Crvena Zvezda president opens up on his team's next targets in the transfer market / News - Basketnews.com

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According to the current state of affairs, it has been a rather turbulent transfer period for both Serbian teams currently in the EuroLeague.

Miroslav Raduljica

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Partizan NIS and Crvena Zvezda are bolstering their rosters ahead of the next season with some impressive signings. So far, Danilo Andjusic, Dante Exum and James Nunnally have joined the ranks of the black-and-whites, while Nemanja Nedovic, Hassan Martin, John Holland and Dalibor Ilic have strengthened the red-and-white side of Belgrade.

In an interview with the weekly outlet Express, Red Star president Nebojsa Covic talked about various topics, among which were the team's potential reinforcements. Covic pointed out that the club tried to get Boban Marjanovic and Nemanja Bjelica, but after coming up short, they have turned their attention to other players, like Milos Teodosic and Miroslav Raduljica.

"When you build a team, you have the desire to buy everything that is of value," Covic said.

"Nedovic came back, we tried with Bjelica and Marjanovic and failed. Now, the focus is on (Milos) Teodosic and (Miroslav) Raduljica. There are also younger players, like Dalibor Ilic.

We also have several juniors, many talented ones who went to FMP and some other clubs. Some will stay with the first team. One of them is the very talented Nikola Topic, the son of our former ace Milenko Topic," Covic pointed out.

Teodosic, last year's EuroCup final MVP, is a former EuroLeague champion (2016), a EuroLeague MVP (2010), and a two-time EuroCup regular season MVP (2020, 2021). He also has multiple EuroLeague and EuroCup First Team selections. Now 35, the Serbian guard joined EuroCup winners Virtus Segafredo Bologna in 2019, leading the team to the Italian league title in 2021.

Free throws this season

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Raduljica, 34, represented such European powerhouses as Efes Pilsen, ALBA Berlin, Partizan, Panathinaikos, and Emporio Armani. He also had a brief stint in the NBA, competing with the Milwaukee Bucks (2013-14) and Minnesota Timberwolves (2015). The Serbian center holds NBA career averages of 3.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 53 duels.

Current roster:

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Position Player Status PG Aleksa Uskokovic Signed until 2024 PG Nikola Ivanovic Signed until 2023 PG Stefan Markovic Signed until 2023 PG/SG Nemanja Nedovic(story) Signed until 2025 SG John Holland(story) Signed until 2023 SG Ognjen Dobric Signed until 2023 SG Filip Radakovic(story) Signed until 2026 SG/SF Branko Lazic (story) Signed until 2023 +1 SF/PF Dalibor Ilic(story) Signed until 2026 PF Aaron White Signed until 2023 PF/C Luka Mitrovic Signed until 2023 C Hassan Martin(story) Signed until 2024 C Ognjen Kuzmic Signeduntil 2023 C Nik Popovic Signeduntil 2024 C Maik Zirbes Signed until 2022 +1 Coach Vladimir Jovanovic(story) Expired contract Dejan Radonjic (will not return), Nate Wolters (will not return), Nikola Ivanovic, Austin Hollins (will not return), Stefan Lazarevic, Marko Simonovic (will not return), Dejan Davidovac (will not return), Alesa Radanov, Nikola Kalinic (will not return) Rumored to leave Maik Zirbes (story) Interested Shabazz Napier (story), Chris Singleton (story)

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