Uroš Tripković

Uroš Tripković (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Трипковић; born September 11, 1986) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he played as a shooting guard and was known as a good 3-point shooter.

Uroš Tripković
Tripković with Serbia in August 2011
Personal information
Born (1986-09-11) September 11, 1986
Čačak, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2008 / Undrafted
Playing career2002–2014
PositionShooting guard
Number11, 10, 4
Career history
2002–2009Partizan
2009–2010Joventut Badalona
2010–2012Unicaja Málaga
2012 Valladolid
2012–2013Fenerbahçe
2013–2014Vanoli Cremona
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
FIBA EuroBasket
2009 PolandTeam
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
U20 European Championship
2005 RussiaTeam

Player profile

Tripković was a skilled guard and a prolific 3-point shooter. He was considered by many to be one of the best young guards in Europe. He was a natural scorer with a great release on his jump shots and very good shooting mechanics. He was also an excellent free throw shooter. He played the point guard position when he was younger, but later shooting guard was his main position.

Professional career

Tripković played in youth categories with KK Borac Čačak. He started his professional career in 2002 with KK Partizan. In 2009, he moved to the Liga ACB side DKV Joventut.[1] In August 2010, he moved to Unicaja Málaga.[2] On January 5, 2012, he parted ways with the club and became free agent.[3]

In September 2012, after more than half year of not playing for anyone, Tripković started talks with the Italian club Virtus Bologna, but few days after negotiations have been broken down.[4][5] Finally, he signed a contract with the Spanish club CB Valladolid.[6] In December 2012, he moved to Turkey and signed a 1.5 year contract with Fenerbahçe Ülker.[7] However he left Fenerbahçe at the end of the season.

On October 30, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with the Italian team Vanoli Cremona.[8] After he suffered a season-ending injury, Cremona decided to part ways with him in January 2014.[9]

On October 8, 2014, Tripković announced his retirement from the professional basketball, due to the injuries he suffered over the previous few seasons.[10]

National team career

Tripković was a member of the senior men's Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. After missing the EuroBasket 2007 due to injuries, he won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 2009 with the Serbian national basketball team. He skipped the 2010 FIBA World Championship, due to a foot injury.

Post-playing career

Tripković owns and operates blueberry orchards, the first orchard is in Preljina, near his hometown Čačak, and the second-one is near Topola.[11]

EuroLeague career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2002–03 Partizan 301.7.000.000.000.3.0.0.0.0- .7
2003–04 Partizan 102.0.000.000.0002.0.0.0.0.0.0
2004–05 Partizan 14726.2.362.355.9691.31.41.0.010.74.7
2005–06 Partizan 121128.3.336.286.6501.31.91.3.110.33.3
2006–07 Partizan 191425.1.385.347.7942.11.21.0.010.04.6
2007–08 Partizan 23918.8.363.314.7831.81.0.2.07.11.7
2008–09 Partizan 19223.3.359.387.8111.7.7.4.010.14.1
2010–11 Unicaja 15417.9.413.397.9171.51.1.7.08.15.4
2012–13 Fenerbahçe 7110.8.346.4291.000.7.7.4.04.31.3
Career 1134821.3.367.349.8291.61.1.7.08.63.5

See also

References
  1. "DKV JOVENTUT inks Uros Tripkovic". Eurocupbasketball.com. 29 July 2009. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. "Unicaja signs Uros Tripkovic". eurocupbasketball.com. 1 August 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. "Uros Tripkovic and Unicaja Malaga part ways". Sportando. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. "Claudio Sabatini: 'We are negotiating with Uros Trikpkovic'". Sportando. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  5. "Virtus Bologna-Uros Tripkovic, negotiations fell apart". Sportando. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  6. "Uros Tripkovic se incorpora al Blancos de Rueda". CB Valladolid. Archived from the original on July 22, 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  7. "Uros Tripkovic Joins Fenerbahçe Ülker". Fenerbahçe Web Site. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  8. "Vanoli Cremona announced Uros Tripkovic". Sportando.net. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  9. "Uros Tripkovic, Vanoli Cremona part ways". Sportando.net. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  10. "Serbian guard Uros Tripkovic retires at 28". Sportando.com. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  11. "Intervju, Uroš Tripković: Od "bloka za Uroša" do plantaža borovnica". moravainfo.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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