Dejan Bodiroga was inducted into the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame in 2022.
16 Facts About Dejan Bodiroga
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At the club level, Dejan Bodiroga proved himself to be a symbol of basketball excellence, by lifting consecutive EuroLeague trophies in 2002 and 2003, with Panathinaikos and FC Barcelona, as he earned the EuroLeague Final Four MVP award both times.
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That same summer, Dejan Bodiroga was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the 1995 NBA draft.
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Dejan Bodiroga took his place in the FR Yugoslav national team for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and he brought home a silver medal, with Dream Team III winning the gold.
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Dejan Bodiroga played at the 1990 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.
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Dejan Bodiroga made his debut for the senior SFR Yugoslav national team in 1991, at the first round of the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens.
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Dejan Bodiroga was a regular member of the senior FR Yugoslavia national team, throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, participating in a total of three Summer Olympics two FIBA World Cups and five EuroBaskets.
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Dejan Bodiroga retired from the national team after the EuroBasket 2005 fiasco, in which his team, one of the tournament's favorites, was eliminated as early as the first elimination round, by the French national team, on their own home court, in a tournament that ended with a verbal tirade by head coach Zeljko Obradovic, at the team's final press conference.
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Dejan Bodiroga won the following medals: EuroBasket 1995,1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games, EuroBasket 1997,1998 FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket 1999, EuroBasket 2001,2002 FIBA World Championship.
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Dejan Bodiroga was selected to the EuroBasket All-Tournament Teams in 1997 and 1999.
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Dejan Bodiroga was selected the FIBA World Cup MVP in 1998.
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Dejan Bodiroga ended his general manager term in June 2009.
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In February 2015, Dejan Bodiroga left the Basketball Federation of Serbia, in order to focus more on his job with FIBA Europe.
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In May 2022, Dejan Bodiroga was announced as one of the candidates to be the successor of Jordi Bertomeu, to take over the role of President of EuroLeague Basketball.
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On 14 September 2022, Dejan Bodiroga was officially named EuroLeague Basketball's new President.
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On 13 July 2003 Dejan Bodiroga married his long-time fiancee Ivana Medic; the couple's first child was born in 2004.