Only one team in the world can claim to have generated as much talent this season, measured by NBA standards, as Buducnost of Podgorica. Though its results could not quite reach those of its recent glory days, having three of its players selected in the first 40 picks of the 2003 NBA draft put Buducnost in a league of its own in terms of talent production. That talent production promises that a return to glory can't be too far off. Few teams bridged the 20th and 21st centuries with quite the same style as did Buducnost. In fact, the pride of Montenegro did something few experts would have thought possible: dominate the Yugoslav League, arguably the source of the most talent in Europe. Three straight YUBA titles were forged by a record-setting domestic winning streak of 51 games that ran from 1999 to 2001. Previous to that, Buducnost had started its trophy collection with Yugoslav Cup titles in 1996 and 1998. A third of those gave it a league-cup "double" in 2001. Buducnost had its best Euroleague campaign in 2000-01, reaching the first playoff round that season. In 2001-02 and 2002-03, however, it finished at or near the bottom of its groups and failed to make the Top 16. Neither did it hold onto the YUBA League title streak, but then again, few teams ever have. With all the young talent being discovered in Podgorica, however, the prospects of doing so again always seem real.

TROPHY CASE:

Montenegrian National Championship
2007

National Cup of Montenegro
2007

National Championship of S&MN
1999, 2000, 2001

National Cup of S&MN
1996, 1998, 2001

 

2006/07		overall		FG2			FG3			FT			Rebs					Blck		Foul
		Pts	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	D	O	Ass	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	Val
1	Cibona	68	51.1	16	28	57.1	8	19	42.1	12	22	54.5	8	7	8	15	20	4	0	24	23	56
2	@Olimpija	85	46.8	20	39	51.3	9	23	39.1	18	31	58.1	20	8	12	8	12	3	2	22	29	83
3	Helios	69	37.3	15	31	48.4	7	28	25.0	18	27	66.7	17	11	11	12	11	1	2	20	27	69
4	@Zvezda	81	52.2	14	29	48.3	10	17	58.8	23	32	71.9	18	5	9	2	16	0	0	28	25	65
5	Split	75	46.6	19	37	51.4	8	21	38.1	13	27	48.1	16	9	16	9	12	8	0	22	24	78
6	@FMP	83	47.8	13	28	46.4	9	18	50.0	30	43	69.8	19	8	9	7	12	4	0	26	30	85
7	Zagreb	69	44.6	18	37	48.6	7	19	36.8	12	16	75.0	19	6	12	13	12	12	1	16	22	89
8	@Slovan	77	52.0	21	32	65.6	5	18	27.8	20	29	69.0	16	5	11	7	13	3	3	19	27	78
9	Bosna	101	55.4	28	44	63.6	8	21	38.1	21	29	72.4	20	13	20	12	12	2	2	23	27	121
10	Partizan	73	34.7	10	26	38.5	7	23	30.4	32	43	74.4	18	9	6	12	10	5	2	23	33	78
11	@Široki	85	61.1	28	40	70.0	5	14	35.7	14	19	73.7	22	5	10	12	14	7	1	15	14	99
12	Zadar	84	50.0	23	35	65.7	10	31	32.3	8	10	80.0	18	7	18	7	7	1	2	24	19	86
13	@Hemofarm	76	48.2	21	38	55.3	6	18	33.3	16	23	69.6	21	9	12	9	16	3	1	22	21	76
14	@Cibona	84	56.0	23	35	65.7	5	15	33.3	23	27	85.2	17	6	7	7	16	6	3	22	22	82
15	Olimpija	74	43.9	20	36	55.6	5	21	23.8	19	33	57.6	25	13	8	5	11	4	4	17	29	80
16	@Helios	96	47.6	21	34	61.8	9	29	31.0	27	37	73.0	19	12	9	6	13	6	3	30	29	88
17	Zvezda	89	43.1	16	29	55.2	9	29	31.0	30	35	85.7	15	12	10	15	15	1	2	22	31	96
18	@Split	86	43.3	17	40	42.5	9	20	45.0	25	35	71.4	21	9	8	12	13	3	0	22	30	90
19	FMP	81	46.4	20	33	60.6	6	23	26.1	23	33	69.7	13	11	8	13	16	3	2	31	27	67
20	@Zagreb	97	43.5	19	35	54.3	8	27	29.6	35	42	83.3	27	7	8	8	10	3	5	28	31	96
21	Slovan	84	50.0	28	47	59.6	3	15	20.0	19	32	59.4	17	12	14	11	10	3	4	19	23	87
22	@Bosna	80	40.6	26	47	55.3	2	22	9.1	22	33	66.7	23	18	14	2	3	1	2	24	29	86
23	@Partizan	79	40.3	23	42	54.8	4	25	16.0	21	28	75.0	27	6	11	16	14	4	1	20	26	87
24	Široki	86	52.5	27	44	61.4	4	15	26.7	20	36	55.6	24	14	9	6	5	1	3	23	28	93
25	@Zadar	47	23.8	14	44	31.8	1	19	5.3	16	24	66.7	20	9	6	10	19	4	6	21	24	18
26	Hemofarm	77	59.6	25	33	75.8	6	19	31.6	9	13	69.2	18	7	12	11	18	3	1	19	18	83
26	16:10 Total	2086	46.6	525	943		170	549		526	759		498	238	278	247	330	95	52	582	668	2116
	Average	80.2	46.6	55.7			31.0			69.3			19.2	9.2	10.7	9.5	12.7	3.7	2.0	22.4	25.7	81.4
	Season max	101	61.1	75.8%			58.8%			85.7%			27	18	20	16	20	12	6	31	33	121

