KK Mega Basket

Mega Leks
Leagues	KLS Adriatic League
Founded	December 12, 1998
History	KK Avala Ada 1998–2005 KK Mega Basket 2005–present
Arena	Sports Hall Pinki
Capacity	3,000
Location	Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
Team colors	Pink and Apple Green
President	Velimir Mihailović
Head coach	Dejan Milojević
Championships	1 National Cup
Website	bcmegabasket.net
Uniforms
Home Away

KK Mega Basket (Serbian Cyrillic: КК Мега Баскет), currently known as Mega Leks for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball based in Belgrade though playing its home games in Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia ever since the start of the 2014-15 season as the Adriatic League doesn't allow more than two clubs from any city.

In addition to Belgrade and Sremska Mitrovica, the club also played its home games in Kruševac (2012-13 season) and Smederevo (2013-14 season). The club participates in the KLS and ABA League. Since 2004, it has been controlled by Serbian sports agent Miško Ražnatović and his BeoBasket sports agency.

History

Former logo of the team, back when the team colors were pink and blue

KK Avala Ada was established on 23 December 1998 by a group of basketball enthusiasts, all employed at Avala Ada packaging factory. The club played in the lower ranks, functioning as part of Avala Ada sports society that was formed at the same time.

In the summer of 1999, the club won the City of Belgrade regional league (the summer league), thus qualifying for the Serbian Second League (fourth-tier competition in the FR Yugoslavia basketball pyramid). Playing the 1999–2000 season in the Second League, the club set an ambitious goal of gaining promotion on its first try and succeeded.

The 2000–01 season was played in the Serbian First League, finishing third and barely missing the promotion. The following 2001–02 season, Avala Ada finished third again. In the 2002-03, the club again missed promotion based on the league standing, but managed to qualify to federal First B League through playoffs in Novi Bečej, beating KK Vrbas and KK Zeta.

Playing its first season, 2003–04, in the federal rank in First B League (Serbian group), Avala Ada finished third thus missing promotion to top league.

Before the start of 2004–05, the most significant development in club's short history occurred - it was taken over by BeoBasket sports agency led by Miško Ražnatović. After that, at the end of the 2004–05 season, they have qualified for the highest competition level in the country. In December 2005, the club changed it name to KK Mega Basket. At the same time the club signed sponsorship agreement with bakery company Ishrana A.D. Smederevo, and in the period from 2005 to 2007, the club officially named Mega Ishrana. Later, also for sponsorship reasons, the club was called Mega Aqua Monta in the 2007–08 season, and Mega Hypo Leasing in the 2008–09 season.

In August 2009, before the start of the 2009–10 season, another city club called KK Vizura merged into KK Mega Hypo Leasing, and the club was renamed KK Mega Vizura. In 2016, Mega Leks won its first trophy ever when it beat KK Partizan 86–80 in the Serbian Cup Final.^[1]

Sponsorship naming

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

• Mega Ishrana (2005–2007)
• Mega Aqua Monta (2007–2008)
• Mega Hypo Leasing (2008–2009)
• Mega Vizura (2009–2014)
• Mega Leks (2014–present)

Arena

Vizura Sports Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the New Belgrade municipality and it has a capacity of 1,500 seats. During 2013–14 season, Mega Vizura hosted their ABA League matches in Sports Hall Smederevo, and for the 2014-15 season they relocated to Sports Hall Pinki in Sremska Mitrovica.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

