While Europe is still counting its wounds from the season, Red Star is already building the next one. The Belgrade club extended its contract with Dejan Davidovac, a veteran entering his ninth season under the hoops of the "eternal derby" - and right as a new man pulls the strings: Miloš Teodosić has taken the seat of sporting director.

The move with Davidovac isn't a dazzling transfer for the front pages, and that's exactly why it's interesting. The wing player went through limited minutes this season: 21 EuroLeague games, averaging 2.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in around 14 minutes on the court. Numbers that scare no one. But Davidovac carries something statistics don't measure - he's been part of the locker room since 2017, with only one break in the 2022-23 season when he was at CSKA Moscow.

There's also the Balkan note any local fan recognizes instantly: Davidovac has an Olympic bronze medal with Serbia. A player with that mark on his record is valuable even when he isn't playing thirty minutes - a presence in the locker room is a price you pay that doesn't show up on the scoreboard.

The bigger story, though, is Teodosic. The legendary playmaker is making his first moves as director, and Davidovac's extension is a signal of the kind of club he wants to build - experienced, stable, with no panic spending. Whether that's enough for the top of the EuroLeague is another question, but the start is clear: Red Star isn't building from scratch, it's building on what it already has.