Only one team in the world can claim to have generated as much talent this season, measured by NBA standards, as Buducnost of Podgorica. Though its results could not quite reach those of its recent glory days, having three of its players selected in the first 40 picks of the 2003 NBA draft put Buducnost in a league of its own in terms of talent production. That talent production promises that a return to glory can't be too far off. Few teams bridged the 20th and 21st centuries with quite the same style as did Buducnost. In fact, the pride of Montenegro did something few experts would have thought possible: dominate the Yugoslav League, arguably the source of the most talent in Europe. Three straight YUBA titles were forged by a record-setting domestic winning streak of 51 games that ran from 1999 to 2001. Previous to that, Buducnost had started its trophy collection with Yugoslav Cup titles in 1996 and 1998. A third of those gave it a league-cup "double" in 2001. Buducnost had its best Euroleague campaign in 2000-01, reaching the first playoff round that season. In 2001-02 and 2002-03, however, it finished at or near the bottom of its groups and failed to make the Top 16. Neither did it hold onto the YUBA League title streak, but then again, few teams ever have. With all the young talent being discovered in Podgorica, however, the prospects of doing so again always seem real.

TROPHY CASE:

National Championship of S&MN
1999, 2000, 2001

National Cup of S&MN
1996, 1998, 2001

 

2004/05		overall		FG2			FG3			FT			Rebs					Blck		Foul
		Pts	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	D	O	Ass	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	Val
1	Zvezda	81	40.4	15	34	44.1	8	23	34.8	27	33	81.8	14	12	11	7	9	2	6	27	31	76
2	@Olimpija	67	41.2	13	34	38.2	8	17	47.1	17	24	70.8	15	10	6	6	15	2	2	20	22	54
3	Cibona	91	59.3	25	35	71.4	7	19	36.8	20	24	83.3	10	8	15	11	12	6	0	25	20	98
4	@Široki	67	53.5	20	29	69.0	3	14	21.4	18	25	72.0	15	6	7	8	15	3	0	19	28	73
5	Split	69	40.3	23	52	44.2	2	10	20.0	17	21	81.0	15	14	4	6	10	5	3	19	26	66
6	@Slovan	54	30.6	11	37	29.7	4	12	33.3	20	35	57.1	17	12	2	7	21	5	1	21	30	35
7	Hemofarm	98	59.3	23	33	69.7	9	21	42.9	25	27	92.6	12	2	13	7	13	7	1	25	26	102
8	@Partizan	79	46.8	17	30	56.7	5	17	29.4	30	42	71.4	19	4	5	20	16	10	1	29	34	88
9	Helios	77	39.7	21	45	46.7	4	18	22.2	23	37	62.2	22	15	7	5	11	8	1	17	31	84
10	@Zagreb	95	62.3	23	33	69.7	10	20	50.0	19	30	63.3	23	9	18	4	15	3	0	24	28	110
11	Bosna	75	43.6	21	46	45.7	3	9	33.3	24	33	72.7	29	6	10	6	15	7	4	20	28	82
12	@Reflex	71	48.1	22	39	56.4	4	15	26.7	15	20	75.0	20	8	10	5	15	2	2	32	22	56
13	Zadar	95	46.4	26	46	56.5	6	23	26.1	25	37	67.6	22	11	16	7	17	8	3	31	29	88
14	@Laško	68	53.3	21	36	58.3	3	9	33.3	17	30	56.7	12	4	8	9	14	6	4	25	28	58
15	Šibenka	108	63.4	40	55	72.7	5	16	31.3	13	21	61.9	35	10	22	11	14	7	1	22	22	144
16	@Zvezda	72	36.2	19	43	44.2	6	26	23.1	16	23	69.6	23	10	4	13	15	4	5	21	25	59
17	Olimpija	71	45.0	25	48	52.1	2	12	16.7	15	26	57.7	20	9	10	4	13	4	0	24	23	60
18	@Cibona	78	45.8	20	40	50.0	7	19	36.8	17	28	60.7	14	14	12	9	11	5	4	20	24	78
19	Široki	77	46.4	19	40	47.5	7	16	43.8	18	25	72.0	21	8	14	5	7	2	1	24	26	84
20	@Split	77	45.9	23	50	46.0	5	11	45.5	16	21	76.2	13	10	7	7	7	5	2	27	24	69
21	Slovan	97	56.6	23	39	59.0	7	14	50.0	30	43	69.8	23	5	10	6	7	1	4	27	35	103
22	@Hemofarm	80	54.4	24	40	60.0	7	17	41.2	11	21	52.4	24	5	11	2	10	5	2	24	26	81
23	Partizan	66	39.6	15	31	48.4	6	22	27.3	18	26	69.2	20	7	11	7	11	0	2	15	24	67
24	@Helios	69	46.0	20	35	57.1	3	15	20.0	20	25	80.0	16	4	7	6	12	1	0	17	24	66
25	Zagreb	67	44.1	21	40	52.5	5	19	26.3	10	17	58.8	14	13	13	7	14	1	1	23	20	57
26	@Bosna	76	55.4	24	36	66.7	7	20	35.0	7	10	70.0	13	3	9	5	10	2	1	22	17	64
27	Reflex	67	47.2	22	38	57.9	3	15	20.0	14	27	51.9	12	10	12	8	16	0	3	22	28	55
28	@Zadar	69	41.4	23	50	46.0	1	8	12.5	20	29	69.0	19	13	11	11	16	2	2	19	23	68
29	Laško	64	48.9	19	36	52.8	3	9	33.3	17	26	65.4	18	3	11	6	16	4	3	16	22	61
30	@Šibenka	98	54.7	25	39	64.1	10	25	40.0	18	20	90.0	16	6	18	7	10	1	0	24	20	101
30	9:21 Total	2323	47.8	643	1189		160	491		557	806		546	251	314	222	387	118	59	681	766	2287
	Average	77.4	47.8	54.1			32.6			69.1			18.2	8.4	10.5	7.4	12.9	3.9	2.0	22.7	25.5	76.2
	Season max	108	63.4	72.7%			50.0%			92.6%			35	15	22	20	21	10	6	32	35	144

