Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin bazara na 1987 lokacin bazara, Maljković ya gano bukatar samun ƙarin ƙwarewa a cikin jerin don yin zurfin gudu. Don haka ya kawo Duško Ivanović, ƙwararren ɗan ƙarami daga Budućnost wanda ke gab da cika shekaru 30. Matasan 'yan wasan Jugoplastika Kukoč da Rađa sun zaba ta babban kocin kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Yugoslavia Krešimir Ćosić don
EuroBasket 1987 inda kungiyar ta dauki tagulla bayan ta yi rashin nasara ga Girka a wasan kusa da na karshe. Daga baya a wannan bazarar an sake zaɓar su biyun don aikin ƙungiyar ƙasa, a wannan lokacin ta mai horar da ƙungiyar ƙasa ta ƙasa da shekaru 19 Svetislav Pešić don gasar cin kofin duniya ta ƙasa da shekaru 19 a Bormio. Kungiyar matasa ta Yugoslav ta yi rawar gani a gasar, gami da kungiyar Amurka, tare da Kukoč ya sauke maki uku 11 a kan su daga yunkuri 12.