Božić, Campazzo, Lessort, Exum and Punter form the Ideal Starting Five

Zadar star player Luka Božić is the player that received the highest % of combined votes of the head coaches, journalists and fans in the voting for the Ideal Starting Five of the 2022/23 season. He won the total of 17.9% votes and is followed by Facundo Campazzo (13%), Mathias Lessort (13%), Dante Exum (7.5%) and Kevin Punter (7.3%).

Zach LeDay (5.8%), Filip Petrušev (4.3%), Danilo Tasić (3.9%), Matej Rudan (3.9%) and Luka Mitrović (3.7%) are the ones that follow them.

In the voting of head coaches of AdmiralBet ABA League teams, Luka Božić received the highest number of votes, ahead of Facundo Campazzo of Crvena zvezda Meridianbet and Mathias Lessort of Partizan Mozzart Bet. In the voting of journalists of the AdmiralBet ABA League countries, Facundo Campazzo led the way ahead of Luka Božić and Mathias Lessort, while in the voting of the AdmiralBet ABA League fans, Mathias Lessort was ahead of Dante Exum and Kevin Punter.

Facundo Campazzo (Crvena zvezda Meridianbet) – The Argentinian international has been a sensation in Belgrade ever since he signed with Crvena zvezda Meridianbet midway through the season. He has quickly established himself an undisputed leader of the red and white squad, as he averaged 14.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, 6.7 assists, 2.4 steals, and a valuation of 21.7 per game in the 2022/23 season in the regional competition.

Kevin Punter (Partizan Mozzart Bet) – The black and white sharp-shooter has joined the ranks of Partizan Mozzart Bet ahead of the previous season and has quickly demonstrated his true qualities. He has been selected into the Ideal Starting Five in the 2021/22 season and repeated the success this season, in which he has been averaging 8.2 points, 1,3 rebounds, 2.5 asists, 1 steal, and a valuation of 8.4 per game.

Dante Exum (Partizan Mozzart Bet) – He has joined the ranks of Partizan Mozzart Bet ahead of the 2022/23 season as a big reinforcement and fully has warranted the trust of head coach Željko Obradović. During the 2022/23 season, he has been averaging 11.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and a valuation of 15.5 per game and has been one of the key players of so far successful season of the Belgrade black and white.

Luka Božić (Zadar) – The 2022/23 season was the second episode in Zadar for Luka Božić, who already played in Višnjik in the 2017/18 and 2018/19 season and the one which marked his big comeback, following the previous season, that he spent at Široki, playing in the NLB ABA League 2. This season he has been averaging 22 points, 9.8 rebounds, 6.4 assists, and an impressive valuation of 32.6.

Mathias Lessort (Partizan Mozzart Bet) - In his second season with Partizan Mozzart Bet, Mathias Lessort has been demonstrating his fighting spirit wherever he has appeared on court and, with his toughness, helped Partizan Mozzart Bet towards the splendid results in the 2022/23 Regular Season. He has been averaging 10 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1 steal and a valuation of 16 per game.

Ideal Starting five awards so far in the regional league:

2013/14 – DeMarcus Nelson (Crvena zvezda mts), Bogdan Bogdanović (Partizan NIS), Dario Šarić (Cibona), Joffrey Lauvergne (Partizan NIS), Boban Marjanović (Crvena zvezda mts)
2014/15 – Malcolm Armstead (Krka), Suad Šehović (Budućnost VOLI), Aleksandar Pavlović (Partizan NIS), Milan Mačvan (Partizan NIS), Boban Marjanović (Crvena zvezda mts)
2015/16 – Jacob Pullen (Cedevita), Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (Mega Leks), Tadija Dragićević (Budućnost VOLI), Miro Bilan (Cedevita), Maik Zirbes (Crvena zvezda mts)
2016/17 – Stefan Jović (Crvena zvezda mts), Charles Jenkins (Crvena zvezda mts), Marko Simonović (Crvena zvezda mts), Novica Veličković (Partizan NIS), Miro Bilan (Cedevita)
2017/18 – Taylor Rochestie (Crvena zvezda mts), Nemanja Gordić (Budućnost VOLI), Džanan Musa (Cedevita), Novica Veličković (Partizan NIS), Uroš Luković (Mornar)
2018/19 – Joe Ragland (Crvena zvezda mts), Jacob Pullen (Cedevita), Stratos Perperoglou (Crvena zvezda mts), Jock Landale (Partizan NIS), Goga Bitadze (Budućnost VOLI)
2020/21 – Jordan Loyd (Crvena zvezda mts), Nikola Ivanović (Budućnost VOLI), Jaka Blažič (Cedevita Olimpija), Marko Simonović (Mega Soccerbet), Filip Petrušev (Mega Soccerbet)
2021/22 – Kevin Punter (Partizan NIS), Jaka Blažič (Cedevita Olimpija), Nikola Kalinić (Crvena zvezda mts), Zach LeDay (Partizan NIS), Kenan Kamenjaš (SC Derby)
2022/23 – Facundo Campazzo (Crvena zvezda Meridianbet), Kevin Punter (Partizan Mozzart Bet), Dante Exum (Partizan Mozzart Bet), Luka Božić (Zadar), Mathias Lessort (Partizan Mozzart Bet)