Bogdan BogdanoviÃÂ (; born 18 August 1992) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers 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. BogdanoviÃÂ 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 BogdanoviÃÂ was born in Serbia. He is related to the Serbian architect Bogdan BogdanoviÃÂ, sharing the same name.
Bogdanoviàbegan playing organized basketball with à  KK Zvezdara, a club in Belgrade. In April 2008, he moved on to à ½itko Basket (then known as Alimenti Basket), also from Belgrade. Playing with à ½itko Basket under coach Dragan JakovljeviÃÂ, Bogdanoviàwas part of the team that in April 2010 earned third place in the 2009âÂÂ10 Junior Serbian League at the final eight tournament in Vrà ¡ac, after beating Partizan juniors in the quarterfinal, losing 89âÂÂ86 to Hemofarm juniors in the semifinal and beating FMP junior team 82âÂÂ76 in the third place game.
A few weeks later in May 2010, together with another à ½itko player Luka PajkoviÃÂ, Bogdanoviàgot attached to FMP's junior team featuring Nenad MiljenoviÃÂ, Stefan Popovski-Turanjanin, Nemanja Bezbradica, Nikola JankoviÃÂ, and Nikola SilaÃÂi for the Nike International Junior Tournament (NIJT) in Paris where the FMP juniors were defending their club's double title from the previous two years. They were drawn in one of two round-robin groups at the tournament, alongside KK Split, Treviso, and Málaga. After beating Treviso and Split, FMP required a win over Málaga juniors to win their group and make the final; with precisely Bogdanoviàmaking the difference with an off-balance buzzer-beater for a 79âÂÂ78 final score, two of his 21 points on the day alongside 6 rebounds. In the final game FMP took on INSEP and lost 73âÂÂ83 with Bogdanoviàhaving an outing to forget due to the mid-game injury that forced him to leave the contest.
In September 2010, 18-year-old BogdanoviÃÂ signed his first professional contract with Partizan. Initially, in his first two seasons with the crno-beli, under head coach Vlada JovanoviÃÂ, BogdanoviÃÂ didn't play much.
With the summer 2012 return of head coach Duà ¡ko Vujoà ¡eviàto Partizan, 20-year-old Bogdanoviàbegan to see increased minutes. After Danilo AnÃÂuà ¡iÃÂ's departure in December 2012, BogdanoviÃÂ's role in the team stabilized even more. The 2012âÂÂ13 season saw him make his EuroLeague debut with the team, averaging 5 points per game and 1.8 rebounds per game over 6 appearances.
After being invited to play for the Serbian national team in the summer of 2013, he earned greater trust from coach Vujoà ¡eviÃÂ, which was reflected in his increased playing time in the 2013âÂÂ14 season, and bigger role in the team.
In the EuroLeague victory over CSKA Moscow in Belgrade, BogdanoviÃÂ scored a career-high 27 points, shooting 10 for 16 from the field. Shortly after the game, he was praised by Serbian national team selector Aleksandar ÃÂorÃÂeviÃÂ, as being one of the most promising young European players.
In a February ABA League away game versus Cibona, BogdanoviÃÂ scored a career-high 32 points, also adding 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Over 23 games in the EuroLeague, he averaged 14.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, all career-highs. In April 2014, along with his teammate Joffrey Lauvergne, he was selected to the Ideal Team of the ABA League.
In May 2014, he was voted the EuroLeague Rising Star of the season, by the head coaches of 24 EuroLeague teams.
Partizan finished the season by winning its 13th consecutive Serbian League title, after once again defeating their archrivals, Red Star Belgrade, 3âÂÂ1 in the league's finals series. Bogdanoviàexploded in the finals series, averaging 30.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game. For such a performance, he was named the league's Finals MVP.
