 Already well versed in streetball, he started playing organized basketball in KK Bosna's youth setup under youth coach Mladen Ostojić.The player's talent was evident immediately and it didn't take long before he started receiving attention from bigger Yugoslav clubs such as KK Partizan whose assistant coach Duško Vujošević got alerted about the youngster's talents by the team's point guard Željko Obradović who had spotted Danilović during summer 1985 at an inter-republic youth basketball tournament on Mount Zlatibor.Young Danilović played for a select team of players from SR Bosnia-Herzegovina at the tournament.