# 2015–16 ABA League

The 2015–16 ABA League was the 15th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia participating in it.
Regular season started on October 1, 2015, and finished on March 7, 2016 followed by playoffs of the four best placed teams.

## Teams

| Country | Teams | Qualification | Team | City | Venue (Capacity) |
| Serbia | 4 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1st in the Basketball League of Serbia | Crvena Zvezda | Belgrade | Hall Aleksandar Nikolić (8,150) |
| Serbia | 4 | 2nd in the Basketball League of Serbia | Partizan | Belgrade | Hall Aleksandar Nikolić (8,150) |
| Serbia | 4 | 3rd in the Basketball League of Serbia | Metalac | Valjevo | Valjevo Sports Hall (2,500) |
| Serbia | 4 | 4th in the Basketball League of Serbia | Mega Leks | Sremska Mitrovica | Sports Hall Pinki (3,000) |
| Croatia | 3 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1st place in the A-1 League | Cedevita | Zagreb | Dom Sportova (3,500) |
| Croatia | 3 | 2nd place in the A-1 League | Cibona | Zagreb | Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400) |
| Croatia | 3 | 3rd place in the A-1 League | Zadar | Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić Hall (10,000) |
| Slovenia | 3 |
| Slovenia | 3 | Champion of the 1.A SKL | Tajfun | Šentjur | Golovec Hall (3,200) |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1st place in 1.A SKL | Krka | Novo mesto | Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000) |
| Slovenia | 3 | Wild card | Union Olimpija | Ljubljana | Arena Stožice (12,480) |
| Montenegro | 2 |
| Montenegro | 2 | Champion of Montenegrin Basketball League | Budućnost | Podgorica | Morača Sports Center (5,000) |
| Montenegro | 2 | 2nd place in Montenegrin Basketball League | Sutjeska | Nikšić | Nikšić Sports Center (3,000) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | Champion of Premijer liga BiH | Igokea | Aleksandrovac | Laktaši Sports Hall (3,050) |
| Macedonia | 1 | Champion of Macedonian First League | MZT | Skopje | Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000) |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Budućnost | Luka Pavićević | Suad Šehović | Luanvi | VOLI |
| Cedevita | Veljko Mršić | Miro Bilan | Nike | Cedevita / Konzum |
| Cibona | Damir Mulaomerović | Marin Rozić | Adidas | Franck |
| Crvena Zvezda | Dejan Radonjić | Luka Mitrović | Champion | Telekom Srbija |
| Igokea | Dragan Bajić | Marko Čakarević | Givova | M:tel / Hemofarm |
| Krka | Vladimir Anzulović | Matej Rojc | Žolna šport | Krka |
| Mega Leks | Dejan Milojević | Rade Zagorac | Adidas | Beoleks |
| Metalac | Vladimir Đokić | Dušan Kutlešić | Kamp | Farmakom |
| MZT Skopje | Aleksandar Jončevski | Damjan Stojanovski | Li-Ning | Sinalco / Bauer BG |
| Partizan | Aleksandar Džikić | Vanja Marinković | Adidas | NIS |
| Sutjeska | Igor Jovović | Nikola Žižić | PEAK | — |
| Tajfun | Dejan Mihevc | Dragiša Drobnjak | Spalding | Tajfun |
| Union Olimpija | Gašper Potočnik | Saša Zagorac | Macron | Pivovarna Union |
| Zadar | Ante Nazor | Lovre Bašić | Adidas | OTP banka |

### Coaching changes

| Week | Club | Outgoing coach | Date of change | Incoming coach |
| 3rd | Metalac | Vladimir Đokić | 7 October 2015 | Vladimir Mišković |
| 4th | Metalac | Vladimir Mišković | 12 October 2015 | Vladimir Đokić |
| 11th | Budućnost | Igor Jovović | 27 November 2015 | Luka Pavićević |
| 13th | Cibona | Slaven Rimac | 7 December 2015 | Damir Mulaomerović |
| 13th | MZT Skopje | Aleš Pipan | 7 December 2015 | Aleksandar Jončevski |
| 15th | Igokea | Željko Lukajić | 21 December 2015 | Dragan Bajić |
| 18th | Partizan | Petar Božić | 5 January 2016 | Aleksandar Džikić |
| 20th | Krka | Ivan Velić | 18 January 2016 | Vladimir Anzulović |
| 20th | Sutjeska | Dušan Dubljević | 24 January 2016 | Igor Jovović |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Budućnost | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2032 | 1774 | +258 | 49 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2046 | 1800 | +246 | 46 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Cedevita | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2024 | 1879 | +145 | 45 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Mega Leks | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2051 | 1940 | +111 | 43 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Partizan | 26 | 12 | 14 | 1973 | 1974 | −1 | 38 | |
| 6 | Zadar | 26 | 12 | 14 | 1808 | 1868 | −60 | 38 | |
| 7 | Union Olimpija | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1921 | 1955 | −34 | 37 | |
| 8 | Cibona | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1887 | 1936 | −49 | 37 | |
| 9 | Igokea | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1839 | 1899 | −60 | 37 | |
| 10 | MZT Skopje | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1869 | 1908 | −39 | 36 | |
| 11 | Metalac | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1837 | 1941 | −104 | 36 | |
| 12 | Krka | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1853 | 1924 | −71 | 36 | |
| 13 | Sutjeska | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1867 | 2011 | −144 | 35 | Relegated |
| 14 | Tajfun | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1790 | 1988 | −198 | 33 | Relegated |

