Dušan Ristić


Dušan Ristić is a Serbian professional basketball player for Basket Brescia Leonessa of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A and EuroCup Basketball. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.

Early career

Dušan grew up with Crvena zvezda youth team. Ristić made his debut with Zvezda second team Radnički FMP during the 2012–13 season.
Ristić made his debut with the first team of Crvena zvezda during the 2013–14 ABA League season. He also played two games in the Euroleague. However, he decided not to sign professional contract with club.
On January 2014, he went to Sunrise Christian Academy in Wichita, Kansas.

College career

On March 8, 2014, Ristić, committed to play basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. On Twitter, he announced that he will play his senior year for the Wildcats and finish his education. During his senior season, he was a teammate with future NBA draft first overall pick Deandre Ayton, where Ristić was the starting center that year, while Ayton played as the starting power forward that year. He became the all-time winningest player in program history with 115 victories, surpassing Matt Muehlebach and Kaleb Tarczewski at 110 win. His senior year, Ristic was a second-team All-Pac-12 selection, and a member of the Pac-12 all-tournament team. He also became 28th Wildcat in Arizona history to score 1,000 points and grab 500 rebounds in a career.

College statistics

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Ristić was originally named a member of the 2018 NBA Summer League Phoenix Suns, being reunited with Ayton in the process, but he later backed out on his decision there.
On July 16, 2018, Ristić signed a three-year deal with Crvena zvezda. In July 2019, Ristić was loaned out to Astana of the Kazakhstan Championship and the VTB United League for the 2019–20 season. In July 2020, he returned to the Zvezda after his one-year loan. In July 2020, Ristić was loaned to Brescia Leonessa for the 2020-21 season.

Personal life

Ristić earned his bachelor's degree in psychology and sport management from the University of Arizona in 2018.