Born in Bar, Montenegro, Pavlović grew up in Belgrade, attended Archbishop Spalding High School for one year, and enrolled at La Salle University in 1999 on a basketball scholarship.
Born in Bar, Montenegro, Pavlović grew up in Belgrade and immigrated to the United States in 1998. He spent one year playing high school basketball at Archbishop Spalding High School and enrolled at La Salle University in 1999 on a basketball scholarship.