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 For the former Reflex captain Dejan Milojević, now the leader of Budućnost Podgorica, maybe the best description is his knickname – Serbian Barkley. A great fighter, never a quiter, hardest worker of them all. And it is work that got him as far as one can go. As a member of tha national team he won the gold medal in the 2001 European Championship in Turkey.
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 Anybody who saw Veselin Petrović play, even for just one time, has to give him credit. Certanly not for flashy moves or incredible scoring or passing game, but there is absolutely no baller known that is ready to give so much of himself, go so far and beyond limits of his stamina. He is harsh, sometimes rough but always a sportsman, basketball player who was in his youth a junior champion of Yugoslavia in wrestling.
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 There are quite a few players in the recent times who walk throug their careers with so much dignity, calm and low profile as Goran Nikolić, long time captain of Reflex. As the old serbian saying goes – Water is quiet, but it melts rocks. Also known for his nickname Nik (born in 1976) was because of his discent for public promotion maybe the »best kept basketball secret« in Železnik for many years.
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 His name translated means »A man with fire in his hand«. It suits him perfectly, because Ognjen Aksrabic is a menace to every defence. Just ask anyone who played against Reflex this season. Born in Sarajevo 1979 he was spoted by the scouts from Zeleznik while playing for Beovuk, small Belgrade club famous for it`s youngsters.
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 Foreign players took Belgrade by storm last year. With flashy plays, good attitude, dunking... They even made an impact on the night clubs in downtown. Suddenly it became trandy to organize a hip-hop party with Reggie Freeman, Scoonie Penn or Fred Haus as the special guest star. Strong Jamaican center Kimani Friend doesn`t fit in this story by many counts.
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 Reflex coach Vlade Djurovic took over the team from Zeleznik last april. One of the first inovations he introduced was making Ivan Zoroski, a standard starting point guard into a best sixth man of the team. Many were amased but he simply explained that he wants a player who will make a positive change when coming on the pitch. He wasn`t mistaken.
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Vlade Djurovic was always considered as a flamboyant coach. Still is. A man whose behaviour is authentic, very sharp in his talk and thinking. In his own words his character costed him a more distinguished career. And he accomplished so much. Last april, after barely a month at the helm of Reflex, Djurovic won the Radivoj Korać Cup title. Many true basketball fans were rejoycing the triumphant return of the famous Djura, who never liked to be average in anything he did nor would such a result be in the proportion with the amount of energy he spends on the court. 