Following BogdanoviÃÂ's summer 2014 transfer from Partizan to Fenerbahce, the player's decision to leave the club was publicly criticized by Partizan's head coach Vujoà ¡eviàwho claimed that by leaving in 2014 Bogdanoviàbroke their verbal agreement the coach had struck with the player (along with BogdanoviÃÂ's parents and agent Aleksandar Raà ¡koviÃÂ) two years earlier in 2012. Their 2012 agreement, according to the coach, saw then 20-year-old Bogdanoviàbe placed immediately into Partizan's first team rotation in return for the player's promise he would stay with the team three more seasons from that point on. Following Partizan's failure to qualify for the next season's EuroLeague, Bogdanoviàleft the club in summer 2014âÂÂtwo years after the supposed agreement thus one year short of the 3-year commitment.
On 11 July 2014, Bogdanoviàofficially signed a four-year contract, containing opt-out clauses after the second and third seasons, with the Turkish team Fenerbahçe. Over four years, Bogdanoviàis slated to make â¬3.5 million euros net income, while Partizan also received a â¬1.3 million buyout from Fenerbahçe, as the player was still under contract with the Belgrade club.
Even though Bogdanoviàwas a newcomer in the team, head coach à ½eljko Obradoviàgave him a significant number of minutes and a starter role. With the beginning of the 2014âÂÂ15 season, he struggled in shooting and consistency. On 15 November, in a 93âÂÂ86 win over FC Bayern Munich, he scored 18 points and added 7 assists, his best game since coming to the new team. Over 10 games in the first phase of the EuroLeague, he averaged 10.4 points and 3.4 assists per game. On 20 March, Bogdanoviàset a season-high of 25 points, and added 4 assists, in a 98âÂÂ77 win over Emporio Armani Milano. For such a performance, he was named the EuroLeague MVP of the Round, with a Performance Index Rating of 32. On 26 March, in a game against Unicaja Málaga, he scored a 20-meter distance buzzer beater at the end of the second quarter. After good showings in the Top 16, he struggled in shooting in the quarter-final playoff series against Maccabi Tel Aviv, averaging 8 points on 25% shooting from the field. Eventually, Fenerbahçe won the EuroLeague playoff series, and advanced to the 2015 Euroleague Final Four, the first in the club's history.
On 7 May, he was voted the EuroLeague Rising Star for the second season in a row, becoming only the second player, after Nikola MirotiÃÂ, to win the award twice. On 15 May 2015, however, his team lost in the EuroLeague semifinal game to Real Madrid, by a score of 87âÂÂ96. Eventually, Fenerbahçe finished in 4th place in the EuroLeague, after losing in the third-place game to CSKA Moscow, by a score of 80âÂÂ86. Over the season, in 29 EuroLeague games, Bogdanoviàaveraged 10.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game. Also, in 36 games of the Turkish League, he averaged 11.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.4 assists.
Throughout his second season with the team, Bogdanoviàcontinued with his good performances, becoming one of the team's leaders. Occasionally, in the late phases of the games, he also had the ball in his hands. Fenerbahçe won the Turkish Cup, with a 67âÂÂ65 win over Darüà Âà Âafaka, with Bogdanoviàbeing named the Cup MVP. Fenerbahçe also reached the final game of the 2016 Euroleague Final Four, but fell short of winning the EuroLeague championship, after an overtime 96âÂÂ101 loss to CSKA Moscow. Over 28 EuroLeague games, he averaged 11.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 3 assists per game. At the end of the season, Fenerbahçe won the Turkish League championship.
On 26 October 2016, in a EuroLeague game against à ½algiris Kaunas, Bogdanoviàsprained his right ankle; at first it was estimated that he will need two to three weeks of recovery time, but recovery didn't seem to go as expected as he didn't return until January 2017. On 6 January 2017, he returned on the court, in a game against Milano. Bogdanoviàproved to be a major contributor for Fenerbahçe in the EuroLeague playoffs, as he would be the team's leading scorer in their first two games against Panathinaikos, before his club ultimately swept them, to earn another EuroLeague Final Four appearance. As a result of his contributions, he was not only named the EuroLeague's Player of the Round during those first two playoff games, but he was also named the EuroLeague's Player of the Month, for his overall work that month. He later helped Fenerbahçe repeat their place in the Finals of the EuroLeague, after helping them defeat Real Madrid, in the EuroLeague Final Four semifinals, by a score of 84âÂÂ75. He had 14 points and 6 rebounds against Real Madrid. Two days later, Bogdanoviàwould help the club win their first ever EuroLeague championship, as they beat out Olympiacos, by a score of 80âÂÂ64, in the championship game. Afterwards, Bogdanoviàwould lead Fenerbahçe to its second straight Turkish Super League Finals victory, by sweeping Beà Âiktaà  Sompo Japan, and winning the Turkish Super League Finals MVP award in the process.
