One more season for Dražen Bubnić amongst Dragons

Thursday, 21. June 2018 at 15:07

Petrol Olimpija and 32-year old power forward Dražen Bubnić have agreed on extension of the cooperation, which originally lasted until the end of the 2017/18 season. The player will play in Ljubljana for one more season.

Drazen Bubnic (Photo: Petrol Olimpija/Ales Fevzer)

The experienced Rijeka-born power forward will therefore continue playing in the green and white jersey, in which he averaged 4.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game in the Liga Nova KBM.

The 2018/19 season will be the fifth for Petrol Olimpija’s number 7 in the Slovenian capital, after he had already played for the Dragons between 2012 and 2014 and re-joined their ranks again in 2016. Besides Petrol Olimpija he also played for Hermes Analitica, Geoplin Slovan, Elektra, Koper, Helios Suns, Sibiu, Rogaška, Kvarner, Šenčur Gorenjska gradbena družba and Donar Groningen.

Dražen Bubnić told, as the two sides have extended their contract: "I am very pleased that we have come to an agreement with Petrol Olimpija. I am a part of this team of Dragons for four years, so I feel right at home in Ljubljana. We are building together an excellent team, and I am sure that the players that will be a part of it, will cooperate well together. I hope that we will manage to repeat some of the successes from last season in the upcoming season.“

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Dražen Bubnić še eno sezono med Zmaji

Petrol Olimpija in 32-letni krilni center Dražen Bubnić sta se dogovorila za podaljšanje sodelovanja, ki je sicer bilo sklenjeno do konca minule sezone, še za eno leto.

Izkušeni krilni center, rojen v Reki, bo tako še naprej igral v zeleno-belem dresu, v katerem je v minuli sezoni v Ligi Nova KBM v povprečju beležil povprečno 4,8 točke, 1,9 skoka ter 0,8 podaje na posamezno srečanje.

Sezona 2018/19 bo peta za zeleno-belo številko 7 v slovenski prestolnici, potem ko je za Zmaje že nastopal med letoma 2012 in 2014, znova pa se je njihovi zasedbi pridružil leta 2016. V svoji karieri je poleg Olimpije nastopal še za Hermes Analitico, Geoplin Slovan, Elektro, Koper, Helios Suns, Sibiu, Rogaško, Kvarner, Šenčur Gorenjsko gradbeno družbo ter Donar Groningen.

Dražen Bubnić je ob podpisu pogodbe dejal: „Zelo zadovoljen sem, da smo se s Petrol Olimpijo dogovorili za podaljšanje sodelovanja. Del ekipe Zmajev sem že štiri leta, zato se v Ljubljani počutim kot doma. Sestavljamo odlično ekipo, v kateri so igralci, ki bodo v prihodnji sezoni zagotovo odlično sodelovali, upam pa, da bomo uspeli ponoviti uspehe iz zadnjih dveh sezon.“

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