Pavlović spent entire playing career in Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav Basketball League.

His teammates were Zoran Slavnić, Dragan Kapičić, Ljubodrag Simonović, Dragiša Vučinić, Sreten Dragojlović, Ratomir Vićentić and Vladimir Cvetković among others.

[3][4][5] Eighteen-year-old Pavlović was a member of the Belgrade Selection that played two exhibition games against the NBA All-Stars in May 1964.

[8] His son Mirko (born 1971) is a former professional basketball player who started his career in Crvena zvezda, also.

Mirko played college basketball for the Southern Illinois Salukis and was a general manager of the Zvezda in 2010s.