# 2015–16 KK Crvena zvezda season

The 2015–16 season was the 71st season in the existence of the club. The team played in the Basketball League of Serbia, in the Adriatic League and in the Euroleague.

## Overview

The team started preparing for season 2015–16 by re-signing coach Dejan Radonjić and guard Branko Lazić for two years each. Team captain Luka Mitrović extended his contract until summer 2017. Marcus Williams, Boban Marjanović, Nikola Kalinić, Charles Jenkins and Jaka Blažič left the club, and roster was reinforced by Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Stefan Nastić, Ryan Thompson and Gal Mekel. From its development team FMP, Zvezda promoted MVP of 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Marko Gudurić. The first part of the season was marked by mixed results and a lot of squad changes. Due to serious injuries of Mitrović and Dangubić, club brought back Marko Simonović, and later on landed Quincy Miller. Out-of-form Schortsanitis and Mekel were replaced by Vladimir Štimac and returning Marcus Williams. Mid-season, the club also released Williams and Thompson, replacing them with Vasilije Micić and Tarence Kinsey. Results improved, and Red Star ended group stage of EuroLeague with a 5–5 score, reaching the third place of group A, qualifying for Top 16 stage. Successful European season continued as Zvezda ended fourth in Top 16 Group E, with a score of 7 wins and seven losses. In the playoffs, it was stopped by CSKA Moscow, who eventually went on to lift EuroLeague trophy. In ABA league, Zvezda entered playoffs from the second position, facing another EuroLeague team – Cedevita – and, defeating them twice, advanced to final series. In the finals, Zvezda pulled a 3-0 against Mega Leks, defending the ABA league title. Zvezda ended another spectacular season by defending the Serbian league title beating Partizan 3-1 in the finals.

## Players
### Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Reserves |
| C | Maik Zirbes | Vladimir Štimac | | |
| PF | Quincy Miller | Luka Mitrović | | Boriša Simanić |
| SF | Nemanja Dangubić | Marko Simonović | Marko Gudurić | |
| SG | Tarence Kinsey | Branko Lazić | | |
| PG | Stefan Jović | Vasilije Micić | Nikola Rebić | |

### Out on loan

KK Crvena zvezda players out on loan :
| Player | Position | Team | On loan since |
| Ognjen Dobrić | SG/SF | FMP | August 2014 |
| Stefan Lazarević | SG/SF | FMP | August 2014 |
| Marko Radovanović | PF | FMP | August 2014 |
| Danilo Ostojić | SF | FMP | August 2014 |
| Aleksa Radanov | SG/SF | FMP | August 2015 |
| David Miladinović | Center | FMP | August 2015 |
| Stefan Kenić | SF | FMP | August 2015 |
| Aleksandar Aranitović | SG | Mega Leks | August 2015 |
| Dejan Davidovac | SF | FMP | August 2015 |
| Dragan Apić | PF | FMP | August 2015 |
| Marko Tejić | PF | FMP | April 2016 |
Notes:
* $^1$ On loan during entire 2014–15 season.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Adriatic League | Matchday 1 | Champions | October 1, 2015 | May 2, 2016 |
| EuroLeague | Matchday 1 | Quarterfinals | October 15, 2015 | April 18, 2016 |
| Serbian Super League | Matchday 1 | Champions | May 8, 2016 | June 19, 2016 |
| Radivoj Korać Cup | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | February 19, 2016 | February 20, 2016 |
Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Adriatic League | 26 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2,046 | 1,800 | +246 | 076.92 |
| Adriatic League Playoffs | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 419 | 364 | +55 | 100.00 |
| Serbian League | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 531 | 384 | +147 | 100.00 |
| Serbian League Playoffs | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 494 | 409 | +85 | 083.33 |
| Radivoj Korać Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 112 | +37 | 050.00 |
| EuroLeague | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 766 | 813 | −47 | 050.00 |
| EuroLeague Top 16 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1,038 | 1,060 | −22 | 050.00 |
| EuroLeague Playoffs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 221 | 293 | −72 | 000.00 |
| Total | 72 | 49 | 0 | 23 | 5,664 | 5,235 | +429 | 068.06 |
Last updated: March 25, 2018 Source: Competitions

### Adriatic League
#### League table

| 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 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Source: Competitive matches Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.
Win  Loss

#### Playoffs
### EuroLeague
#### Regular season table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 10 | 8 | 2 | 770 | 707 | +63 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | Khimki | 10 | 5 | 5 | 798 | 740 | +58 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 3 | Crvena Zvezda Telekom | 10 | 5 | 5 | 766 | 813 | −47 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 10 | 5 | 5 | 854 | 808 | +46 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 5 | Bayern Munich | 10 | 4 | 6 | 763 | 780 | −17 | Transfer to Eurocup |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 10 | 3 | 7 | 711 | 814 | −103 | Transfer to Eurocup |
Win  Loss