In 2020, he was named to the EuroLeague 2010âÂÂ20 All-Decade Team.
On 26 June 2014, while playing for Partizan Belgrade, Bogdanoviàwas selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 27th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. On 23 June 2016, on the night of the 2016 NBA draft, the Suns traded his rights to the Sacramento Kings along with Georgios Papagiannis, Skal Labissière and the Detroit Pistons' 2020 second-round pick, in exchange for the draft rights of Marquese Chriss.
On 13 July 2017, Bogdanoviàsigned with the Sacramento Kings. He made his NBA debut on 23 October 2017, against the team that originally drafted him, the Phoenix Suns. Bogdanoviàrecorded 12 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists in 25 minutes of play off the bench as the Kings lost 117âÂÂ115.
Bogdanoviàwas selected as a member of the Team World for the 2018 Rising Stars Challenge. He led Team World to a 155âÂÂ124 win over Team USA with 26 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds, while shooting 7 of 13 from the three-point line and was named the MVP of the game. The Sacramento Kings finished the season with a 27âÂÂ55 record, thus failing to qualify to the NBA playoffs for the twelfth season in a row. Bogdanoviàin his first NBA season had the averages of 11.8 points, 3.3 assists and 2.9 rebounds over 78 games.
After the end of the season, he had an MRI procedure that revealed a slight tear of the medial meniscus in his left knee. On 24 April 2018, he underwent a meniscus debridement surgery in order to fully recover his left knee. On 22 May 2018, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.
BogdanoviÃÂ was selected as a member of the Team World for the 2019 Rising Stars Challenge. After missing the first ten games due to an injury rehab, in his sophomore season with the club BogdanoviÃÂ mainly played the role of sixth man and second unit leader. Over 70 games, he averaged career-highs of 14.1 points, 3.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds.
In his contract year with the club, Bogdanoviàaveraged 15.1 points, 3.4 assists and 3.4 rebounds over 61 games. The 2019âÂÂ20 NBA season was suspended in March as a result of COVID-19 pandemic and Sacramento Kings were invited for 22-team 2020 NBA Bubble. Eventually, they did not manage to qualify for the playoffs and finished the season with 31âÂÂ41 record.
In November 2020, the Kings attempted to sign-and-trade Bogdanoviàto the Milwaukee Bucks along with Justin James for Donte DiVincenzo, D. J. Wilson, and Ersan ðlyasova. The trade unraveled when it was announced that the NBA was investigating the Bucks for having contact with Bogdanoviàand/or his agent before it was allowed under free agency rules. The Bucks reportedly felt double-crossed by the situation, decided not to pursue the trade further, and were stripped of their 2022 second-round draft pick at the conclusion of the investigation in December. According to BogdanoviÃÂ, he was not made aware of the trade by the Kings and felt betrayed by the organization.
On 24 November 2020, Bogdanoviàsigned a four-year, $72 million contract with the Atlanta Hawks. Bogdanoviàwould only play in 44 games during the 2020âÂÂ21 regular season due to injuries, but set new career highs, averaging 16.4 points per game and shot 90.9% on free throws. Coincidentally, the Hawks faced the Bucks in the 2021 Eastern Conference Finals, which the Bucks won in six games before winning the NBA championship.
After the 2021âÂÂ22 season ended, Bogdanoviàunderwent right knee surgery and was ruled out for at least three months. On 16 March 2023, he signed a four-year, $68 million contract extension with the Hawks.
On December 11, 2023, Bogdanoviàput up a career-high 40 points on 10 three-pointers made in a 129âÂÂ122 loss to the Denver Nuggets. He also became the first player in Hawks history to put up at least 40 points and 10 three-pointers made in a game.
On October 23, 2024, he was sidelined for a month with a right hamstring tendinopathy during a game against the Brooklyn Nets.
On February 6, 2025, BogdanoviÃÂ was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers alongside three future second-round picks in exchange for Terance Mann and Bones Hyland.
BogdanoviÃÂ's play with à ½itko got him a training camp invite ahead of the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in France, however he was quickly cut by head coach Vlada Jovanoviàsince he was about to turn 17 at that time.
In the summer of 2010, BogdanoviÃÂ was selected to represent Serbia by head coach JovanoviÃÂ for the European under-18 Championship wherein they finished fourth in the tournament.
The following year, BogdanoviÃÂ, while still with Partizan at the club level, was selected to play for Serbia's Under-19 national team under head coach Dejan Mijatoviàat the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Latvia. Playing alongside Aleksandar CvetkoviÃÂ, ÃÂorÃÂe Drenovac, Luka MitroviÃÂ, Nemanja DangubiÃÂ, and Nemanja Beà ¡oviÃÂ, they finished as a runner-up against a Jonas ValanÃÂià «nas-led Lithuanian team. Bogdanoviàaveraged 8.9 points and 5 rebounds per game for the tournament.
In the EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia, BogdanoviÃÂ represented the senior Serbian national team, averaging 9.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2 assists per game. BogdanoviÃÂ was a member of the Serbian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, under head coach Aleksandar ÃÂorÃÂeviÃÂ. He emerged in the knockout phase against Greece, Brazil, and France, and ended the tournament with averages of 12 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game, on 47% shooting.
In the last few pre-tournament friendly games for the EuroBasket 2015, Serbian team head coach ÃÂorÃÂeviàput Bogdanoviàon the bench due to the twenty-three-year-old player's persistent back injury problems. Despite that, he was named to the 12-man roster that represented Serbia at the EuroBasket. Throughout the first phase of the tournament, playing with pain injections, he saw limited minutes, and his production slightly decreased from the previous summer. Despite that, Serbia dominated in the tournament's toughest group, Group B, with a 5âÂÂ0 record, and then eliminated Finland and Czech Republic in the round of 16 and quarterfinal games, respectively. However, they were stopped in the semifinal game by Lithuania, with a score of 67âÂÂ64, and eventually lost to the tournament's host team, France, in the bronze-medal game, with a score of 81âÂÂ68. Over 9 tournament games, Bogdanoviàaveraged 8.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game, on 39.7% shooting from the field, and 27.1% shooting from the three-point line.
Bogdanoviàalso represented Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics where they won the silver medal, after losing to the United States in the final game with 96âÂÂ66.
Bogdanoviàalso represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017 where they won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia. With the absence of long-time team captain and leader Miloà ¡ Teodosiàdue to injury, Bogdanoviàstepped in as the team's leader. Over 9 tournament games, he averaged 20.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 5 assists per game, on 47.4% overall field goal shooting. He was named All-Tournament Team.
At the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the national team of Serbia was dubbed as favorite to win the trophy, but was eventually upset in the quarterfinals by Argentina. With wins over the United States and Czech Republic, it finished in fifth place. BogdanoviÃÂ was once again the best player in the team, averaging 22.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists over 8 games, while shooting 55.6% from the field and 53% from the three-point line. For his performances, he was selected to the FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team. With 183 points scored throughout the tournament, he was the FIBA Basketball World Cup Top Scorer by total points scored.
BogdanoviÃÂ missed the EuroBasket 2022 due to a right knee surgery.
BogdanoviÃÂ won silver medal at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup with the Serbia national team. He averaged 19.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 2.1 steals per game. In recognition of his individual play, BogdanoviÃÂ was named second time in a row to the World Cup All-Tournament Team.
