BIOGRAPHY
Bogdan Bogdanovic was born on August 18, 1992, in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a shooting guard in the NBA.
Bogdanović began playing organized basketball with ŠKK Zvezdara, a club in Belgrade. In April 2008, he moved on to KK Žitko Basket (then known as Alimenti Basket), also from Belgrade. Playing with Žitko Basket under coach Dragan Jakovljević, Bogdanović was part of the team that in April 2010 earned third place in the 2009–10 Serbian junior league at the final eight tournament in Vršac, after beating Partizan juniors in the quarterfinal, losing 89-86 to Hemofarm juniors in the semifinal and beating FMP junior team 82-76 in the third place game.
In September 2010, 18-year-old Bogdanović signed his first professional contract with Partizan. Initially, in his first two seasons with the crno-beli, under head coach Vlada Jovanovic. On 26 June 2014, while playing for Partizan Belgrade, Bogdanović was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 27th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. On 23 June 2016, on the night of the 2016 NBA draft, his rights were acquired by the Sacramento Kings along with Georgios Papagiannis, Skal Labissière and a future second-round pick in exchange for the draft rights of Marquese Chriss from the Phoenix Suns.
On 13 July 2017, Bogdanović signed with the Sacramento Kings. Bogdanović was selected as a member of the Team World for the 2018 Rising Stars Challenge. He led Team World to a 155–124 win over Team USA with 26 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds, while shooting 7 of 13 from the three-point line and was named the MVP of the game. At the end of the season, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.
For the 2018-19 season, Bogdanović was selected as a member of the Team World for the 2019 Rising Stars Challenge. After missing first ten games due to an injury rehab, in his sophomore season with the club Bogdanović mainly played the role of sixth man and second unit leader. Over 70 games, he averaged career-highs of 14.1 points, 3.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds.