Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball)

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Bogdan Bogdanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Богдан Богдановић; born 18 August 1992) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Serbian national team.
He was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 27th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, with his draft rights being traded to the Sacramento Kings during the 2016 NBA draft. Bogdanović earned an All-EuroLeague First Team, a All-FIBA EuroBasket Team and was selected two times to the All-FIBA World Cup First Team. He helped Serbia win the bronze medal and was named to the FIBA Olympics All-Second Team at 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He is the all-time leading scorer for Serbia.

Bogdan Bogdanović was born in Serbia. He is related to the Serbian architect Bogdan Bogdanović, sharing the same name.

Bogdanović began playing organized basketball with ŠKK Zvezdara, a club in Belgrade. In April 2008, he moved on to Žitko Basket (then known as Alimenti Basket), also from Belgrade. Playing with Žitko Basket under coach Dragan Jakovljević, Bogdanović was part of the team that in April 2010 earned third place…