Quietly and almost unnoticed Vladimir Micov from Budućnost was named the MVP of the 9th round in the NLB League but so has also passed his first year with the club from Montenegro in the previous season. The 21-year-old player from Belgrade is going through the best phase of his career so far since he already changed many clubs and proved that also against Bosna ASA BHT almost a week ago.
Did you expect you could be named the MVP of the round in the competition like NLB League is?
Honestly, I didn’t. Budućnost leans on the power of the whole team not on the effect of an individual on the court. But when the team is playing good, one of the players often has a better statistic at the end. This time it was me although I didn’t make really a lot of points. But I was good in many categories, like in rebounding, shooting, assists etc. And when you put all this together you come to an MVP.
You needed some time to adopt to a new club and team in the previous season but when you got used to it your performances on the court became better and better. The trend obviously continues...
I was going up and down in the previous season but until the beginning of the Superleague in the national competition things started to come together. I achieved 12 to 13 points and 7 to 8 rebounds per game at that time, making progress all the time. Yes, the trend continues but things may always be even better. I can still improve a lot in my shooting since I am a forward but this season I have to be satisfied that my percentage in 3-pointers is around 50 %.
The beginning of your career was atipical. You were good when playing in the junior selection of the national team, you won gold at the cadets EC and bronze medal at the U-20 EC, but on the other side you were moving from one club to another and therefore you changer four clubs in as many years.
When I was 16 I was plaiyng for Beopetrol in division B and people from Crvena zvezda anoticed me at that time. I joined the red&whites; but then things changed over the night, the new management was appointed and the head-coach Zmago Sagadin came. Since I was not playing much I asked for the break of the contract but the club rather decided to send me to OKK Beograd promising me I will play there and have a chance to prove myself. But things were the same afterwards. I was playing for two or three minutes per game and I was offered to move to Lavovi. This club was closed soon after that and then I was free for almost a year. But after we got a bronze medal at the U-20 EC, Budućnost invited me to join the club. That was for the first time I signed for the club outside Belgrade.
It looks that was a good decision?
Yes, it turned out very good. The management and the head-coach Dejan Radonjić accepted me, the company here is great, I really feel great in Podgorica. I signed for four years and didn’t regret since then.
Is it possible you leave the club before the end of the season since you probably have many offers in recent weeks?
I’ve heard there are offers but none of them came to me neither I think about them.
What would you do if you would not play basketball?
I graduated at the secondary school for architecture in Belgrade, now I am studying the sport’s management at the University Braća Karić. I am in the second year. I do not have a lot of free time but when I am able to enjoy it I usually rest, study or go to see a movie, mostly an action. I do not like reading novels.
What do you see in your basketball future?
Spain! That would be the peak of my career. The best basketball is played there and as a young player I still dream about playing in the ACB League.
Don’t you think about the NBA?
No. I am not the kind of player neither the NBA attracts me. All my plans are connected with Europe.
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