The 2017–18 season is the 73rd Crvena zvezda season in the existence of the club. The team has been playing in the Basketball League of Serbia, in the Adriatic League, and in the Euroleague.
Overview During the summer of 2017, the head coach Dejan Radonjić didn't sign new contract, and the club parted ways with no less than eleven players, including key figures in the last couple of years such as Marko Simonović, captain Luka Mitrović, Charles Jenkins, Stefan Jović, Ognjen Kuzmić and Marko Gudurić. Young prospect Dušan Alimpijević was named as the head coach. Depleted roster was reinforced by James Feldeine and Taylor Rochestie, veterans Pero Antić and Marko Kešelj and a quartet of young players: Mathias Lessort, Nikola Radičević, Stefan Janković and Nikola Jovanović. Zvezda also brought in Dragan Apić, Dejan Davidovac and Stefan Lazarević from its development team FMP. Half of rebuilt team hasn't previously played a single game in EuroLeague.
During October 2017, the Zvezda won six out of ten played games. The Adriatic League season opening started with three wins in a row. In the EuroLeague they won on two home games over FC Barcelona and Maccabi.
Breaking with defense oriented philosophy of Radonjić era, the staple of Zvezda's game became 3 point shot. In December 2017. roster was further strengthened with combo guard Dylan Ennis, while Apić and Lazarević got loaned back to FMP.Dragan Apic and Stefan Lazarevic will play for FMP until the end of season Last player to arrive was Slovenian national team center Alen Omić, while underperforming Radičević parted ways with the club. Zvezda finished first in the regular part of ABA league, having 19 wins and 3 losses, and reached finals by defeating Mornar 2–1 in series, but lost 3–1 in final series to Budućnost. Defeat meant that club will not participate in Euroleague next year, which triggered downsizing. Management terminated contract with Dylan Ennis and Milko Bjelica, and reinforced squad with Filip Čović and young prospect Aleksa Radanov from FMP. Poor start in domestic KLS forced coach Alimpijević to resign, and his assistant Milenko Topić took over as interim head coach. Modified team managed to win the Superleague title, beating FMP in the finals, but the season was generally deemed to be unsuccessful due to failure to secure a spot in Euroleague.
Players
Squad information
Depth chart
Players with multiple nationalities Pero Antić James Feldeine Stefan Janković Alen Omić Taylor Rochestie
On loan KK Crvena zvezda players out on loanPlayerPositionTeamOn loan since Marko Radovanović PF FMP June 2017 Boriša Simanić PF FMP August 2017 Petar Rakićević SG/SF FMP Dynamic VIP PAY August–November 2017November 2017 Stefan Lazarević SG/SF FMP December 2017 Dragan Apić PF/C FMP December 2017 Stefan Momirov SG FMP Vršac August–December 2017December 2017 Stefan Đorđević PF FMP Vršac August–December 2017December 2017
Youth players Under a contract Ranko Simović Arijan Lakić
Registered for the Adriatic League Zoran Paunović Nemanja Popović Lazar Vasić
Players In
Position#PlayerMoving from PF – Jonah Bolden1 FMP SF 10 Branko LazićRe-sign SF 4 Marko Kešelj Oostende C/PF 16 Stefan Janković Lakeland Magic PF/C 32 Nikola Jovanović Westchester Knicks PG 5 Nikola Radičević Real Betis Energía Plus SG 14 James Feldeine Panathinaikos Superfoods SF/PG 7 Dejan Davidovac FMP (Loan return) SG/SF 11 Stefan Lazarević FMP (Loan return) PF/C 15 Dragan Apić FMP (Loan return) PF/C 26 Mathias Lessort Nanterre 92 PG/SG 22 Taylor Rochestie Lokomotiv Kuban PF/C 12 Pero Antić Fenerbahçe Doğuş (Loan) PG 31 Dylan Ennis Mega Bemax C 23 Alen Omić Hapoel Jerusalem G/SF 11 Aleksa Radanov FMP (Loan return) PG 3 Filip Čović FMP Source: ABA League, Euroleague
Players Out Position#PlayerMoving to SF 19 Marko Simonović Zenit Saint Petersburg PF 9 Luka Mitrović Brose Bamberg SG 22 Charles Jenkins Khimki PG 24 Stefan Jović Bayern Munich SF 23 Marko Gudurić Fenerbahçe Doğuş PF – Jonah Bolden1 Maccabi Tel Aviv C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić Real Madrid C 7 Aleksandar Aranitović2 Partizan C 2 Deon Thompson Miraflores PF 12 Boriša Simanić FMP (Loan) SG/SF 20 Petar Rakićević FMP (Loan) PG – Aleksa Uskoković3 FMP PG 0 Nate Wolters Utah Jazz PF – Marko Tejić4 Trikala Aries SG/SF 11 Stefan Lazarević FMP (Loan) PF/C 15 Dragan Apić FMP (Loan) PG 5 Nikola Radičević Herbalife Gran Canaria PG 31 Dylan Ennis Zaragoza PF/C 51 Milko Bjelica Zaragoza
Notes: 1 Sign and trade. Didn't play a single regular season game. 2 Missed entire 2016–17 season due to injury. 3 Played for the U18 team. 4 On loan during entire 2016–17 season.
