Zoran Paunović Explained

Zoran Paunović (Serbian: Зоран Пауновић, born 19 July 2000) is a Serbian professional basketball player for CS Vâlcea 1924 in the National Romanian Basketball League (LNBM).

Early career

Paunović started to play basketball in his hometown Niš, for the OKK Konstantin youth selections. In Summer 2014, he joined the Crvena zvezda youth. He won the second place at the 2017–18 Junior ABA League season with the Zvezda. Over six season games, he averaged 14.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.^[1] In August 2017, he participated at the Basketball Without Borders Europe Camp 16 in Netanya, Israel.^{[2] [3]}

Professional career

In January 2018, Paunović was added to the Crvena zvezda ABA League roster for the rest of the 2017–18 season.^[4] He missed to play a single game during that season. On 25 July 2018, Paunović signed a four-year professional contract with Crvena zvezda.^{[5] [6]} Prior to the 2018–19 season he was loaned out to FMP. On 28 August 2019, Crveza zvezda parted ways with him.^[7]

On 11 September 2019, Paunović signed for Dynamic Belgrade.^{[8] [9]} In May 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic ban, he joined a training camp of Partizan.^[10]

On 22 June 2021, Paunović signed for Podgorica.^{[11] [12]}

National team career

Paunović was a member of the Serbian under-16 team that competed at the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Poland. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 14.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.^[13] Paunović was a member of the Serbian under-18 team that won the gold medal at the 2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Latvia. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 16.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.^[14] Paunović was a member of the Serbian under-19 team that finished 7th at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Heraklion, Greece. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 7.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.^[15]

External links

• Profile at eurobasket.com
• Profile at euroleague.net
• Profile at realgm.com
• Profile at ABA League

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zoran Paunovic Game Statistics 2017-18 . aba-liga.com . 7 August 2018.
2. Web site: First Basketball without Borders Europe camp in Israel draws many elite players from the continent . fiba.basketball . 29 July 2021.
3. Web site: Basketball Without Borders - Unofficial list - 07/20/2017 . eurohopes.com . 29 July 2021.
4. Web site: Alen Omić inks contract with Crvena zvezda! . aba-liga.com . 14 February 2019.
5. News: Paunović potpisao prvi profesionalni ugovor sa Zvezdom . Novosti . 25 July 2018.
6. Web site: Zvezda locks up ANGT Belgrade MVP Paunovic for four years . https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001552/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/8wd7mvxeam8fk89x/zvezda-locks-up-angt-belgrade-mvp-paunovic-for-four-years . dead . August 7, 2018 . eurocupbasketball.com . 6 August 2018.
7. Web site: Zvezda: Sporazumni raskid sa Paunovićem . mozzartsport.com . 29 August 2019.
8. Web site: KK Dynamic VIP PAY sa zadovoljstvom predstavlja . kls.rs . 12 September 2019.
9. Web site: Dynamic VIP PAY sign Zoran Paunović and Bojan Tomašević . druga.aba-liga.com . 13 September 2019.
10. Web site: Zvezdini izdanci trenirali sa Partizanom . mozzartsport.com . 17 June 2020.
11. Web site: Podgorica dovela i Zorana Paunovića . vijesti.me . 26 June 2021.
12. Web site: KK Podgorica: Paunović novo pojačanje . gradski.me . 26 June 2021.
13. Web site: Serbia 10 - Zoran Paunovic . archive.fiba.com . 7 August 2018.
14. Web site: Zoran Paunovic Point Guard . fiba.basketball . 7 August 2018.
15. Web site: Average Statistics of Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. fiba.basketball . 7 July 2019.