Future of Serbian NT

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https://x.com/ABA_League/status/1917969971763687653

Kostic showing off his scoring talent in ABA league. Such an effortless shotmaker, seems to have unlimited range and nice off the dribble shots.

Apprently, Zvezda wants 1.5 million from Kansas for Kostic's buyout. Also read that Kansas is willing to give Kostic huge money to come play for them.

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Markovic declared for draft, second round probably.

https://x.com/ABA_League/status/191695132859028319

Another clutch shot from Petrovic.

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Andrej Kostic might go to NCAA. Kansas recruiting him apparently.

This is new reality, NCAA will take all the talents with all this money that they can offer to these kids. Jelavic from Mega got a million dolar deal and he is far from being top talent. Kostic would probably play with Mega next season if he was Raznatovic's client but he is not and it's too tempting to refuse such opportunity to earn big money already and play in front of NBA scouts every game. We will see what happens here.

Interesting, Andrej Stojakovic transferred to Illinois. Will play with Petrovic and there will be 5 players from Balkan at Illinois. Worth following this group of Balkan talents.

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the impression is that he may be more useful for the nt than vukcevic

Vukcevic has great skills on offense, he is a walking bucket, but he needs to get a lot stronger in contact basletball and improve his footwork on defense. If he can get that to some decent level, he will have a really good NBA career.

My bet is on Markovic long term, especially once he fills oit his body and gets stronger, that will get his game to another level. Very big room for realistic improvement.

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https://x.com/NoCeilingsNBA/status/1915893202579775568

Markovic has potential to be an impactful two way player. Not necesarilly a big scoring threat but a very rounded and skilled player on both ends of the floor.

the impression is that he may be more useful for the nt than vukcevic

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https://x.com/NoCeilingsNBA/status/1915893202579775568

Markovic has potential to be an impactful two way player. Not necesarilly a big scoring threat but a very rounded and skilled player on both ends of the floor.

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I'm wondering what's next for Kostic with all this money coming from NCAA. Zvezda wants to make s roster spot for him, Sfairopoulos likes him, but college basketball is very attractive now with huge money on the table.

This Illinois team will feature 4 players from Balkan next season - Petrovic, Ivisic bros and Mirkovic. I guess Petrovic is going to get serious money to play college ball.

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Petrovic going to Illinois

https://x.com/DraftExpress/status/1914752752225308973

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I don't know in what role Mihailo Petrovic can be the future of our NT but he has been impressive in ABA league this season, especially in the second half of the season when it was clear that he is the best playmaking guard in Mega.

28/13 last game and over 7 asissts per game. Size and physical atributes are problematic for the next level but his vision, playmaking and slashing skills are for real. I would love to see him working out with NT this summer under Pesic.

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Kostic finishes season in KLS with 27/4/8 and 6/9 from 3. He has been playing as a point guard in the second half of the season and his improvement as ballhandler is obvious. Very nice developmental season for Kostic. Now he will probably get sođe minites with Zvezda in ABA league and in KLS playoffs.

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Very curious to see Topic on the NBA court. It seems like Topic and KJ will start their NBA career at the same time. I have those as 2 best PGs since Doncic. Very interesting spectacle. Off course, Saraf and Traore shouldn't be overlooked much as well. Hugo should end up in the NBA as well, so there will be very strong boost of Euro guards in the NBA soon.

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There is a very nice feedback from OKC about Topic's rehab and work ethic. Daignault had a lot of praise for Topic, his mentality and was impressed with his calmness and maturity. Topic is basically cleared for basketball activities, his rehab is almost done and he used this time to work a lot behind the scene. His first games will be in the summer league. If health serves him well, he is going to be a very good player. Future leader of Serbian NT quite possibly. Topic/Jokic combo in 2027/2028 could be something really special. Long ways to go though, but very attractive to think about it.

Srzentic has been dominating in KLS lately, another big time talent on the perimeter.

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https://x.com/Scoutspects/status/1904186642216169781

Danilovic junior has scoring instincts like his father, but lacks a bit of physicality and athleticism. Definitely has a lot of talent.

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Kostic and Srzentic going against each other and both had great games. Kostic with 30/4/5 and Srzentic with 22/7/8. Srzentic will play for Mega next season and Kostic is expected to be in Zvezda's roster. Srzentic seems to be better ballhandler/passer and Kostic has great shot making skills. Two very talented perimeter oriented players.

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Darko Rajaković has been really good at developing young talents in Toronto. Seems like he has a long term future as NBA head coach or at least as one of the best developmental coaches in the league. He is definitely going to be the head coach of our NT in the future, as he expressed it many times during interviews. Seems to be very temperament (like every Serbian coach basically), outspoken, good motivator and also quite angry at times LOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsB96ZwbpFM

I would still like to give Igor Kokoskov another shot. I feel like we wasted him in abnormal circumstances way too easily. Definitely worth another try in the near future.