KK Mega Basket

Mega Leks
Leagues KLS
Adriatic League
Champions League
Founded December 23, 1998
History KK Avala Ada
1998–2005
KK Mega Basket
2005–present
Arena Pinki Hall
Arena Capacity 3,000
Location Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
Team colors Pink and Apple Green
         
President Velimir Mihailović
Head coach Dejan Milojević
Championships 1 National Cup
Website bcmegabasket.net
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KK Mega Basket (Serbian Cyrillic: КК Мега Баскет), currently known as Mega Leks for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Belgrade though playing its home games in Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia ever since the start of the 2014–15 season as the Adriatic League doesn't allow more than two clubs from any city.

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.

History

Former logo of the team, back when the team colors were pink and blue

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 it 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.[1]

Sponsorship naming

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Arena

Main article: Vizura Sports Center

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

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

KK Mega Leks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 1 Germany Mushidi, Kostja 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 18 – (1998-06-18)18 June 1998
SG 4 Serbia Simić, Stefan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 20 – (1996-01-03)3 January 1996
SG 8 Serbia Đoković, Radovan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 20 – (1996-03-26)26 March 1996
G 9 Montenegro Čarapić, Ognjen 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 18 – (1998-09-01)1 September 1998
PG 10 Serbia Jaramaz, Ognjen 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 21 – (1995-09-01)1 September 1995
C 11 Serbia Veljković, Milenko 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 21 – (1995-09-20)20 September 1995
PF 14 Montenegro Spasojević, Radosav 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1992-02-28)28 February 1992
PG 17 Serbia Milisavljević, Miloš 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 23 – (1993-09-07)7 September 1993
PG 18 Serbia Musić, Novak 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 18 – (1998-05-27)27 May 1998
PF 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina Glogovac, Stefan 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (1994-06-13)13 June 1994
PF 22 Serbia Pavlović, Nikola 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 20 – (1996-05-13)13 May 1996
C 24 France Kaba, Alpha 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 20 – (1996-09-21)21 September 1996
SF 25 Serbia Zagorac, Rade 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 21 – (1995-08-12)12 August 1995
SF 31 Slovenia Čančar, Vlatko 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 19 – (1997-04-10)10 April 1997
SF 33 Serbia Simeunović, Đorđe 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 21 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995
PF 35 Serbia Tejić, Marko 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 21 – (1995-08-04)4 August 1995
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Serbia Srđan Flajs
  • Lebanon Jade Fattouh
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Serbia Marko Ćosić
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Serbia Miloš Savić
Team manager

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 27 August 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Alpha Kaba Milenko Veljković Stefan Glogovac
PF Marko Tejić Radosav Spasojević Nikola Pavlović
SF Rade Zagorac Đorđe Simeunović Radovan Đoković Vlatko Čančar
SG Kostja Mushidi Miloš Milisavljević Stefan Simić
PG Ognjen Jaramaz Jovan Novak Ognjen Čarapić Novak Musić

Squad changes for the 2016-17 season

Notable former players

Players on the NBA Draft

# Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs
Position Player Year Round Pick Drafted by
C Serbia Milovan Raković# 2007 2nd round 60th Dallas Mavericks, traded to Chicago Bulls
C Serbia Nikola Jokić 2014 2nd round 41st Denver Nuggets
PG Serbia Vasilije Micić# 2014 2nd round 52nd Philadelphia 76ers
SG Serbia Nemanja Dangubić# 2014 2nd round 54th Philadelphia 76ers, traded to San Antonio Spurs
G/F France Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot 2016 1st round 24th Philadelphia 76ers
C Croatia Ivica Zubac 2016 2nd round 32nd Los Angeles Lakers
G/F Serbia Rade Zagorac# 2016 2nd round 35th Boston Celtics, traded to Memphis Grizzlies

Honours and achievements

Club

Individual

References

External links

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