| Mega Superbet | |||
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| Leagues | Serbian League ABA League | ||
| Founded | 23 December 1998; 26 years ago (1998-12-23) | ||
| History | Avala Ada (1998–2005) Mega Basket (2005–present) | ||
| Arena | Ranko Žeravica Hall | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Location | Belgrade, Serbia (1998–2012; 2019–present) Kruševac (2012–2013) Smederevo (2013–2014) Sremska Mitrovica (2014–2019) | ||
| Team colors | Pink and white | ||
| President | Velimir Mihailović | ||
| General manager | Goran Ćakić | ||
| Team manager | Aleksandar Rašić | ||
| Head coach | Vule Avdalović | ||
| Affiliations | ŽKK Art Basket (2017–present) OKK Beograd (2018–present) | ||
| Championships | 1National Cup | ||
| Website | bcmegabasket.net | ||
Košarkaški klub Mega Basket (Serbian Cyrillic:Кошаркашки клуб Мега Баскет), currently referred to asMega Superbet for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professionalbasketballclub based inBelgrade, Serbia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of theAdriatic Basketball Association.[1]
In addition to Belgrade, the club also played its home games inKruševac (2012–13 season),Smederevo (2013–14 season), andSremska Mitrovica (2014–2019). The club participates in theSerbian League (KLS) and theABA League.
KK Avala Ada (Serbian Cyrillic:КК Авала Ада) was established on 23 December 1998 by a group of basketball enthusiasts, all employed at the Avala Adapackaging factory located in theViline Vode neighbourhood on the outskirts of Belgrade. Finally implemented in late 1998, the idea of launching a full-fledged basketball club within the state-owned factory's legal framework had been considered since summer 1995, initially on the heels of yet another participation of Avala Ada employees in basketball competitions at the Workers' Sporting Games (Radničke sportske igre; state-funded excursionary social, leisure, andteam building gatherings featuring semi-formal sporting competitions for employees within various industries). Even prior to 1995, Avala Ada employees had regularly participated at the Workers' Sporting Games, continually placing high against basketball select squads of other factories/companies within the packaging industry inFR Yugoslavia and also earlier in pre-1992SFR Yugoslavia. Though the idea of launching a more formal and permanent basketball program within the factory had been bandied around since 1995, the immediate catalyst for its late 1998 formation turned out to be the factory basketball team's notable showing at the 1998 Workers' Sporting Games inDivčibare several months earlier during summer 1998. Furthermore, having already secured a steady revenue and regular customer base allowed the company to financially support such a venture outside of its core business activity. Within months, Košarkaški klub Avala Ada (Avala Ada Basketball Club) was established as a legal entity within the Avala Ada sports society that was formed simultaneously.[2][3]
With KK Avala Ada's management—club president Veljko Grujić and sporting director Velimir Mihailović—appointed from the factory employee ranks, coaching hires were made from outside the factory: young head coachMiodrag "Miša" Perišić and his assistant Rade Orlović.[2][3] Players on the roster were also a mix of factory's employees and outside acquisitions: the team's first captain was the factory's commercial director Bratislav Gajić.
The newly-established club started out in the lowest rank of theFR Yugoslavia basketball system: Belgrade Municipal League, the so-called "Concrete League" (Beton liga), fifth tier of competition in the country. In the early summer of 1999, the club won the Belgrade Municipal League (played outdoors only during summer), thus qualifying for the Serbian Second League (4th-tier competition on the FR Yugoslavia basketball pyramid). Playing the 1999–2000 season in the fourth-tier Serbian Second League, the Perišić-coached club set an ambitious goal of gaining promotion on its first try and succeeded.[2][3]
The 2000–01 season was played in the third-tier Serbian First League, finishing third and barely missing out on promotion. Head coach Miša Perišić left the club after eventful two and a half years, taking the offer from the Serbian First League rivals KK Nova Pazova. The following 2001–02 season, Avala Ada finished third again, failing to gain promotion to the higher rank.
In the 2002–03 season, with Miša Perišić returning to the club as head coach, the club again missed promotion based on the league standing, however, it managed to qualify to the federalFirst B League through playoffs inNovi Bečej, beatingVrbas and KK Zeta.[3]
Playing its first season, 2003–04, in the country-wide federal rank in the second-tier First B League (Serbian group), Avala Ada finished third thus missing promotion to the top league. Also, in 2003, Avala Ada packaging factory (founded in 1946) was privatized after 57 years of public ownership.[4] Its new private owner Nebojša Šaranović was entirely not keen on continuing the financial support of a basketball club within his newly-acquired packaging factory asset and thus set about carving KK Avala Ada out of the factory's structure with the intention of selling it.
Before the start of the 2004–05 season, the most significant development in club's short history occurred—it was taken over by theMiško Ražnatović-ownedBeoBasket sports agency.[3]
Based on their performance in the 2004–05 season, Avala Ada managed to gain promotion to theSerbia-Montenegro top-tier league. During the 2005–06 campaign, playing its first top flight season, the club changed its name toKK Mega Basket on 19 December 2005.[3][5] At the same time, it signed a sponsorship deal with theSmederevo-based Ishrana food company, leading to the club competing asMega Ishrana until 2007.[3] The team got relegated at the end of the 2005–06 season, however, the May 2006Montenegrin independence referendum that meant that Montenegro would become a fully independent state also resulted in the basketball league being re-organized and Mega Ishrana remaining inSerbia's top-tier basketball league.
Later, also via a naming-rights sponsorship deal, the club was calledMega Aqua Monta for the2007–08 season, andMega Hypo Leasing in the2008–09 season.
In August 2009, before the start of the2009–10 season, another Belgrade-based clubKK Vizura merged into KK Mega Hypo Leasing, and the club was renamedKK Mega Vizura. In November 2014, the club changed its name toMega Leks due to sponsorship reasons.[6] In 2016, Mega Leks won its first trophy ever when it beatKK Partizan 86–80 in theSerbian Cup Final.[7] In 2017, the club changed its name toMega Bemax due to sponsorship reasons.
On June 14, 2018, the club signed a contract on sports and technical cooperation withOKK Beograd.[8][9] Later that summer, on August 11, 2018, the club played a pre-season preparation game underNCAA basketball rules against the most recentNCAA tournament Southern Regional semifinalistUniversity of Kentucky men's basketball team at theImperial Arena onParadise Island in theBahamas, losing heavily 100–64.[10] Some ten days later, on August 23, 2018, Mega played theUniversity of Michigan men's basketball team, recentNCAA tournament runner-up, this time underFIBA rules, inSant Julià de Vilatorta,Spain and winning 81–73.[11]
As an organization focused primarily on showcasing its roster and providing a springboard platform for player transfers to bigger clubs in Europe and the NBA, in summer 2019, Mega continued the pre-season practice of travelling to the Bahamas to face off against top U.S. collegiate teams in preparatory games. This time, it was two games against theTexas Tech University basketball team, most recently theNCAA tournament runner-up; Texas Tech won the first contest 94–92 on August 16, 2019 at Imperial Arena on Paradise Island while Mega won 73–76 four days later at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.
On September 15, 2020, the club changed its name toMega Soccerbet for the 2020–21 season due to sponsorship reasons.[12][13] On October 28, 2021, the club changed its name toMega Mozzart for the 2021–22 season due to sponsorship reasons.[14] In July 2022, the club changed its name toMega MIS for the 2022–23 season due to sponsorship reasons.[15][16] On 6 January 2025, the club changed its name toMega Superbet.[17]
The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
Mega Basket plays their ABA League domestic home games at theRanko Žeravica Sports Hall, located in theBelgrade municipality ofNew Belgrade. The arena, then named New Belgrade Sports Hall, was built in 1968. It has a seating capacity of 5,000. Mega Basket plays their BLS home matches at the Mega Factory Hall.
