Found this link off the ESPN boards.
http://www.fiba.com/pages/en/news/latest_news_article.asp?r_act_news=7334&r_cat=8
20/05/2005
SCG - Vujanic injury blow for Serbia & Montenegro
BOLOGNA (Lega A) - Serbia & Montenegro's Eurobasket 2005 plans have been thrown into disarray with the news that starting guard Milos Vujanic suffered a serious knee injury in the Italian League play-offs with Climamio Bologna on Wednesday and will need several months to recover.
Vujanic, 24, a scoring machine who played in Yugoslavia's triumphant FIBA World Championship 2006 side in Indianapolis, tore his anterior cruciate ligament in Game Three against Sedima Roseto and will go under the knife on Friday.
A Climamio Bologna statement said: "Further tests have confirmed that the player has torn his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The player will have an operation. Obviously his season has ended. The estimated time of recovery is between four and six months."
Serbia & Montenegro is like a basketball factory, having produced many of the world's top players and coaches over the years with many of their stars now on playing for NBA teams.
Vujanic has as much talent as any of them, which is why the New York Knicks selected him 36th overall in the 2002 NBA draft.
But the player elected to remain in Italy because of the guarantee of playing time in Italy, and in the prestigious Euroleague competition.
The Knicks, tired of waiting on Vujanic, traded his draft rights to Phoenix last season when they acquired Team USA guard Stephon Marbury from the Suns.
Vujanic recently told PA International he was "50-50" about whether or not he should go to the NBA after this season.
The injury has all but ruled Vujanic out of the European Championships, a competition that Serbia & Montenegro are hosting. They must finish in the top six to earn an automatic play at FIBA World Championship 2006 in Japan, where they hope to win a third straight world crown.
As for Bologna, the late-season bust-up between Italian international guard Gianmarco Pozzecco and coach Jasmine Repesa could now have disastrous consequences.
Pozzecco was suspended by the club, who then decided he would no longer play for them this season. That paved the way for Pozzecco to join Zaragoza in Spain's second division although he has said he expects to return to Bologna for next season.
Rodolfo Rombaldoni, another Italian international who played at the Olympics last summer and joined Bologna in midseason from Sicc Jesi, will now see more playing time at the point, along with fellow national team member Gianluca Basile.
Alessandro Piazza, a promising Bologna point guard who is just 17 years old, has played in the Euroleague for the club and can also fill in at the position.
Bologna will face the winner of Lottomatica Roma's quarter-final clash with Montepaschi Siena, a tie which the Romans currently lead 2-1.
By Jeff Taylor and Cindy Garcia-Bennett, PA International
http://www.fiba.com/pages/en/news/latest_news_article.asp?r_act_news=7334&r_cat=8
20/05/2005
SCG - Vujanic injury blow for Serbia & Montenegro
BOLOGNA (Lega A) - Serbia & Montenegro's Eurobasket 2005 plans have been thrown into disarray with the news that starting guard Milos Vujanic suffered a serious knee injury in the Italian League play-offs with Climamio Bologna on Wednesday and will need several months to recover.
Vujanic, 24, a scoring machine who played in Yugoslavia's triumphant FIBA World Championship 2006 side in Indianapolis, tore his anterior cruciate ligament in Game Three against Sedima Roseto and will go under the knife on Friday.
A Climamio Bologna statement said: "Further tests have confirmed that the player has torn his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The player will have an operation. Obviously his season has ended. The estimated time of recovery is between four and six months."
Serbia & Montenegro is like a basketball factory, having produced many of the world's top players and coaches over the years with many of their stars now on playing for NBA teams.
Vujanic has as much talent as any of them, which is why the New York Knicks selected him 36th overall in the 2002 NBA draft.
But the player elected to remain in Italy because of the guarantee of playing time in Italy, and in the prestigious Euroleague competition.
The Knicks, tired of waiting on Vujanic, traded his draft rights to Phoenix last season when they acquired Team USA guard Stephon Marbury from the Suns.
Vujanic recently told PA International he was "50-50" about whether or not he should go to the NBA after this season.
The injury has all but ruled Vujanic out of the European Championships, a competition that Serbia & Montenegro are hosting. They must finish in the top six to earn an automatic play at FIBA World Championship 2006 in Japan, where they hope to win a third straight world crown.
As for Bologna, the late-season bust-up between Italian international guard Gianmarco Pozzecco and coach Jasmine Repesa could now have disastrous consequences.
Pozzecco was suspended by the club, who then decided he would no longer play for them this season. That paved the way for Pozzecco to join Zaragoza in Spain's second division although he has said he expects to return to Bologna for next season.
Rodolfo Rombaldoni, another Italian international who played at the Olympics last summer and joined Bologna in midseason from Sicc Jesi, will now see more playing time at the point, along with fellow national team member Gianluca Basile.
Alessandro Piazza, a promising Bologna point guard who is just 17 years old, has played in the Euroleague for the club and can also fill in at the position.
Bologna will face the winner of Lottomatica Roma's quarter-final clash with Montepaschi Siena, a tie which the Romans currently lead 2-1.
By Jeff Taylor and Cindy Garcia-Bennett, PA International
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