### Schedule and results

The regular season began on October 1, 2015, and ended on March 7, 2016.
| Home \ Away | BUD | CDV | CIB | CZV | IGK | KRK | MEG | MET | MZT | PAR | SUT | TAJ | UOL | ZDR |
| Budućnost | | 76–66 | 78–68 | 68–54 | 89–74 | 81–65 | 71–56 | 83–72 | 65–55 | 78–65 | 89–87 | 81–61 | 89–77 | 78–47 |
| Cedevita | 57–81 | | 83–65 | 74–72 | 67–56 | 70–60 | 78–68 | 77–63 | 89–64 | 75–72 | 73–50 | 94–61 | 82–58 | 81–88 |
| Cibona | 69–91 | 69–81 | | 83–94 | 86–72 | 85–78 | 82–89 | 77–73 | 68–62 | 63–57 | 93–76 | 71–69 | 75–79 | 74–65 |
| Crvena Zvezda | 83–62 | 79–80 | 75–58 | | 81–87 | 77–67 | 76–70 | 86–74 | 92–79 | 92–77 | 96–67 | 113–66 | 73–77 | 83–57 |
| Igokea | 76–86 | 86–91 | 68–57 | 54–74 | | 54–65 | 80–75 | 60–66 | 70–86 | 71–64 | 75–58 | 71–82 | 72–63 | 77–73 |
| Krka | 78–84 | 85–77 | 90–86 | 65–71 | 74–64 | | 74–57 | 70–75 | 72–68 | 70–75 | 58–66 | 103–96 | 55–59 | 77–66 |
| Mega Leks | 81–83 | 100–93 | 76–72 | 78–79 | 69–68 | 84–77 | | 77–64 | 82–70 | 76–59 | 101–72 | 92–70 | 78–81 | 87–61 |
| Metalac | 61–67 | 79–81 | 77–61 | 62–68 | 56–74 | 83–77 | 83–76 | | 68–77 | 67–64 | 84–78 | 78–62 | 74–61 | 71–67 |
| MZT | 68–72 | 65–70 | 69–68 | 66–71 | 75–70 | 69–67 | 76–77 | 93–67 | | 82–78 | 71–75 | 77–70 | 81–62 | 60–72 |
| Partizan | 86–77 | 82–61 | 85–82 | 86–81 | 66–73 | 69–70 | 78–85 | 81–70 | 72–69 | | 75–67 | 89–85 | 76–74 | 87–76 |
| Sutjeska | 92–91 | 68–83 | 68–80 | 62–70 | 72–83 | 87–81 | 68–73 | 84–73 | 68–77 | 82–71 | | 51–60 | 86–78 | 71–60 |
| Tajfun | 61–80 | 67–78 | 52–74 | 63–73 | 76–81 | 74–51 | 60–64 | 76–63 | 68–62 | 65–83 | 71–68 | | 73–59 | 66–82 |
| Union Olimpija | 63–67 | 84–91 | 67–68 | 69–77 | 79–63 | 80–50 | 89–99 | 76–62 | 91–76 | 118–115 | 60–61 | 77–69 | | 84–76 |
| Zadar | 52–65 | 81–72 | 62–53 | 49–56 | 69–60 | 67–74 | 76–81 | 88–72 | 84–72 | 65–61 | 85–83 | 73–67 | 67–56 | |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Budućnost | 81 | 75 | | | | |
| 4 | Mega Leks | 85 | 76 | | | | |
| 4 | Mega Leks | 85 | 76 | Mega Leks | 88 | 74 | 49 |
| | | | | Crvena Zvezda | 95 | 93 | 61 |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda | 97 | 73 | Crvena Zvezda | 95 | 93 | 61 |
| 3 | Cedevita | 88 | 65 | | | | |

### Finals

* 2015–16 ABA League Champions
* Crvena Zvezda 2nd title

#### 2015–2016 Crvena Zvezda Team Roster

| Position(s) | Name |
| G/F | Tarence Kinsey |
| PG | Nikola Rebić |
| G/F | Nemanja Dangubić |
| PF | Luka Mitrović |
| G/F | Branko Lazić |
| F | Boriša Simanić |
| PG | Vasilije Micić |
| SF | Marko Simonović |
| C | Stefan Nastić |
| SG | Marko Gudurić |
| PG | Stefan Jović |
| F | Quincy Miller |
| C | Maik Zirbes |
| C | Vladimir Štimac |
| Head Coach | Dejan Radonjić |

## Individual statistics
### Rating

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
| 1. | Miro Bilan | Cedevita | 28 | 575 | 20.54 |
| 2. | Sava Lešić | Olimpija | 26 | 448 | 18.88 |
| 3. | Ante Žižić | Cibona | 21 | 379 | 18.05 |
| 4. | Kevin Jones | Partizan | 19 | 332 | 17.47 |
| 5. | Nemanja Vranješ | Sutjeska | 23 | 396 | 17.22 |