The club has had several home arenas through the years in four cities:
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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| * | Denotes player who has been selected for at least oneAll-Star Game andAll-NBA Team |
| # | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular-season or playoff game |
| Year | Rnd. | Pick | Player | Pos. | Drafted by |
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| 2007 | 2 | 60 |  Milovan Raković# | C | Dallas Mavericks(traded toChicago Bulls) |
| 2014 | 2 | 41 |  Nikola Jokić* | C | Denver Nuggets |
| 2014 | 2 | 52 | Vasilije Micić | PG | Philadelphia 76ers(traded toOklahoma City Thunder) |
| 2014 | 2 | 54 | Nemanja Dangubić# | SF | Philadelphia 76ers(traded toBrooklyn Nets) |
| 2016 | 1 | 24 |  Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot | G/F | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2016 | 2 | 32 |  Ivica Zubac | C | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2016 | 2 | 35 | Rade Zagorac# | SF | Boston Celtics(traded toMemphis Grizzlies) |
| 2017 | 2 | 49 |  Vlatko Čančar | SF | Denver Nuggets |
| 2017 | 2 | 58 | Ognjen Jaramaz# | PG | New York Knicks |
| 2017 | 2 | 60 |  Alpha Kaba# | PF/C | Atlanta Hawks |
| 2019 | 1 | 18 |  Goga Bitadze | C | Indiana Pacers |
| 2020 | 2 | 44 |  Marko Simonović | C | Chicago Bulls |
| 2021 | 2 | 50 | Filip Petrušev | PF/C | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2022 | 1 | 27 | Nikola Jović | SF | Miami Heat |
| 2022 | 2 | 52 | Karlo Matković | C | New Orleans Pelicans(fromUtah Jazz) |
| 2024 | 2 | 43 | Nikola Đurišić# | SG/SF | Miami Heat(traded toAtlanta Hawks) |
| 2025 | 2 | 47 | Bogoljub Marković# | PF | Milwaukee Bucks |
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Miodrag Perišić (1999–2001)Miodrag Perišić (2002–2004)Boško Đokić (2005)[18]Miodrag Kadija (2005)Oliver Popović (2005)[19]Vlade Đurović (2005–2006)[19][20]Oliver Popović (2006–2007)Mihailo Uvalin (2007)Dragiša Šarić (2007)Aleksandar Kesar (2007–2008)Mihailo Uvalin (2008–2009)Miodrag Rajković (2009–2010)Vlada Vukoičić (2010–2012)Dejan Milojević (2012–2020)Vlada Jovanović (2020–2022)Marko Barać (2022–present)Current officeholders are:
Current head coaches are:[21]
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Danilo AnđušićNemanja DangubićTadija DragićevićStevan JelovacNikola JokićNikola JovićMarko KešeljNemanja KrstićSava LešićBoban MarjanovićVasilije MicićDragan MilosavljevićDejan MusliIvan PaunićFilip PetruševAleksandar RašićBoriša SimanićJovo StanojevićStefan StojačićMilenko TepićNovica VeličkovićRade Zagorac
Stefan GlogovacAleksandar LazićRatko VardaDanko BrankovićKarlo MatkovićIvica ZubacMalcolm CazalonTimothé Luwawu-CabarrotAdam MokokaGoga Bitadze
Kostja Mushidi
Vlado JankovićAlpha Kaba
Dylan EnnisNikola IvanovićDanilo NikolićNikola PekovićKendrick PerryPetar PopovićNemanja RadovićMarko Simonović
Corey Webster
Aleksander Balcerowski
Samson RuzhentsevVlatko Čančar
Duşan Çantekin| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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| Basketball Champions League | |||
| 2016–17 | Regular season | 7th in Group D withSIG Strasbourg,Sidigas Avellino,Iberostar Tenerife,Telenet Oostende,Cibona,Juventus, andMornar (4–10) | |
