# 2014–15 KK Crvena zvezda season

The 2014–15 season is the Crvena zvezda 70th 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

In the summer of 2014, Red Star signed Nikola Kalinić and Stefan Jović from Radnički Kragujevac, NBA prospect Nemanja Dangubić, center Maik Zirbes and finalized a huge signing of point guard Marcus Williams. In season 2014–15, the club participated in EuroLeague, winning 6 out of 10 games in regular season, reaching Top 16 and seeing its average home attendance rising to 14483. In Adriatic league, it set a new record of 20 consecutive victories, ending league competition with score 24–2, losing only to Krka and Partizan. In the playoffs, Zvezda triumphed over Partizan 3–1 in the semifinals, and 3–1 over Cedevita Zagreb in the finals, winning its first trophy in this competition and securing a place in Euroleague in the 2015–2016 season. Zvezda also won Radivoj Korać Cup for the third time in a row. In Basketball League of Serbia, Zvezda entered playoffs with 13 wins and only one lost game. In the semifinals, it defeated Mega Leks 2–0, and in the final triumphed over great rival Partizan, 3–0.

## 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 | Boban Marjanović | Maik Zirbes | | Đorđe Kaplanović |
| PF | Luka Mitrović | Marko Tejić | | |
| SF | Nikola Kalinić | Nemanja Dangubić | | |
| SG | Charles Jenkins | Branko Lazić | Jaka Blažič | Aleksandar Aranitović |
| PG | Marcus Williams | Stefan Jović | Nikola Rebić | |

### Players with multiple nationalities

* Đorđe Kaplanović

### Out on loan

KK Crvena zvezda players out on loan :
| Player | Position | Team | On loan since |
| Brano Đukanović | SG | FMP | August 2013 |
| Ognjen Dobrić | SG/SF | FMP | August 2014 |
| Stefan Lazarević | SG/SF | FMP | August 2014 |
| Marko Radovanović | PF | FMP | August 2014 |
| Marko Gudurić | SF | FMP | August 2014 |
| Boriša Simanić | PF | FMP | August 2014 |
| Danilo Ostojić | SF | FMP | August 2014 |
| Vojislav Stojanović | SG/SF | FMP | August 2014 |
| Nikola Čvorović | SG/SF | FMP | April 2015 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Adriatic League | Matchday 1 | Champions | October 3, 2014 | April 30, 2015 |
| EuroLeague | Matchday 1 | Top 16 | October 15, 2014 | April 9, 2015 |
| Serbian Super League | Matchday 1 | Champions | March 29, 2015 | June 18, 2015 |
| Radivoj Korać Cup | Quarterfinals | Winner | February 20, 2015 | February 22, 2015 |
Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Adriatic League | 26 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2,147 | 1,790 | +357 | 092.31 |
| Adriatic League Playoffs | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 605 | 567 | +38 | 075.00 |
| Serbian League | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1,233 | 995 | +238 | 092.86 |
| Serbian League Playoffs | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 407 | 356 | +51 | 100.00 |
| Radivoj Korać Cup | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 206 | +31 | 100.00 |
| EuroLeague | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 784 | 728 | +56 | 060.00 |
| EuroLeague Top 16 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1,025 | 1,059 | −34 | 028.57 |
| Total | 80 | 61 | 0 | 19 | 6,438 | 5,701 | +737 | 076.25 |
Last updated: April 1, 2018 Source: Competitions

### Adriatic League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 26 | 24 | 2 | 2147 | 1790 | +357 | 50 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Budućnost VOLI | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1993 | 1816 | +177 | 45 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Cedevita | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2004 | 1838 | +166 | 44 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Partizan | 26 | 18 | 8 | 1924 | 1778 | +146 | 44 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Union Olimpija | 26 | 15 | 11 | 1952 | 1849 | +103 | 41 | |

#### 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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
### EuroLeague
#### Regular season table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Tie |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 10 | 8 | 2 | 748 | 711 | +37 | |
| 2 | Crvena zvezda | 10 | 6 | 4 | 784 | 728 | +56 | |
| 3 | Laboral Kutxa | 10 | 5 | 5 | 803 | 798 | +5 | |
| 4 | Galatasaray Liv Hospital | 10 | 4 | 6 | 803 | 818 | −15 | 1–1 (+16) |
| 5 | Neptūnas | 10 | 4 | 6 | 763 | 857 | −94 | 1–1 (–16) |
Win  Loss