KK Mega Leks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 4 Simić, Stefan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 20 – 3 January 1996 SG 7 Aranitović, Aleksandar  1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 18 – 24 January 1998 SG 8 Đoković, Radovan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 20 – 26 March 1996 PG 10 Jaramaz, Ognjen  1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 20 – 1 September 1995 C 11 Veljković, Milenko 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 20 – 20 September 1995 PG 18 Musić, Novak 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 17 – 27 May 1998 PG 20 Ivanović, Nikola 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 22 – 19 February 1994 PF 22 Pavlović, Nikola 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 19 – 13 May 1996 SF 23 Luwawu, Timothé 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 20 – 9 May 1995 C 24 Kaba, Alpha  2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 19 – 21 September 1996 SF 25 Zagorac, Rade 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 20 – 12 August 1995 PG 30 Popović, Petar 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 19 – 13 September 1996 SF 33 Simeunović, Đorđe 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 21 – 26 April 1995 F 34 Nikolić, Danilo 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 23 – 8 April 1993 PF 45 Janković, Nikola 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 22 – 13 February 1994 C – Zubac, Ivica 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 19 – 18 March 1997 PG – Rašić, Aleksandar 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 34 – 16 April 1982	Head coach Dejan Milojević Assistant coach(es) Srđan Flajs Jade Fattouh Strength & conditioning coach(es) Marko Ćosić Physiotherapist(s) Miloš Savić Team manager Goran Ćakić Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2 April 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Ivica Zubac	Milenko Veljković		Alpha Kaba
PF	Danilo Nikolić	Nikola Janković	Nikola Pavlović
SF	Rade Zagorac	Đorđe Simeunović		Aleksandar Aranitović
SG	Timothé Luwawu	Radovan Đoković	Aleksandar Rašić	Ognjen Jaramaz
PG	Nikola Ivanović	Stefan Simić	Petar Popović	Novak Musić

Squad changes for the 2015-16 season

In Position # Player Moving from C 24 Alpha Kaba Pau-Orthez SF 23 Timothé Luwawu Olympique Antibes SG 7 Aleksandar Aranitović Crvena zvezda (loan) PG 20 Nikola Ivanović Budućnost VOLI PF 22 Nikola Pavlović Vršac SG 4 Stefan Simić Napredak Rubin C 21 Predrag Samardžiski MZT Skopje PF 45 Nikola Janković Pepinster PF 21 Boris Savović Türk Telekom C - Ivica Zubac Cibona PG 30 Petar Popović Nea Kifissia PG - Aleksandar Rašić Türk Telekom

Out Position # Player Moving to C Nenad Šulović Dinamo București C Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets SG Corey Webster New Zealand Breakers SG Nemanja Krstić Igokea SF Marko Kešelj Lavrio B.C. PG Nenad Miljenović Baloncesto Sevilla PF Andrija Bojić OKK Beograd C Dejan Musli ICL Manresa PF Andrija Simović KK Vršac C 21 Predrag Samardžiski Tüyap Büyükçekmece PF 21 Boris Savović Reyer Venezia Mestre

Notable players

Aleksandar Čubrilo Jovo Stanojević Ratko Varda Vukašin Aleksić Danilo Anđušić Goran Ćakić Nemanja Dangubić Tadija Dragićević Nikola Dragović Luka Drča

Nikola Jokić Dušan Katnić Marko Kešelj Marko Luković Aleksandar Marelja Boban Marjanović Vasilije Micić Branko Milisavljević Nenad Miljenović Dejan Musli

Uroš Nikolić Ivan Paunić Milovan Raković Boris Savović Slavko Stefanović Stefan Stojačić Strahinja Stojačić Nenad Šulović Novica Veličković

Predrag Samardžiski Corey Webster Duşan Çantekin Holmes James Jeremiah Rivers Chistopher Schlatter

Players on the NBA Draft

^#	Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs

Position	Player	Year	Round	Pick	Drafted by
C	Milovan Raković^#	2007	2nd round	60th	Dallas Mavericks, traded to Orlando Magic
C	Nikola Jokić	2014	2nd round	41st	Denver Nuggets
PG	Vasilije Micić^#	2014	2nd round	52nd	Philadelphia 76ers
SG	Nemanja Dangubić^#	2014	2nd round	54th	Philadelphia 76ers, traded to San Antonio Spurs

Honours and achievements

Club

Serbian League Semifinals (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Serbian Cup Winners (1): 2016 Runners-up (2): 2014, 2015

Adriatic League Runners-up (1): 2015–2016 Balkan League 3rd place (1): 2008–09

Individual

Serbian League Regular Season MVP (1): Boban Marjanović – 2013 Serbian League Super League MVP (1): Boban Marjanović – 2013 Serbian Cup MVP (2): Vasilije Micić – 2014 Nikola Ivanović – 2016

Adriatic League MVP (1): Nikola Jokić – 2015

References

External links

• Official website (Serbian)
• Club Profile at abaliga.com
• Club Profile at eurobasket.com