Bojan Dubljević
No. 14 – Valencia Basket | |
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Position | Power forward / Center |
League | Liga ACB EuroLeague |
Personal information | |
Born | Nikšić, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia | October 24, 1991
Nationality | Montenegrin |
Listed height | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) |
Listed weight | 118 kg (260 lb) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 59th overall |
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves | |
Playing career | 2009–present |
Career history | |
2009–2010 | Lovćen |
2010–2012 | Budućnost |
2012–present | Valencia |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Bojan Dubljević (born 24 October 1991) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player and the team captain for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Montenegrin national basketball team in national team competitions. Standing at 2.05 m (6 ft 8 3⁄4 in) tall barefoot, he plays at the power forward and center positions.
Professional career
Dubljević started his career in 2009, with Lovćen Cetinje, and he played from 2010 to 2012, with Budućnost Podgorica, before signing with the Liga ACB team Valencia Basket, on a three-year contract. In his first season at Valencia, Dubljević was named the EuroCup 2012–13 season Rising Star of the Year.
In June 2013, he extended his contract with Valencia Basket through the 2015–16 season. The contract included an NBA buyout clause, in the original amount of 1 million euros. The buyout amount, however, decreased to 200,000 euros in the summer of 2015. In 2017, he won his first Liga ACB championship with Valencia, after beating Real Madrid 1–3 in the finals.
NBA draft rights
The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Dubljević in the 2013 NBA draft, at 59th overall. In 2019, his draft rights were traded to the Portland Trail Blazers.
National team career
Dubljević played with the junior national teams of Montenegro, being a part of the All-Tournament team at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. With the senior Montenegrin national basketball team, Dubljević played at the 2013 EuroBasket and the 2017 EuroBasket.
Career statistics
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 | † | Won a EuroLeague championship | * | Led the league |
EuroLeague
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2014–15 | Valencia | 8 | 2 | 22.9 | .511 | .429 | .917 | 4.1 | .9 | .9 | .3 | 15.5 | 16.5 |
2017–18 | 24 | 17 | 20.2 | .471 | .371 | .814 | 5.0 | 1.4 | .5 | .1 | 10.8 | 13.3 | |
2019–20 | 26 | 11 | 23.5 | .514 | .349 | .828 | 6.5 | 1.7 | .6 | .2 | 14.2 | 18.0 | |
2020–21 | 29 | 24 | 22.4 | .457 | .333 | .797 | 5.8 | 2.4 | .9 | .2 | 9.8 | 13.6 | |
Career | 87 | 64 | 22.1 | .486 | .358 | .824 | 5.6 | 1.8 | .7 | .2 | 11.9 | 15.1 |
Awards and accomplishments
Valencia
Individual
- All-EuroCup First Team: 2017, 2019
- All-EuroCup Second Team: 2012, 2014, 2022
- EuroCup Rising Star: 2013, 2014
- All-ACB First Team: 2016–17, 2018–19
- All-ACB Second Team: 2017–18
- Spanish League Finals MVP: 2017
Montenegrin junior national team
- 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship: All-Tournament Team
- 1991 births
- Living people
- 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- ABA League players
- Centers (basketball)
- KK Budućnost players
- KK Lovćen players
- Liga ACB players
- Minnesota Timberwolves draft picks
- Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Montenegrin men's basketball players
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Sportspeople from Nikšić
- Valencia Basket players