Cedevita Zagreb announced on Tuesday the addition of young center Jusuf Nurkic to a multiyear deal. Nurkic (2.12 meters, 18 years old) has been promoted from the Cedevita junior team to the first team. He started playing in Slovenia with the junior team of Zlatorog Lasko in 2009 and spend two season there before joining Cedevita in 2011. He is a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U18 national team. With the team he won the gold medal this summer at the u18 Division B European Championship averaging 19.4 points, 13.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in 8 games. He also played this sumemr with the Bosnian absolute NT in the Qualification Round for the 2013 EuroBasket.