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Džanan Musa

Džanan Musa (Bosnian pronunciation: [d͡ʒânan mûsa], born 8 May 1999) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Dubai Basketball of the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) and weighing 215 pounds (98 kg), Musa plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was selected by the Brooklyn Nets with the 29th pick in the 2018 NBA draft.

Born in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Musa began playing soccer at first, before choosing to focus on basketball. Musa started playing junior basketball in the youth setup at KK Bosna XXL, when he was 8 years old. He then moved to Sarajevo-based KK Koš, before joining Croatian team KK Cedevita in 2014.

In December 2014, he signed a deal with Croatian team Cedevita. Musa made his debut in Europe's top-tier level competition, the EuroLeague, on 15 October 2015, making him the ninth-youngest player to make their debut in the EuroLeague. Musa played the first 4:55 minutes of the game and recorded 4 points.

In June 2017, Musa attended the Adidas Eurocamp, a basketball camp based in Treviso for international NBA draft prospects. He was named the Eurocamp 2017 Most Improved Player.

In the 2017–18 season, while a member of Cedevita, Musa was awarded the EuroCup Rising Star Trophy, after averaging 10.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, in 16 games played in Europe's 2nd-tier level EuroCup competition. He was also named the ABA League Top Prospect as well as to the All-ABA League Team for the 2017–18 season.

On 12 April 2018, Musa declared for the 2018 NBA draft, where he was expected to be a first round selection. On 21 June, he was selected with the 29th overall pick by the Brooklyn Nets. On 12 July, the Nets signed Musa to a rookie scale contract. During his rookie season, Musa had multiple assignments to the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League.

On 19 November 2020, Musa was traded to the Detroit Pistons in a three-team trade. On 21 December 2020, Musa was waived by the Pistons.

On 13 January 2021, Musa signed a 2.5 year contract with Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League. On 27 June 2021, Efes used their option to exit from their mutual contract and Musa became a free agent. His short run with the Turkish club had four EuroLeague appearances and a short playing time total of 12 minutes. He also played in eight Turkish league games, averaging 11.4 points per game.

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