Dušan Bulut

Dušan Bulut
Personal information
Born (1985-10-23) 23 October 1985 (age 39)
Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2007: undrafted
Playing career2003–present
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2011–2012Kožuv
2012–2013Akademik
2014–2015Meridiana
2015–2016Vojvodina
2018–2019OKK Konstantin
2013–2021Novi Sad (3x3)
2021–2022Power (3x3)
2022Partizan Beograd (3x3)
2022Badalona (3x3)
2022–Aliens (3x3)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's 3x3 basketball
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2012 Greece
Gold medal – first place 2016 China
Gold medal – first place 2017 France
Gold medal – first place 2018 Philippines
Silver medal – second place 2014 Russia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Romania
Gold medal – first place 2019 Hungary
Silver medal – second place 2016 Romania
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku

Dušan Domović Bulut (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Домовић Булyт; born 23 October 1985) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is former world No. 1 ranked in men's individual 3x3 rankings by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).[1] He plays for Aliens and Serbia men's national 3x3 team. He is widely considered to be the greatest 3x3 basketball player of all time.[2][3]

Early life

Domović Bulut was born and raised in Novi Sad, Serbia.[4] His interest in basketball began at the age of nine.[3] He soon began playing on courts around his neighborhood; back then, 3-on-3 basketball was essentially the only way the sport was played in the streets of the city.[2]

3x3 career

Domović Bolut started to play at the FIBA 3X3 World Tour in August 2012.[5] He plays for Serbian team Novi Sad.[2][4]

BIG3 career

On May 3, 2019, Domović Bulut was selected with the 24th overall pick by the Ball Hogs in the 2019 BIG3 draft.[6] On June 21, 2019, it was announced that Bulut had to withdraw from playing in BIG3 after being allegedly threatened by FIBA with not being able to play in the Olympics if he didn't leave the league.[7]

On June 15, 2021, Bulut was selected with the 3rd overall pick by Power in the 2021 BIG3 draft.[8]

He plays for team Aliens in the BIG3, 3-on-3 basketball league.[9]

National team career

Domović Bulut represents Serbia in 3x3 basketball. He won two gold medals at the FIBA 3x3 World Championships, 2012 in Greece and 2016 in China[10] and silver medal at the 2014 tournament in Russia. At the 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Cup he won his 3rd gold medal for Serbia and was selected to the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017 Team of the Tournament.[11]

Basketball career

Domović Bulut played basketball for his hometown teams Meridiana and Vojvodina of the Basketball League of Serbia B (2nd tier). He also played for Kožuv in the Macedonian First League.

Awards and accomplishments

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Individual World Rankings". fiba3x3.com.
  2. ^ a b c Beaton, Andrew (24 July 2021). "Americans Own 5-on-5 Basketball. Serbia's 'Mr. Bullutproof' Owns 3-on-3". The Wall Street Journal.
  3. ^ a b Keh, Andrew (24 July 2021). "3x3 Basketball Is a New Sport, but It Already Has a GOAT". The New York Times.
  4. ^ a b "Dušan Domović Bolut: Crafted on the streets of Novi Sad". Olympics.com. 24 July 2021. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Dušan Domović Bulut". Red Bull.
  6. ^ "2019 BIG3 draft results: Former NBA No. 1 overall pick Greg Oden, Rockets draftee Royce White among top selections". cbssports.com. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Ice Cube Furious After 'Serbian Michael Jordan' Forced Out of BIG3". TMZ. 20 June 2019.
  8. ^ Zucker, Joseph. "BIG3 SuperDraft 2021 Results: Full Team Rosters for Basketball League". Bleacher Report.
  9. ^ "Dušan Bolut BIG3". big3.com. 1 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Serbia - 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships 2016". www.fiba.basketball. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
  11. ^ "MVP Majstorovic headlines men's Team of the Tournament at FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017". www.fiba.basketball. FIBA. 21 June 2017.
  12. ^ "MVP Bolut headlines men's team of the Tournament at 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships". FIBA.basketball.
  13. ^ "PR N°63 - Reigning champs Novi Sad Al Wahda win 2015 FIBA 3x3 World Tour". Abu Dhabi: FIBA. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Bulut crowned FIBA 3x3 World Tour Bloomage Beijing Final 2018 MVP". Beijing: FIBA. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Serbia's men and France's women win FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2018". Bucharest: FIBA. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  16. ^ "Ten winners at first-ever FIBA 3x3 Awards". Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.