#### Regular season matches

Source: EuroLeague

#### Top 16 table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Tie |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1048 | 1022 | +26 | 1–1 (+4) |
| 5 | Alba Berlin | 14 | 7 | 7 | 976 | 1031 | −55 | 1–1 (–4) |
| 6 | Žalgiris | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1004 | 1075 | −71 | |
| 7 | Crvena zvezda | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1025 | 1059 | −34 | |
| 8 | Galatasaray | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1023 | 1167 | −144 | |
Win  Loss

#### Top 16 matches

Source: EuroLeague

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Crvena zvezda | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1233 | 995 | +238 | 27 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Partizan | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1169 | 975 | +194 | 27 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Metalac | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1080 | 1013 | +67 | 22 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Mega Leks | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1207 | 1142 | +65 | 21 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Vojvodina Srbijagas | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1016 | 1104 | −88 | 20 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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

#### Matches

Source: eurobasket.com

#### Playoffs
### Radivoj Korać Cup

Win  Loss

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

| Round | Player | Efficiency |
| RS-1 | Boban Marjanović | 30 |
| RS-7 | Boban Marjanović | 36 |
| T16-14 | Boban Marjanović | 28 |

#### All-Euroleague First Team

| Position | Player | Ref. |
| C | Boban Marjanović | |

#### Individual statistics leaders

* Rating per game: Boban Marjanović (25.67)
* Rebounds per game: Boban Marjanović (10.67)

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

| Round | Player | Efficiency |
| 2 | Marcus Williams | 29 |
| 4 | Luka Mitrović | 34 |
| 14 | Nikola Kalinić | 32 |
| SF3 | Nikola Kalinić | 29 |
| F1 | Boban Marjanović | 24 |
| F2 | Boban Marjanović | 39 |
| F3 | Boban Marjanović | 18 |
| F4 | Charles Jenkins | 19 |

#### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Ref. |
| November 2014 | Boban Marjanović | |

#### Ideal Starting Five

| Position | Player | Ref. |
| C | Boban Marjanović | |

#### Coach of the season

* Dejan Radonjić

### Serbian Super League
#### MVP of the Round

| Round | Player | Efficiency | Ref. |
| 5 | Boban Marjanović | 40 | |

#### Super League MVP

* Boban Marjanović

### Radivoj Korać Cup
#### Finals MVP

* Luka Mitrović

## Statistics

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

### EuroLeague

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| Jaka Blažič | 24 | 10 | 21.2 | .487 | .309 | .750 | 2.8 | 1.0 | .5 | .1 | 9.1 | 5.8 |
| Nemanja Dangubić | 23 | 11 | 14.1 | .412 | .342 | .684 | 2.0 | .7 | .4 | .1 | 4.1 | 1.9 |
| Charles Jenkins | 24 | 4 | 19.1 | .381 | .310 | .800 | 1.3 | 1.3 | .9 | .2 | 6.6 | 3.7 |
| Stefan Jović | 19 | 1 | 13.4 | .421 | .261 | .625 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.0 | .1 | 2.9 | 4.8 |
| Nikola Kalinić | 24 | 10 | 26.0 | .470 | .355 | .627 | 3.9 | 2.0 | .8 | .2 | 9.2 | 9.1 |
| Branko Lazić | 19 | 13 | 17.5 | .432 | .345 | .750 | 1.5 | .7 | .6 | .1 | 3.9 | 2.7 |
| Boban Marjanović | 24 | 24 | 27.2 | .621 | | .781 | 10.7 | 1.0 | .4 | .9 | 16.6 | 25.7 |
| Luka Mitrović | 24 | 20 | 24.4 | .555 | .175 | .780 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 1.0 | .2 | 8.6 | 9.7 |
| Nikola Rebić | 4 | 0 | 1.4 | | | | | .3 | | | | -0.3 |
| Marko Tejić | 17 | 4 | 8.6 | .375 | .333 | .375 | 1.4 | .7 | .1 | .1 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
| Marcus Williams | 24 | 23 | 25.5 | .345 | .292 | .755 | 3.2 | 6.1 | .8 | | 9.7 | 10.7 |
| Maik Zirbes | 24 | 0 | 12.6 | .630 | | .688 | 3.3 | .3 | .5 | .4 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
Source: EuroLeague