#### Top 16 table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1095 | 1032 | +63 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Kuban | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1099 | 978 | +121 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1067 | 1027 | +40 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 4 | Crvena zvezda Telekom | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1038 | 1060 | −22 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 5 | Anadolu Efes | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1121 | 1106 | +15 | |
| 6 | Darüşşafaka Doğuş | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1060 | 1083 | −23 | |
| 7 | Unicaja | 14 | 4 | 10 | 971 | 1076 | −105 | |
| 8 | Cedevita | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1038 | 1127 | −89 | |
Win  Loss

#### Playoffs
### Serbian Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Crvena zvezda | 6 | 6 | 0 | 531 | 384 | +147 | 12 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | FMP | 6 | 4 | 2 | 484 | 439 | +45 | 10 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Metalac | 6 | 2 | 4 | 475 | 508 | −33 | 8 | |
| 4 | Tamiš | 6 | 0 | 6 | 381 | 540 | −159 | 6 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Source: Competitive matches Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.
Win  Loss

#### Playoffs
### Radivoj Korać Cup

Win  Loss

## Individual awards
### EuroLeague
#### MVP of the Week

| Round | Player | Efficiency | Ref. |
| RS8 | Maik Zirbes | 33 | |

#### All-Euroleague Second Team

| Position | Player | Ref. |
| SF | Quincy Miller | |

### Adriatic League
#### MVP of the Round

| Round | Player | Efficiency |
| 22 | Maik Zirbes | 36 |
| 24 | Maik Zirbes | 34 |
| F1 | Maik Zirbes | 29 |
| F2 | Stefan Jović | 20 |
| F3 | Quincy Miller | 19 |

#### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Ref. |
| February 2016 | Maik Zirbes | |

#### Ideal Starting Five

| Position | Player | Ref. |
| C | Maik Zirbes | |

### Serbian League
#### Playoff MVP

* Maik Zirbes

## Statistics

| * | Led the league |
| Player | Left during season |

### EuroLeague

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| Nemanja Dangubić | 19 | 15 | 15.5 | .632 | .452 | .692 | 1.9 | .8 | .3 | .1 | 5.2 | 3.4 |
| Marko Gudurić | 24 | 1 | 15.4 | .474 | .371 | .810 | 1.5 | 1.4 | .6 | .0 | 7.1 | 5.8 |
| Stefan Jović | 27 | 22 | 23.1 | .435 | .356 | .788 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 1.2 | .1 | 7.0 | 9.7 |
| Tarence Kinsey | 16 | 15 | 23.3 | .495 | .129 | .878 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | .2 | 9.6 | 8.1 |
| Branko Lazić | 26 | 11 | 19.3 | .447 | .410 | .875 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .9 | .0 | 4.3 | 2.9 |
| Vasilije Micić | 17 | 1 | 17.3 | .327 | .361 | .724 | 1.8 | 3.6 | .2 | .2 | 5.5 | 5.0 |
| Quincy Miller | 24 | 22 | 29.0 | .596 | .327 | .778 | 5.7 | .9 | .9 | 1.5 | 14.1 | 14.8 |
| Luka Mitrović | 4 | 1 | 10.4 | .417 | 1.000 | .500 | 2.5 | .3 | .0 | .5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Stefan Nastić | 2 | 1 | 4.2 | .286 | .000 | .000 | 1.5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 | .0 |
| Nikola Rebić | 15 | 0 | 7.6 | .462 | .227 | .375 | 1.1 | .9 | .3 | .1 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Boriša Simanić | 7 | 0 | 7.3 | 1.000 | .286 | 1.000 | 1.0 | .0 | .1 | .3 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| Marko Simonović | 27 | 6 | 19.5 | .545 | .421 | .783 | 1.9 | .3 | .5 | .1 | 7.4 | 5.9 |
| Vladimir Štimac | 25 | 0 | 14.3 | .550 | .000 | .594 | 5.0 | .5 | .3 | .2 | 6.9 | 9.2 |
| Maik Zirbes | 27 | 26 | 25.1 | .607 | .000 | .677 | 6.1 | .7 | .9 | .6 | 12.4 | 14.3 |
| Gal Mekel | 4 | 4 | 20.2 | .217 | .333 | 1.000 | 1.5 | 2.8 | .3 | .3 | 3.8 | 0.8 |
| Sofoklis Schortsanitis | 2 | 1 | 15.2 | .500 | .000 | .500 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .5 | 4.5 | -1.5 |
| Marko Tejić | 11 | 3 | 5.4 | .300 | .000 | .333 | 1.1 | .5 | .2 | .1 | .7 | .0 |
| Ryan Thompson | 10 | 6 | 19.3 | .500 | .190 | .667 | 1.6 | .9 | .5 | .1 | 4.8 | 1.7 |
| Marcus Williams | 3 | 0 | 15.0 | .333 | .182 | .750 | 2.0 | 5.3 | .0 | .0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Source: EuroLeague