2004/05				overall		FG2			FG3			FT			Rebs					Blck		Foul
		GP	Min	Pts	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	D	O	Ass	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	Val
4	Minić, M.	29	838:45	334	47.8	90	165	54.5	21	67	31.3	91	139	65.5	37	7	64	27	57	5	8	89	115	266
5	Pajović, G.	27	445:30	139	33.3	21	56	37.5	21	70	30.0	34	43	79.1	23	9	55	19	38	0	4	26	46	130
6	Popović, M.	10	115:15	35	56.5	9	12	75.0	4	11	36.4	5	9	55.6	7	4	1	5	3	0	1	17	8	25
7	Coleman, T.	2	43:00	14	60.0	4	7	57.1	2	3	66.7	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	8
7	Šekularac, M.	6	153:00	98	51.5	24	41	58.5	10	25	40.0	20	25	80.0	22	3	10	3	10	0	1	11	26	103
8	Bulajić, N.	17	172:15	52	51.4	18	34	52.9	0	1	0.0	16	31	51.6	27	17	12	9	17	3	2	39	33	63
9	Stevović, R.	25	381:00	133	46.7	30	53	56.6	5	22	22.7	58	81	71.6	34	23	9	19	23	2	3	45	64	150
10	Koljević, I.	27	680:30	382	44.9	65	124	52.4	46	123	37.4	114	123	92.7	30	16	70	27	65	1	17	38	135	396
11	Rakočević, Ž.	25	417:45	163	53.7	63	113	55.8	2	8	25.0	31	56	55.4	69	25	12	11	35	13	1	53	41	164
12	Vraneš, S.	29	539:15	156	53.5	61	113	54.0	0	1	0.0	34	55	61.8	102	33	1	12	25	75	5	62	44	257
13	Milošević, S.	3	29:30	9	44.4	4	9	44.4	0	0	0	1	4	25.0	7	3	1	1	1	2	0	5	3	12
15	Marjanović, N.	24	506:15	241	49.4	57	94	60.6	22	66	33.3	61	74	82.4	65	32	32	36	28	6	2	79	83	292
22	Dašić, V.	23	251:15	61	54.0	24	42	57.1	3	8	37.5	4	10	40.0	13	9	8	4	9	2	0	39	9	29
23	Vukčević, D.	17	426:30	183	40.5	49	109	45.0	15	49	30.6	40	57	70.2	21	8	21	14	18	2	7	51	54	116
32	Maraš, I.	30	621:45	213	55.9	86	139	61.9	4	22	18.2	29	61	47.5	62	42	7	21	29	6	7	83	65	194
33	Mijatović, N.	20	243:30	49	38.1	11	27	40.7	5	15	33.3	12	15	80.0	7	1	7	8	19	0	0	28	23	19
44	Brown, A.	7	160:00	61	52.9	27	51	52.9	0	0	0	7	23	30.4	19	18	3	5	8	1	1	12	17	63

FG2, FG3 - Field Goals; FT - Free Throws; Min - Minutes; Pts - Points; M - Made; A - Attempted; Blck - Blocks; Fv - in Favoure of; Ag - Against; Foul - Foul; Cm - Committed; Rv - Received; Rebs - Rebounds; D - Defensive; O - Offensive; Ass - Assists; St - Steals; To - Turnover; Val - rank Value;