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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | ABA League Basketball League of Serbia | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-07-19)19 July 2000 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2022:undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Crvena zvezda mts | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | →FMP | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Dynamic Belgrade | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Metalac | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Podgorica | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Sloga | ||||||||||||||
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Zoran Paunović (Serbian Cyrillic:Зоран Пауновић, born 19 July 2000) is a Serbian professionalbasketball player for CS Vâlcea 1924 in the National Romanian Basketball League (LNBM).
Paunović started to play basketball in his hometownNiš, for theOKK Konstantin youth selections. In Summer 2014, he joined theCrvena zvezda youth. He won the second place at the2017–18 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 theBasketball Without Borders Europe Camp 16 inNetanya, Israel.[2][3]
In January 2018, Paunović was added to theCrvena zvezdaABA 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 toFMP. On 28 August 2019, Crveza zvezda parted ways with him.[7]
On 11 September 2019, Paunović signed forDynamic Belgrade.[8][9] In May 2020, after theCOVID-19 pandemic ban, he joined a training camp ofPartizan.[10]
On 22 June 2021, Paunović signed forPodgorica.[11][12]
Paunović was a member of theSerbian under-16 team that competed at the2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship inPoland. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 14.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.[13] Paunović was a member of theSerbian under-18 team that won the gold medal at the2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship inLatvia. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 16.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.[14] Paunović was a member of theSerbian under-19 team that finished 7th at the2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup inHeraklion, Greece. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 7.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.[15]