He played with Serbia at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, and led the team with 30 points in the third group stage game against South Sudan, surpassing Miloà ¡ Teodosiàto become Serbia's all-time leading scorer in all competitions by scoring his 1,058th career point. His 30-point performance also set an Olympic record for a Serbian player. He won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics with Serbia. Over 6 tournament games, Bogdanoviàaveraged 18.3 points, 3.8 assists and 4 rebounds, while shooting 47.6 percent from the field, 46.2 percent from three-point range, and 92.3 percent from the free throw line. For his performances, Bogdanoviàwas named to the tournament's All-Second Team.
BogdanoviÃÂ was once again selected for the EuroBasket 2025. He suffered a hamstring injury in the second group stage game against Portugal, which later ruled him out for the remainder of the tournament.
|- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Sacramento || 78 || 52 || 27.9 || .446 || .392 || .840 || 2.9 || 3.3 || .9 || .2 || 11.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Sacramento | 70 || 17 || 27.8 || .418 || .360 || .827 || 3.5 || 3.8 || 1.0 || .2 || 14.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Sacramento | 61 || 28 || 28.9 || .440 || .372 || .741 || 3.4 || 3.4 || 1.0 || .2 || 15.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 44 || 27 || 29.7 || .473 || .438 || .909 || 3.6 || 3.3 || 1.1 || .3 || 16.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 63 || 27 || 29.3 || .431 || .368 || .843 || 4.0 || 3.1 || 1.1 || .2 || 15.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 54 || 9 || 27.9 || .447 || .406 || .813 || 3.1 || 2.8 || .8 || .3 || 14.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 79 || 33 || 30.4 || .428 || .374 || .921 || 3.4 || 3.1 || 1.2 || .3 || 16.9 |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 24 || 0 || 24.9 || .371 || .301 || .882 || 2.8 || 2.0 || .8 || .3 || 10.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers | 30 || 4 || 25.0 || .474 || .427 || .875 || 3.1 || 3.2 || .7 || .2 || 11.4 |- |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 503 || 197 || 28.4 || .437 || .382 || .846 || 3.3 || 3.2 || 1.0 || .3 || 14.3
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021 | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 18 || 18 || 33.2 || .390 || .329 || .706 || 4.2 || 2.9 || 1.6 || .3 || 14.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022 | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 4 || 0 || 26.7 || .408 || .346 || .800 || 4.8 || 3.0 || .3 || .3 || 14.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023 | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 6 || 1 || 26.1 || .556 || .455 || .714 || 3.0 || 2.5 || 1.0 || .8 || 13.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2025 | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers | 7 || 0 || 16.7 || .364 || .292 || .857 || 2.9 || 2.1 || .4 || .0 || 6.4 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 35 || 19 || 28.0 || .412 || .345 || .756 || 3.8 || 2.7 || 1.1 || .3 || 12.4
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2012âÂÂ13 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Partizan | 6 || 3 || 17.6 || .333 || .200 || .800 || 1.8 || 1.0 || .7 || || 5.0 || 3.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013âÂÂ14 | 23 || 18 || 31.4 || .401 || .370 || .754 || 3.7 || 3.7 || 1.6 || .2 || 14.8 || 12.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014âÂÂ15 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Fenerbahçe | 29 || 27 || 28.3 || .395 || .358 || .797 || 2.9 || 2.8 || .7 || .3 || 10.6 || 10.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015âÂÂ16 | 28 || 24 || 27.6 || .411 || .370 || .797 || 3.3 || 3.0 || 1.0 || .4 || 11.7 || 12.5 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2016âÂÂ17â | 22 || 17 || 27.9 || .500 || .430 || .855 || 3.8 || 3.6 || 1.1 || .3 || 14.6 || 16.7 |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan="2"| Career | 108 || 89 || 28.1 || .419 || .376 || .801 || 3.3 || 3.1 || 1.1 || .3 || 12.3 || 12.2
He is a fan of the World of Warcraft series of video games. On 10 April 2016, fans of Fenerbahçe named a star after Bogdan BogdanoviÃÂ.