2006/07				overall		FG2			FG3			FT			Rebs					Blck		Foul
		GP	Min	Pts	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	D	O	Ass	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	Val
4	Pavković, M.	26	601:15	272	43.5	40	79	50.6	33	89	37.1	93	119	78.2	34	10	83	38	46	0	1	53	89	305
5	Micov, V.	26	832:00	272	50.8	80	145	55.2	14	40	35.0	70	105	66.7	96	33	47	56	52	2	9	86	106	339
6	Popović, M.	13	139:45	20	26.3	2	7	28.6	3	12	25.0	7	10	70.0	16	11	2	5	7	0	0	18	9	21
7	Peković, S.	6	72:45	21	57.1	7	11	63.6	1	3	33.3	4	9	44.4	4	4	0	0	4	0	0	13	11	12
7	Lalić, N.	1	00:15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
8	Gordić, N.	17	118:00	33	52.6	9	14	64.3	1	5	20.0	12	18	66.7	7	2	2	9	2	0	2	23	11	22
9	Mijatović, N.	26	659:15	302	42.6	53	110	48.2	45	120	37.5	61	73	83.6	20	10	34	27	48	0	8	61	73	205
10	Peković, M.	22	368:00	83	34.2	15	30	50.0	10	43	23.3	23	27	85.2	25	10	22	16	22	1	5	30	34	82
11	Rakočević, Ž.	26	587:45	295	65.4	117	178	65.7	0	1	0.0	61	113	54.0	72	64	10	21	43	27	10	69	92	345
12	Vraneš, S.	24	296:15	115	63.6	49	77	63.6	0	0	0	17	38	44.7	35	18	2	4	18	44	2	42	30	137
13	Milošević, S.	10	89:15	40	55.2	16	29	55.2	0	0	0	8	15	53.3	10	11	0	5	10	4	1	17	9	31
14	Maraš, I.	26	563:00	166	35.7	39	84	46.4	11	56	19.6	55	64	85.9	60	20	8	17	23	10	7	62	51	141
15	Dašić, V.	26	568:00	213	41.7	56	104	53.8	22	83	26.5	35	66	53.0	97	40	14	26	22	6	3	62	58	227
20	Jeretin, G.	14	397:15	253	41.9	42	75	56.0	30	97	30.9	79	100	79.0	22	5	54	23	33	1	4	45	94	249
22	Pelkić, B.	2	07:15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1

FG2, FG3 - Field Goals; FT - Free Throws; Min - Minutes; Pts - Points; M - Made; A - Attempted; Blck - Blocks; Fv - in Favoure of; Ag - Against; Foul - Foul; Cm - Committed; Rv - Received; Rebs - Rebounds; D - Defensive; O - Offensive; Ass - Assists; St - Steals; To - Turnover; Val - rank Value;