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:

Yugoslavian League
1999, 2000, 2001
Yugoslavian Cup
1996, 1998, 2001

 

2003/04		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	Laško	90	56.1	22	38	57.9	10	19	52.6	16	27	59.3	15	8	5	8	11	0	0	22	0	57
2	@Lovćen	77	40.0	17	33	51.5	5	22	22.7	28	39	71.8	22	8	7	5	11	4	3	19	30	76
3	Široki	103	61.2	28	41	68.3	13	26	50.0	8	16	50.0	17	7	16	4	10	2	1	21	19	102
4	@Cibona	89	50.0	17	27	63.0	11	29	37.9	22	32	68.8	20	10	11	6	12	0	0	22	28	92
5	Krka	99	61.1	24	35	68.6	9	19	47.4	24	31	77.4	20	11	11	9	16	1	4	19	25	109
6	@Zvezda	75	45.3	23	39	59.0	6	25	24.0	11	20	55.0	21	8	9	14	14	1	0	23	22	69
7	Olimpija	78	45.3	17	32	53.1	7	21	33.3	23	34	67.6	17	7	7	5	5	0	2	19	29	77
8	Split	118	49.4	30	48	62.5	10	33	30.3	28	47	59.6	31	17	14	6	14	2	4	27	32	115
9	@Slovan	93	54.4	23	33	69.7	8	24	33.3	23	28	82.1	12	9	10	12	17	3	3	23	24	89
10	Banjalučka	99	68.8	21	28	75.0	12	20	60.0	21	31	67.7	16	7	17	6	19	1	0	25	24	101
11	@Zagreb	95	62.1	25	33	75.8	11	25	44.0	12	18	66.7	19	3	13	7	12	2	1	31	17	84
12	Zadar	91	52.5	21	31	67.7	11	30	36.7	16	20	80.0	12	5	16	5	8	2	1	21	20	88
13	@Reflex	76	48.3	22	35	62.9	7	25	28.0	11	16	68.8	13	10	14	14	22	2	6	16	20	69
14	@Laško	78	50.0	24	40	60.0	4	16	25.0	18	23	78.3	25	9	8	13	16	4	3	24	25	86
15	Lovćen	82	47.1	26	52	50.0	6	16	37.5	12	17	70.6	20	14	13	10	12	6	3	18	22	93
16	@Široki	94	45.5	19	37	51.4	6	18	33.3	38	44	86.4	21	8	12	6	9	3	2	25	34	106
17	Cibona	88	50.0	21	32	65.6	11	32	34.4	13	25	52.0	15	15	20	6	10	3	2	19	28	100
18	@Krka	84	51.7	26	43	60.5	5	17	29.4	17	29	58.6	20	11	12	6	16	2	0	27	26	77
19	Zvezda	84	51.0	18	31	58.1	8	20	40.0	24	39	61.5	21	10	7	6	14	3	2	27	29	77
20	@Olimpija	81	48.3	21	37	56.8	7	21	33.3	18	28	64.3	25	15	15	3	13	3	1	27	25	86
21	@Split	65	36.2	14	31	45.2	7	27	25.9	16	23	69.6	18	9	8	12	15	3	5	20	25	56
22	Slovan	89	60.0	23	38	60.5	10	17	58.8	13	18	72.2	25	9	17	9	19	0	0	19	20	104
23	@Banjalučka	95	65.1	17	24	70.8	11	19	57.9	28	41	68.3	27	4	2	6	17	1	0	24	31	97
24	Zagreb	80	56.4	28	40	70.0	3	15	20.0	15	21	71.4	21	5	14	11	14	1	0	21	23	90
25	@Zadar	107	56.9	24	37	64.9	13	28	46.4	20	25	80.0	18	7	13	4	4	1	2	31	26	106
26	Reflex	97	52.1	28	43	65.1	9	28	32.1	14	22	63.6	25	9	12	7	11	1	1	25	23	95
26	16:10 Total	2307	52.2	579	938		220	592		489	714		516	235	303	200	341	51	46	595	627	2301
	Average	88.7	52.2	61.7			37.2			68.5			19.8	9.0	11.7	7.7	13.1	2.0	1.8	22.9	24.1	88.5
	Season max	118	68.8	75.8%			60.0%			86.4%			31	17	20	14	22	6	6	31	34	115

2003/04				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	Minić, M.	20	383:31	125	52.4	38	64	59.4	5	18	27.8	34	53	64.2	14	3	22	15	9	2	5	66	45	88
5	Pajović, G.	26	670:31	197	36.8	17	35	48.6	40	120	33.3	43	61	70.5	28	8	76	19	51	0	2	58	51	152
6	Popović, M.	12	44:16	11	41.7	4	6	66.7	1	6	16.7	0	0	0	2	4	1	1	3	1	0	15	0	-5
7	Šekularac, M.	22	492:31	236	46.6	55	103	53.4	26	71	36.6	48	65	73.8	47	7	21	19	32	3	5	48	59	197
8	Bulajić, N.	10	64:01	10	62.5	5	8	62.5	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	10	2	1	1	4	2	1	23	2	-5
9	Petrović, V.	9	192:15	73	57.9	11	17	64.7	11	21	52.4	18	25	72.0	14	6	8	4	10	0	2	22	21	69
9	Basarić, D.	7	57:16	14	50.0	3	7	42.9	2	3	66.7	2	4	50.0	9	1	4	0	4	2	0	15	7	11
10	Koljević, I.	25	459:16	348	51.2	52	76	68.4	51	125	40.8	91	106	85.8	17	10	39	10	39	1	6	44	85	308
11	Rakočević, Ž.	13	75:16	23	62.5	10	16	62.5	0	0	0	3	9	33.3	6	2	2	5	6	0	1	20	7	6
12	Stanley, A.	26	864:31	411	50.3	86	136	63.2	58	150	38.7	65	99	65.7	54	28	24	42	69	9	5	72	88	334
13	Milojević, D.	26	942:01	532	65.0	190	279	68.1	11	30	36.7	119	206	57.8	189	92	75	51	66	10	14	92	181	763
14	Paravinja, M.	4	62:45	13	40.0	6	14	42.9	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	13	3	2
14	Acie, E.	8	100:00	34	36.1	13	35	37.1	0	1	0.0	8	11	72.7	15	9	5	6	12	4	0	16	9	28
15	Marjanović, N.	23	686:01	280	55.3	89	142	62.7	15	46	32.6	57	71	80.3	105	61	24	26	34	17	5	90	69	355
31	Bulatović, M.	1	00:01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1
32	Maraš, I.	2	03:30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	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;