Dušan Ristić

Dušan Ristić (; born 27 November 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Kawasaki Brave Thunders of the B.League. 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.

In January 2014, he went to Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas.

College career On 8 March 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 (1988–91) and Kaleb Tarczewski (2013–16) 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.

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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 16 July 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. In January 2021, he was transferred from Brescia to Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League for the rest of the 2020–21 season.

Urbas Fuenlabrada In June 2021, Ristić signed for Urbas Fuenlabrada of the Liga ACB.

Galatasaray Nef On 28 December 2022 he signed with Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish Basketball Super League.

Lenovo Tenerife On 23 June 2023 he signed with Lenovo Tenerife of the Liga ACB.

Élan Chalon On July 23, 2024, he signed with Élan Chalon of the LNB Pro A.

Kawasaki Brave Thunders On June 9, 2025, he signed with Kawasaki Brave Thunders of the B.League.

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