Club
Technical Staff Position Staff member General Manager Davor Ristović Sports Director Nebojša Ilić Team Manager Head coach Milenko Topić Assistant coaches Slobodan Ljubotina Saša Kosović Aleksandar Zarić Conditioning coach Aleksandar Jovančević Physiotherapist Milorad Ćirić Doctors Nebojša Mitrović Boris Gluščević Source: Crvena zvezda Staff
Technical Staff changes Change Date Staff member Staff position Out July 2017 Dejan Radonjić Head coach Out July 2017 Borko Radović Assistant coach Out July 2017 Nikola Birač Assistant coach Out July 2017 Dragan Gačević Conditioning Coach In July 2017 Dušan Alimpijević Head coach In July 2017 Milenko Topić Assistant coach In July 2017 Slobodan Ljubotina Assistant coach In July 2017 Aleksandar Jovančević Conditioning Coach Out August 2017 Mirko Pavlović Sports director In September 2017 Nebojša Ilić Sports director Out 8 May 2018 Dušan Alimpijević Head coach In 8 May 2018 Milenko Topić Head coach
Kit
Supplier: Nike Main sponsor: mts
Back sponsor: Idea (top); Huawei (bottom) Left shoulder sponsor: Mitsubishi Motors
Pre-season and friendlies
Crete Heraklion – 2nd International Basketball Tournament
Competitions
Overall
Overview
Adriatic League
Regular season
Results by round
Matches
Playoffs
EuroLeague
Regular season
Results by round
Matches Source: EuroLeague
Serbian Super League
League table (Group A)
Results by round
Matches
Playoffs
Radivoj Korać Cup
Source: National Cup
Adriatic Supercup
Crvena zvezda had canceled their participation at the Supercup, due to their previously scheduled Euroleague tournament (Crete Heraklion – 2nd International Basketball Tournament), which was held in the same period.The ABA League Second Division will start from the 2017/18 season
Individual awards
EuroLeague MVP of the Round RoundPlayerEfficiency 26 James Feldeine 32
Adriatic League MVP of the Round RoundPlayerEfficiency 1 Mathias Lessort 30 7 Milko Bjelica 35 SF3 Ognjen Dobrić 23 F2 Alen Omić 27 MVP of the Month Month Player November 2017 Milko Bjelica MVP of November: Milko Bjelica (Crvena zvezda mts) Ideal Starting Five Position Player PG Taylor Rochestie
Serbian League Player Finals MVP Alen Omić Finals Top Scorer Alen Omić
Statistics
PlayerLeft during season
Adriatic League Player 15 1 17.5 .296 .295 .756 5.0 0.8 0.5 0.1 6.7 8.3 28 28 23.0 .458 .294 .832 3.7 1.6 0.6 0.2 9.8 11.5 18 15 18.2 .411 .404 .844 2.8 0.9 0.3 0.0 6.7 6.6 23 4 16.2 .444 .333 .771 3.1 1.9 0.8 0.3 5.6 7.6 24 3 18.2 .514 .472 .786 2.7 0.8 0.7 0.2 8.1 7.4 18 0 14.2 .465 .458 .619 1.9 2.7 0.6 0.2 6.6 7.0 26 17 25.1 .456 .434 .826 1.8 3.2 1.0 0.0 14.8 13.0 26 0 13.3 .505 .394 .714 3.0 0.4 0.4 0.6 5.5 4.8 16 1 10.8 .480 .000 .581 2.7 0.4 0.4 0.1 4.6 4.2 7 0 7.4 .318 .267 .833 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.1 3.3 3.4 26 18 18.5 .395 .354 .778 2.1 0.9 0.8 0.1 3.8 3.5 29 24 17.9 .671 .000 .608 4.4 0.6 0.9 0.9 8.8 11.8 12 4 18.3 .671 .000 .509 5.1 1.8 0.4 0.3 10.9 14.3 28 28 25.8 .534 .478 .908 2.6 5.9 1.1 0.0 14.6 18.0 2 0 10.5 .857 .000 .667 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 7.0 9.5 6 1 7.3 .375 .000 .500 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.2 1.7 9 1 12.0 .243 .231 .882 1.9 3.1 0.3 0.0 4.2 5.9
