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Dejan Kovacevic

Bayer Giants Leverkusen (ProA) inked 25-year old Bosnian 208cm power forward Dejan Kovacevic, agency: LUMANI 10.7 for upcoming season. Kovacevic has played for the last three years at HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim in the BBL. The team played in three different competitions (!!!) that year, and he had a chance to explore basketball on different levels. In 22 BBL games he recorded just 2.5ppg and 1.2rpg last season. ProA will be definitely a better match and he can see more playing time. He helped them to make it to the cup final. Kovacevic also played 10 games in FIBA Europe Cup where he averaged only 2.5ppg. He contributed to his team making it to the quarterfinals.
Kovacevic represented Bosnia at the Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Germany (Unofficial World Championships U18) eight years ago. Kovacevic’s team won Bronze and his stats at that event were 7 games: 4.4ppg, 2.1rpg, FGP: 38.5%, 3PT: 42.9%, FT: 66.7%.
He has played previously for six other teams: Braunschweig, Kovacevicrzoege Wolfenbuettel, s Oliver Baskets, Bayern, Wuerzburg and Furstenfeldbruck.
Kovacevic’s game is described as:
Excellent size, quickness for his age and size, with excellent rebounding and shotblocking and a touch that is usually common to shooting guards.