Guard decisions
Handle, pass, attack space and make the next read from the 2/3 positions.
Player introduction
Prepared for ARIS Basketball Academy
Thessaloniki

Serbia × Germany
Late-year 2013
A late-year 2013 wing/guard based in Berlin, developing through German and Serbian basketball environments.

Player profile
Aleksa is a Serbian-German 2013 player whose profile is being built around guard responsibility, positional range and long-term development.
His current pathway brings together daily development in Germany and selected development environments in Serbia. Physical projection is part of the context, but skill, decisions and competitive habits remain the priority.
Development profile
The development focus is deliberately broader than size: responsibilities with the ball, without the ball and on defense.
Handle, pass, attack space and make the next read from the 2/3 positions.
Create spacing, time cuts and stay involved in the possession away from the ball.
Take positional responsibility, communicate and finish possessions with the rebound.
Development pathway
Selected within development pathways in both basketball systems, with Berlin as the daily base.
Berlin-based training and selection within the German federation development environment. Landesauswahl Kader 2013 Bundesland Berlin.
Selected U14 development work within the Serbian federation environment.

Player film
Selected sequences presented as a focused game-film collection.
Guard development before size
He is not interesting simply because he may grow above 2 metres.
The projection is context, not the story. The priority now is to build the technique, awareness and responsibility of a perimeter player.
Physical + basketball context
Aleksa comes from a very tall basketball family with experience across professional basketball, NCAA Division I and high-level youth development.
201 CM
208 CM
196 CM
This family background does not determine Aleksa’s future, but it provides important context for both his basketball environment and his physical development.
Together with his current height of 170 cm, EU 46 shoe size and a medical bone-age assessment projecting an adult height of approximately 206 cm, it suggests the possibility of substantial further physical growth.
That possibility is one reason Aleksa is being developed deliberately as a 2/3 perimeter player, building ball handling, shooting, passing, face-up creation, decision-making and perimeter defense rather than relying on youth size.
Next step
The question is not only how tall Aleksa may become. It is how far his decisions, technique, competitiveness and adaptability can develop while that physical growth arrives. We would welcome the opportunity for Aleksa to join ARIS Basketball Academy for a one-week trial during the second half of the 2026/27 season, ideally in March 2027.
Prepared for ARIS Basketball Academy · Thessaloniki

Father
Dušan is a Berlin-based basketball coach and former player with experience in Serbia and Germany. He guides Aleksa’s development through a player-centred approach shaped by both basketball cultures.
German coaching
EuroLeague Head Coaches Board