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From an international prospect perspective, no NBA Draft is ever complete without a prospect from the ever-colourful Mega Basket in Serbia. Mega Basket has run under many guises in the past due to sponsorship reasons; Mega Leks, Mega Bemax, Mega Soccertbet, Mega Mozzart, Mega MIS, and now Mega Superbet.
Regardless of the ever-changing name, there are two things that are consistent with this club: their pink jerseys, and their contribution of talent to the NBA Draft. Over the years, players who have been selected from Mega Basket include Ivica Zubac, Goga Bitazde, Nikola Jovic, and one Nikola Jokic.
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The Atlanta Hawks themselves have made two acquisitions from Mega Basket: Alpha Kaba in 2017, and more recently Nikola Djurisic by way of a draft-night trade with Miami, though neither played for the Hawks in an NBA game. Djurisic has since returned to Mega Basket since being waived by Atlanta earlier this year.
Only three of the 17 Mega Basket’s draft selections have been selected in the first round: Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, Bitazde, and Jovic. However, it is unclear if Mega Basket will have another first round selection in 2026. 19 year old Italian center Luigi Suigo is the focus of today’s scouting report.
Suigo will hope to become the latest of a respectable crop of players who will be selected wearing Mega Basket’s famous pink attire and has produced a solidly productive season. Suigo averaged 8.5 points per game on 55.8% shooting on 6.4 field goal attempts, 30% from three on 1.8 attempts, 63% from the line on 1.1 attempts, five rebounds, two offensive rebounds, 0.8 assists, one block, and 2.8 fouls in 18 minutes per game in 32 games played, starting 20 of them, per RealGM.
Perhaps most critically when it comes to evaluating Suigo as a prospect are his official physical measurements at the recent NBA combine, which have only added to the intrigue that surrounds him. Suigo measures at a towering 7 foot 2.75 inches in bare feet, a 7-foot 5.5-inch wingspan, a standing reach of 9 foot 6 inches, while weighing at 289 pounds. Before even touching a basketball, this is elite size and, depending on the…
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Publish date : 2026-05-31 14:21:00
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