Igor Rakocevic praises Dusko Ivanovic ahead of Crvena Zvezda hire / News - Basketnews.com

Former EuroLeague scoring great Igor Rakocevic praised his former coach on Twitter, saying that many players played their best season under him, Rakocevic included.

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After a shaky start of the season, Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade officially released their head coach Vladimir Jovanovic today. Several reports indicate that Dusko Ivanovic should be hired as the replacement.

Igor Rakocevic

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The Montenegrin coach has been a part of four different EuroLeague teams, spending most of his time with Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. During his time there, the specialist got to coach one of the most prolific scorers in the tournament's history - Igor Rakocevic.

Since the news broke out about the changes in the Serbian club, the retired guard chimed in on Twitter about his former coach.

"Dusko Ivanovic. A great worker, a disciplined and honest giant in the basketball profession. A coach who won many big trophies, and with whom many players played their best basketball. I am one of them," he tweeted.

Rakocevic has a close bond with Crvena Zvezda as well, starting and ending his illustrious career in the club. His no. 8 shirt has since been retired.

Coached by Ivanovic, Rakocevic claimed one of his three Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer trophies in 2009, averaging 18 points per contest.

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