The red & whites are getting stronger – Jovanović and Janković will play for Zvezda

Crvena zvezda mts have signed 3-year deals with two big guys - Nikola Jovanović and Stefan Janković are coming to Belgrade to join the red & white crew.

Nikola Jovanović was born in Belgrade on January 6, 1994, he is 211 cm tall, and he can play both as power forward and as center. He has passed through all youth selections of Crvena zvezda mts before going to the USA in 2012 to join Arlington Country Day High School in Jacksonville, Florida.

After that, Jovanović studied at the famous University of Southern California and left quite a mark in the school basketball team. During his 3-year NCAA career, Jovanović has entered the school history books by becoming one of 36 players who managed to score more than 1000 points for this college.

This 23-year old power forward tried to secure himself a contract in the NBA by playing the NBA Summer League for Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Lakers. Still, he played just one preseason game for the Pistons, before being acquired by the Grand Rapids Drive of the NBA Development League, an affiliate of the Pistons. On March 2, 2017, Jovanović was traded to the Westchester Knicks.

On the other side, Stefan Janković is a Serbian-Canadian player, who is also coming to Crvena zvezda mts from the USA.

Janković was born on August 4, 1993 in Belgrade, he is 211 cm tall and can both play as power forward and as center. His family moved to the USA back in 1997, while he spent 4 years in the NCAA playing for two different colleges. Firstly he was at Missuri University (2012-2014), while then he moved to Hawaii University (2014-2016) where he was making outstanding numbers. In the 2015/16 NCAA season, Janković averaged 15.6 points and 6.6 rebounds per match.

Janković joined the Miami Heat for the 2016 NBA Summer League, while on July 13, 2016, he signed a contract with the Heat, but was later waived on October 17 after appearing in one preseason game. He spent the 2016/17 season in the NBA Development League where he played for Sioux Falls Skyforce and Erie BayHawks.

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Zvezda se pojačava – Trogodišnji ugovori za Jovanovića i Jankovića

Crvena zvezda mts angažovala je u subotu dvojicu igrača koji mogu da pokriju pozicije krilnog centra i centra. Reč je o Nikoli Jovanoviću I Stefanu Jankoviću koji su potpisali trogodišnje ugovore sa crveno-belima.

Nikola Jovanović je dete Crvene zvezde u kojoj je prošao sve mlađe selekcije, pre odlaska u SAD. Rođen je i odrastao u Beogradu, visok je 211 centimetara, težak je 109 kilograma, i igra na pozicijama krilnog centra i centra.

Jovanović se još kao mlađi junior (2012. godine) otisnuo u SAD gde je prvo nastupao za srednju školu u Džeksonvilu na Florodi, a zatim je usledila selidba na čuveni koledž "USC" gde je tokom trogodišnje karijere postao standardni prvotimac i tek jedan od 36 igrača u istoriji tog koledža koji je ubacio više do 1000 poena.

Za NBA ugovor borio se kroz letnju ligu u dresovima Detroita i LA Lejkersa, a za Pistonse je i nastupao u nekoliko utakmica, kasnije i za njihov razvojni tim Grand Rapids.

Sa druge strane, kanadski krilni centar srpskog porekla, Stefan Janković takođe dolazi u Crvenu zvezdu mts iz SAD.

Janković je rođen 4. avgusta 1993. godine u Beogradu, visok je 211 centimetara i težak 107 kilograma. Svoje košarkaško ime je gradio tokom univerzitetskih dana u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, u koje je došao iz Kanade u koju se preselio sa porodicom još 1997. godine (otac Drago je nekadašnji reprezentativac Jugoslavije u fudbalu).

Janković je prvo nastupao za Univerzitet "Mizuri", ali je izvanredan napredak ostvario selidbom na Univerzitet "Havaji" gde je u sezoni 2015/2016 ubacivao skoro 16 poena uz 7 skokova i blokadu po meču. Ti nastupi doneli su mu titulu igrača godine "Big West" konferencije.

Kroz letnju ligu, izborio se za ugovor sa Majamijem, a prošlu sezonu proveo je u NBDL klubovima "Su Fols" i "Iri Bejhoks".