EuroLeague Player 18 2 18:10 .429 .274 .771 3.4 1.1 0.7 0.1 6.2 6.2 29 29 25:58 .459 .297 .703 3.7 1.3 0.4 0.2 9.2 8.8 18 15 20:11 .471 .468 .800 3.4 1.2 0.7 0.1 7.4 6.7 24 6 15:38 .622 .468 .773 2.0 1.2 0.7 0.3 6.5 7.5 26 1 15:12 .586 .351 .826 2.3 0.4 0.6 0.2 6.5 6.1 28 17 24:57 .394 .345 .865 1.6 2.9 1.2 0.1 11.6 9.7 18 0 13:00 .321 .400 .871 1.8 1.6 0.4 0.1 6.5 4.9 28 0 11:50 .493 .189 .842 2.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 3.8 3.3 16 0 8:04 .558 .333 .333 2.8 0.2 0.1 0.2 3.6 4.0 6 0 6:00 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 30 21 20:22 .404 .259 .944 2.0 0.9 0.8 0.1 3.3 2.5 30 29 21:05 .552 .000 .632 5.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 8.5 10.7 11 0 17:21 .704 .000 .516 3.9 0.8 0.2 0.2 8.4 10.7 30 29 26:00 .551 .407 .891 2.3 5.0 0.8 0.1 13.4 14.4 3 0 5:34 1.000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 -0.7 4 0 3:07 .500 .000 1.000 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.5 9 1 12:20 .231 .167 .727 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.0 3.8 1.9
Serbian Super League Player 9 0 16:22 .125 .242 .667 3.1 1.4 0.2 0.1 3.8 3.6 17 0 19:30 .447 .355 .848 2.2 4.9 0.6 0.0 9.2 12.8 Did not play 17 10 23:09 .651 .300 .623 3.9 1.6 1.4 0.3 7.9 10.8 14 4 21:35 .588 .377 .714 2.8 1.2 0.6 0.3 9.9 9.3 16 5 21:13 .411 .387 .810 1.8 2.3 0.4 0.1 12.6 9.7 14 12 15:41 .689 .387 .565 3.7 1.0 0.4 0.7 7.9 8.3 14 0 9:21 .667 .000 .571 3.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 5.7 6.7 8 0 15:35 .565 .280 .636 2.8 1.0 0.4 0.3 6.8 4.9 17 17 19:55 .625 .345 .778 3.3 1.5 0.7 0.0 5.9 6.5 15 2 11:59 .567 .500 .657 3.8 0.4 0.7 0.3 4.0 6.1 16 14 21:33 .727 .000 .585 7.0 1.5 0.6 0.6 12.4 18.9 14 4 12:01 .650 .333 .714 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.0 4.3 3.1 17 17 22:16 .487 .510 .900 1.8 5.9 0.9 0.1 11.1 15.2
Radivoj Korać Cup Player 1 0 6:39 .000 .000 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 3 3 27:21 .833 .333 .706 5.0 2.0 1.3 0.7 13.7 19.7 3 3 19:01 .667 .286 .667 1.3 1.3 0.7 0.7 8.7 5.7 3 0 13:18 .000 .143 .833 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 2.7 1.3 3 1 8:45 1.000 .667 .000 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 2.7 1.7 3 0 24:31 .333 .154 1.000 2.7 2.0 2.0 0.0 9.7 9.3 3 0 15:46 .556 .429 1.000 2.7 2.0 0.3 0.0 10.0 9.0 1 0 8:36 .667 .000 .667 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 6.0 9.0 Did not play 2 0 13:33 .000 .800 .000 2.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 3 2 19:10 .500 .429 1.000 1.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 5.7 3.7 3 3 23:19 .800 .000 .538 6.3 1.7 1.0 2.0 7.7 16.3 3 0 16:45 .778 .000 .600 2.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 6.7 8.3 3 3 26:14 .474 .333 .750 2.3 4.3 1.3 0.0 12.0 14.3
Head coaches records Head coachCompetition Dušan Alimpijević Adriatic League 22 19 3 1,9551,679+276 86.36 Adriatic League Playoffs 734 558514+4442.86 Radivoj Korać Cup 32 1258242+1666.67 EuroLeague 301119 2,3332,515−18236.67 Serbian League 7 5 2 636 499 +137 71.43 Milenko Topić 3 3 0 267 236+31100.0 Serbian League Playoffs 77 0 615 500 +115100.0 Updated:
See also List of Nike sponsorships 2017–18 Red Star Belgrade season 2017–18 KK Partizan season
References
External links KK Crvena zvezda official website Club info at the Adriatic League official site Club info at the EuroLeague official site