2022/23 Top Prospect: Nikola Đurišić (Mega MIS)

It's official - young gun Nikola Đurišić of Mega MIS is the best young player of the season in the AdmiralBet ABA League, as won this title in the voting contest of the head coaches of AdmiralBet ABA League teams, journalists and the AdmiralBet ABA League fans.

The excellent shooting guard of the Belgrade side has finished the voting with a total of 60.6% combined votes, ahead of Tomislav Ivišić of SC Derby, who had 18% and Tristan Vukčević of Partizan Mozzart Bet, who finished the voting with 8.7% of combined votes.

Let's mention that Nikola Đurišić was the best in votings of head coaches of AdmiralBet ABA League teams and journalists, while finishing second in the voting of the basketball fans, which makes his achievement even more impressive.

For Nikola Đurišić, this has been the third season in the AdmiralBet ABA League and it has for sure been the one in which he gained full recognition, as he became one of the leaders of Mega MIS squad. The 19-year old has been averaging 13.3 points, 3.7 assists, 3 rebounds, 1.1 steals and a valuation of 12.1 per game. Therefore, we can conclude that he has earned himself the Top Prospect title fully deservedly!

In the traditional AdmiralBet ABA League voting for the Ideal Starting Five of the AdmiralBet ABA League season and the individual honours, the final results of the voting combines the votes of the head coaches of AdmiralBet ABA League teams (85% of the total voting results), the votes of fans (5% of the total voting results) and the votes of basketball journalists from the ABA League j.t.d. countries (10% of the total voting results).

Top Prospect awards so far in the Regional League:

2014/15 – Nikola Jokić (Mega Leks)
2015/16 – Ante Žižić (Cibona)
2016/17 – Jonah Bolden (FMP)
2017/18 – Džanan Musa (Cedevita)
2018/19 – Goga Bitadze (Budućnost VOLI)
2020/21 – Filip Petrušev (Mega Soccerbet)
2021/22 – Nikola Jović (Mega Mozzart)
2022/23 – Nikola Đurišić (Mega MIS)