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1. | Tadija Dragićević | Budućnost | 26 | 424 | 16.31 |
| 2. | Kevin Jones | Partizan | 19 | 310 | 16.32 |
| 3. | Sava Lešić | Olimpija | 26 | 395 | 15.19 |
| 4. | Đorđe Drenovac | MZT Skopje | 26 | 388 | 14.92 |
| 5. | Nemanja Vranješ | Sutjeska | 23 | 337 | 14.65 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1. | Ante Žižić | Cibona | 21 | 168 | 8.00 |
| 2. | Kevin Jones | Partizan | 19 | 149 | 7.84 |
| 3. | Miro Bilan | Cedevita | 28 | 217 | 7.75 |
| 4. | Sava Lešić | Olimpija | 26 | 200 | 7.69 |
| 5. | Aleks Marić | Budućnost | 26 | 184 | 7.08 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1. | Omar Cook | Budućnost | 28 | 181 | 6.46 |
| 2. | Stefan Jović | Crvena Zvezda | 27 | 145 | 5.37 |
| 3. | Nikola Ivanović | Mega Leks | 26 | 134 | 5.15 |
| 4. | Marko Ljubičić | MZT Skopje | 25 | 103 | 4.12 |
| 5. | Vuk Radivojević | Igokea | 25 | 91 | 3.64 |
Source: ABA League Individual Statistics

## MVP List
### MVP of the Round

| Round | Player | Team | Efficiency |
| 1 | Rade Zagorac | Mega Leks | 29 |
| 2 | Miro Bilan | Cedevita | 33 |
| 3 | Suad Šehović | Budućnost | 30 |
| 4 | Marko Luković | MZT | 28 |
| 5 | Aleks Marić | Budućnost | 32 |
| 6 | Ive Ivanov | Krka | 27 |
| 7 | Jure Lalić | Krka | 25 |
| 8 | Nikola Ivanović | Mega Leks | 31 |
| 9 | Ante Žižić | Cibona | 30 |
| 10 | Ante Delaš | Zadar | 33 |
| 11 | Jure Lalić (2) | Krka | 35 |
| 12 | Tadija Dragićević | Budućnost | 30 |
| 13 | Tadija Dragićević (2) | Budućnost | 25 |
| 14 | Miro Bilan (2) | Cedevita | 37 |
| 15 | Miro Bilan (3) | Cedevita | 28 |
| 16 | Miro Bilan (4) | Cedevita | 35 |
| 17 | Vuk Radivojević | Igokea | 30 |
| 18 | Nemanja Vranješ | Sutjeska | 42 |
| 19 | Glenn Cosey | Zadar | 30 |
| 20 | Aleksandar Cvetković | Partizan | 42 |
| 21 | Miro Bilan (5) | Cedevita | 30 |
| 22 | Maik Zirbes | Crvena Zvezda | 36 |
| 23 | James White | Cedevita | 26 |
| 24 | Maik Zirbes (2) | Crvena Zvezda | 34 |
| 25 | Vuk Radivojević (2) | Igokea | 31 |
| 26 | Sava Lešić | Olimpija | 43 |
| SF1 | Rade Zagorac (2) | Mega Leks | 40 |
| SF2 | Nikola Ivanović (2) | Mega Leks | 21 |
| F1 | Maik Zirbes (3) | Crvena Zvezda | 29 |
| F2 | Stefan Jović | Crvena Zvezda | 20 |
| F3 | Quincy Miller | Crvena Zvezda | 19 |
Source: ABA League MVP List

### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| October 2015 | Suad Šehović | Budućnost |
| November 2015 | Miro Bilan | Cedevita |
| December 2015 | Miro Bilan (2) | Cedevita |
| January 2016 | Tadija Dragićević | Budućnost |
| February 2016 | Maik Zirbes | Crvena Zvezda |

## The ideal five of the season

The ideal five of the season were selected by head coaches, fans and the ABA League Commission, with the coaches contributing 60%, the fans 30% and the Commission 10% of the votes for the final result.
| Position | Name | Team |
| PG | Jacob Pullen | Cedevita |
| SG | Timothe Luwawu | Mega Leks |
| SF | Tadija Dragićević | Budućnost |
| PF | Miro Bilan | Cedevita |
| C | Maik Zirbes | Crvena zvezda |

## ABA League clubs in European competitions

| Competition | Team | Progress | Result |
| Euroleague | Crvena Zvezda | Playoffs | Eliminated by CSKA Moscow, 0–3 |
| Euroleague | Cedevita | Top 16 Group E | 8th place |
| Eurocup | Union Olimpija | Last 32 Group M | 4th place |
| Eurocup | Budućnost | Regular Season Group D | 5th place |
| FIBA Europe Cup | Cibona | Quarter-finals | Eliminated by Enisey Krasnoyarsk, 1–2 |
| FIBA Europe Cup | Krka | Round of 32 Group O | 3rd place |
| FIBA Europe Cup | Tajfun | Regular Season Group F | 4th place |