.3 1.2 0.7 0.3 9.5 11.1 19 1 20.47 .612 .404 .862 2.5 2.8 0.9 0.1 8.1 9.9 18 11 21.13 .458 .419 .714 1.8 3.2 1.8 0.1 8.1 8.8 13 12 19.09 .653 .231 .400 3.6 5.5 1.5 0.5 6.6 11.9 18 18 15.07 .677 .000 .680 4.4 0.7 0.6 0.4 9.1 12.3 13 8 22.32 .536 .415 .833 2.4 1.4 1.0 0.1 8.2 8.7 19 18 19.22 .610 .500 .636 4.8 2.4 0.8 0.5 6.8 11.3 8 0 8.15 .167 .000 .000 0.8 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.6 -0.9 9 0 8.07 .917 .400 .667 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.2 4.0 4.2 16 0 17.15 .450 .407 .763 2.1 1.2 0.6 0.1 9.1 8.6 17 0 13.21 .600 .000 .640 3.0 0.7 0.5 0.6 5.5 7.5 13 2 17.51 .558 .379 .850 2.3 2.7 0.9 0.1 8.3 10.8
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References
External links KK Crvena zvezda official website Club info at the Adriatic League official site Club info at the EuroLeague official site