Aleksej Nikolić
![]() Nikolić playing with Bamberg in 2018 | |||||||||||||||
No. 5 – Cedevita Olimpija | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Postojna, Slovenia | February 21, 1995||||||||||||||
Nationality | Slovenian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2017: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | Spars Sarajevo | ||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Brose Bamberg | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | →Baunach Young Pikes | ||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Partizan NIS | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | →Universo Treviso Basket | ||||||||||||||
2021 | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | San Pablo Burgos | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Dinamo Sassari | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Germani Brescia | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Gran Canaria | ||||||||||||||
2023-2024 | Élan Chalon | ||||||||||||||
2024-present | Cedevita Olimpija | ||||||||||||||
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Aleksej Nikolić (born February 21, 1995) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League and ABA League. He is a 1.91 m tall point guard.
Professional career
[edit]In November 2011 he joined OKK Spars, and previously played for Zlatorog Laško and Postojna.
On February 25, 2013, he signed a four-year contract with OKK Spars.[1]
After rumors in early June, Nikolic had signed officially on July 7, 2015, with German champions Brose Bamberg for four years. He also plays their for farm team Bike-Café Messingschlager Baunach in the second-tier ProA league.[2] He was an early entry candidate for the 2016 NBA draft, but later removed his name from the list.[3]
On July 10, 2018, he signed a three-year contract with Partizan.[4]
On August 9, 2019, he has signed one more year deal with Partizan, then he was loaned to Universo Treviso Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[5] On May 10, 2020, his loan expired and he returned to Partizan.[6]
On July 27, 2021, he has signed with San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish Liga ACB.[7]
On October 14, 2022, he signed with Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[8]
On December 8, 2022, he signed with Germani Brescia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[9]
On May 11, 2022, he signed with CB Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB until the end of the season.[10]
In July 2023, he signed a one-year contract with Élan Chalon of the French LNB Élite.[11]
On June 12, 2024 he signed a two-year contract with KK Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League and ABA League.[12]
Slovenian national team
[edit]Nikolić played for Slovenia U-16, U-18 and U-20 national team.[13]
As a member of the senior men's Slovenian national basketball team, Nikolić competed at the FIBA World Cup 2014. He played three games, including the one against the USA.
Personal
[edit]Nikolić is of Serb origin.[14][15] Aleksej is the son of David (originally from Leskovac)[16] and Jana Nikolić. His father was a basketball player, played for Postojna, and was an assistant coach of Slovenian senior national team from 2004 to 2006. His brother Mitja is also a pro basketball player.
References
[edit]- ^ "Nikolić Aleksej potpisao prvi profesionalni ugovor". kkspars.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ "Brose Baskets verpflichten Aleksej Nikolić". brosebaskets.de. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ Release, Official. "Thirty-three international early-entry candidates withdraw from Draft". NBA.com. Archived from the original on March 19, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ^ "Aleksej Nikolić tri godine u Partizanu". kkpartizan.rs. July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ^ "KK Partizan extends Aleksej Nikolic, loans him to Treviso". Sportando. August 9, 2019. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ "Plejmejker se vratio u Partizan". b92.net (in Serbian). May 10, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Aleksej Nikolić se suma a la dirección de juego burgalesa". sanpabloburgos.com. July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Anche Dowe ha fatto crackla Dinamo ingaggia Nikolic" (PDF). dinamobasket.com (in Italian). October 14, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ Borghesan, Ennio Terrasi (December 8, 2022). "Brescia officially signs Aleksej Nikolic". Sportando. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
- ^ P, M. (May 10, 2023). "Nikolić se je v Španiji pridružil Lakoviču". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ H, M. (July 9, 2023). "Aleksej Nikolič še pred svetovnim prvenstvom našel novo domovanje". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ "Slovenski reprezentant Aleksej Nikolić v Zmajevi družini!". KK Cedevita Olimpija, Ljubljana (in Slovenian). June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "Aleksej Nikolić". archive.fiba.com. FIBA. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ^ "SRBI KOVAČI TUĐE MEDALJE Lako je Slovencima kad su im glavni ljudi iz zemlje košarke". Blic.
- ^ "Po NBA standardima". Danas. September 19, 2017.
- ^ Словенац Алексеј Николић нови кошаркаш Партизана, парафирао трогодишњи уговор
External links
[edit]- Aleksej Nikolić at aba-liga.com
- 1995 births
- Living people
- 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- ABA League players
- Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Basketball League of Serbia players
- Baunach Young Pikes players
- BCM Gravelines players
- Bamberg Baskets players
- CB Miraflores players
- Dinamo Sassari players
- Élan Chalon players
- FIBA EuroBasket-winning players
- KK Partizan players
- Lega Basket Serie A players
- OKK Spars players
- Olympic basketball players for Slovenia
- Pallacanestro Treviso players
- Sportspeople from Postojna
- Point guards
- Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Slovenian expatriate basketball people in France
- Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Serbia
- Slovenian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Slovenian men's basketball players
- Slovenian people of Serbian descent
- Universo Treviso Basket players