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    CROATIAN NT ROSTER   PG Dontaye Draper PG Marko Popovic PG Rok Stipcevic SG Kruno Simon G/F Marko Tomas G/F Bojan Bogdanovic SF Damjan Rudez F Damir Markota PF Luka Zoric PF Luksa Andric PF/C Ante Tomic C Stanko Barac     EUROBASKET  SCHEDULE   Wednesday, August 31st  vs Finland   84:79   [...]

PG Dontaye Draper, Croatia   Cedevita Zagreb PG Dontaye Draper made his debut for Croatia and has become the first American basketball player EVER to play for Croatian senior NT.   Draper immediately helped Croatia breeze to a couple of easy victories over Bulgaria (72:59, 77:54) in friendly encounters held in Osijek couple of days [...]

Marko Car, Cedevita Zagreb (photo by kkcedevita.hr)   Even without the head coach for the next season at the moment Cedevita has done masterful move in the form of signing shooting guard Marko Car (6’3”/189cm/1985).   Car finished last Croatian A1 League season as the 2nd best statisticly ranked player overall, trailing only to F/C [...]

  According to gol.hr European club powerhouse Real Madrid has shown interest to possibly acquire Cedevita Zagreb lightning quick PG Dontaye Draper who will most likely become Croatian citizen in the upcoming months in order to play for Croatian NT.   Cedevita’s Team President Mladen Veber stated that “Draper acquisition is very unlikely since he [...]

LEADER OF THE WOLFPACK – BOJAN BOGDANOVIC (photo by CroHoops.com)   With nothing to lose Cibona approached game 2 of the heated semifinal series vs Cedevita with incredible energy and motivation to prove their current worth.   By closely following instructions of their coach Josip Vrankovic, who oftenly switched defenses and made the right adjustments, [...]

VRBANC (CIBONA) vs DRAPER (CEDEVITA) Cedevita Zagreb managed to exploit it’s homecourt advantage and gain 1:0 lead over local rival Cibona Zagreb in the semifinal clash of Croatian Championship.   Led by virtually unstoppable PG Dontaye Draper (20 points, 7 received fouls), who was able to find all possible cracks in Cibona defense,  Cedevita was [...]

W/W COMBINATION FOR CEDEVITA – DRAPER & PETROVIC Only a week after Cedevita achieved a historic feat by qualifying to the ULEB Eurocup Final Four some of the key individual ingridients of this latest success story for Croatian basketball have been honored.   On Tuesday, head coach Aleksandar “Aco” Petrovic, has been named ULEB Eurocup [...]

With an 72:81 win over Estudiantes in the  quarter-final leg of ULEB Eurocup Cedevita Zagreb has accomplished an historic feat since it became the first Croatian team to qualify into the continental Final Four of any official basketball competition in the last two decades.   Last Croatian team that managed to qualify into the Final [...]

After the heartbreak defeat in the Croatian Cup’s semifinal from BC Zadar coach Petrovic squad demonstrated unprecedented willingness and determination to bounce back. While proving they can still play the game at the high level they have achieved the club’s biggest European success ever by advancing into the Eurocup’s Final Eight teams. Last week it [...]