Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Xilligii xagaaga ee 1986 Budućnost wuxuu u iibiyay 20-jirka Paspalj Partizan. 18-jirka Vlade Divac, oo ah xiddig kale oo soo baxaya, ayaa sidoo kale ku biiray naadiga xagaagaas ka yimid Sloga. Iyada oo ay weheliyaan Sasha Djordjevic, Željko Obradović iyo ciyaartoy kale oo caan ah sida Milenko Savović iyo Goran Grbović, waxay ku guuleysteen horyaalka qaranka ciyaartii ugu dambeysay ee ay la ciyaareen Crvena zvezda. Paspalj wuxuu si fiican u ciyaaray si uu u helo booska xulka qaranka Yugoslavia oo ku guuleystay dahabka EuroBasket 1987
Magaalada Athens ee dalka Giriiga. Sannadkii xigay, 1988, wuxuu door muhiim ah ka ciyaaray kooxdii u soo gashay finalka Olombikada ee ka dhanka ah Midowgii Soofiyeeti, wuxuuna isu calaamadeeyay inuu yahay xiddig awood leh oo leh bandhigyo wanaagsan oo loogu talagalay Yugoslavia 1988 McDonald's Open. Sidoo kale 1988, Paspalj ayaa u dhaliyay goolkii ugu sareeyay ee Yugoslavia tartankii caanka ahaa ee Acropolis ee Athens, kaas oo ay ku jiraan 26 dhibcood nuskii hal ciyaareed oo ay ku guuleysteen 104-103 oo ay ka soo horjeedeen kooxda kulliyadda Mareykanka ee Duke.