Milan Mačvan

Milan Mačvan

Position	Forward-Center
Height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Weight	265 lb (120 kg)
League	Serbian League Adriatic League Euroleague
Team	Partizan
Number	25
Born	November 16, 1989 (1989-11-16) (age 21) Vukovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Draft	2nd round, 54th overall, 2011 Cleveland Cavaliers
Pro career	2007–present
Career history	FMP (2007) Hemofarm (2007–2010) Maccabi Tel Aviv (2010–2011) Partizan (2011-2012)
Awards	Eurocup Rising Star (2009) Nike Hoop Summit MVP (2009)

Medal record
Competitor for  Serbia
European Championship
Silver	2009 Poland	National Team
Universiade
Gold	2009 Belgrade	Team Competition

Milan Mačvan (Serbian: Милан Мачван; born November 16, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Partizan, on loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv. He is 6' 9" (2.06 m) tall and he weighs 265 lbs. (120 kg).^[1] He was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2011 NBA Draft at the 54th pick.

Pro career

Mačvan started turning heads before even starting his senior club career by playing in junior and cadet European and World championships as part of the Serbian national team.

After passing through different youth levels at KK FMP, he began his senior career at the club in fall 2007, ahead of the 2007–08 season under head coach Vlada Vukoičić. He appeared in five Adriatic League games for them before transferring to KK Hemofarm in mid-December 2007.

Mačvan did not have a professional contract during his time at Železnik due to being underage; however when he turned 18 in November 2007, he got the option of signing one and somewhat surprisingly chose to do so with rival KK Hemofarm, which paid Železnik €150,000 for his services.^[2] The biggest reason behind his decision to sign with Hemofarm rather than remain with Železnik lay in the fact that Hemofarm's head coach Miroslav Nikolić also coached Mačvan in the Serbian u-19 team that won the World championship that summer.^[3] A couple of months later Nikolić resigned his post at Hemofarm after a string of poor results, and the club brought in Vlada Vukoičić, Mačvan's coach at Železnik, who got fired there in the meantime.

At the 2009 Nike Hoop Summit game held on April 11 at Portland's Rose Garden, Mačvan was the game's MVP with 23 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists leading the international team to their first win since 1998.^[4][5]

On December 17, 2010, Mačvan signed a five-year contract with Euroleague contenders Maccabi Tel Aviv.^[6]. Macvan played at the 2010-11 Euroleague Final, Scoring 3 points and grabbing 4 rebounds in 12 minutes.

On October 18, 2011, Mačvan signed a one-year loan deal with KK Partizan.^[7]

Serbian national team

Youth level

Even before getting the first team club action, Mačvan was playing international competitions for Serbian national youth teams.

In 2007, 17-year-old Mačvan had a busy and successful summer. First in mid July, he led the Serbian under-19 team to victory at the World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia. Then, only ten days later, he was included by coach Dejan Mijatović on the Serbian u-18 team, leading it to gold at the European Championships in Madrid, Spain with team best 19.3 points per game and 10.3 rebounds per game over 8 games. Mačvan was awarded the title of the best young athlete in Serbia.

Next summer, 2008, in early August, 18-year-old Mačvan played for the Serbian under-20 team at the 2008 European Championships in Riga, Latvia. Coached by Slobodan Klipa, this time around, Mačvan's stats weren't as dominant as the duo of Miroslav Raduljica and Marko Kešelj took over the leading roles in the beginning stages of the tournament. However, as the matches progressed, Mačvan started regaining top form and made a huge contribution in the final versus Lithania, leading the team with 31 points. He finished the tournament with 16.9 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game over 8 games.

Senior level

Mačvan played with the senior men's Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2009, where he won the silver medal, at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey, and at the 2011 Eurobasket in Lithuania.

References

1. ^ "Physicals". Draftexpress.com. http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Milan-Macvan-1356/. Retrieved September 30, 2011. 
2. ^ "Mačvan u Hemofarmu četiri godine, B92, December 18, 2007". B92.net. http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/kosarka.php?yyyy=2007&mm=12&dd=18&nav_id=277065. Retrieved September 30, 2011. 
3. ^ "Mačvan na korak od Hemofarma". B92. November 20, 2007. http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/kosarka.php?yyyy=2007&mm=11&dd=20&nav_id=273098. Retrieved September 30, 2011. 
4. ^ "Mačvan zvezda revije najboljih u Portlandu, MTS Mondo, April 12, 2009". Mtsmondo.com. June 10, 2010. http://www.mtsmondo.com/sport/vesti/text.php?vest=130954. Retrieved September 30, 2011. 
5. ^ "Mačvan se poigrao sa Amerikancima, B92, April 12, 2009". B92.net. http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2009&mm=04&dd=12&nav_id=355149. Retrieved September 30, 2011. 
6. ^ "Maccabi Tel Aviv finally gets Mačvan". interbasket.net. http://www.interbasket.net/news/7351/2010/12/maccabi-tel-aviv-finally-gets-macvan/. Retrieved December 18, 2010. 
7. ^ PARTIZAN MT:S lands Macvan on loan from Maccabi

External links

• Euroleague Profile @ Euroleague.net
• Adriatic League Profile @ Adriaticbasket.com
• Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv Profile @ Maccabi.co.il

Awards
Preceded by Ivan Lenđer	The Best Young Athlete of Serbia 2006	Succeeded by Ivana Španović

Persondata
Name	Macvan, Milan
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	November 16, 1989
Place of birth	Vukovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death