Jaka Lakovič

Jaka Lakovič

Lakovič with Galatasaray Medical Park
Sidigas Avellino
Position	Point guard
League	Lega Basket Serie A
Personal information
Born	(1978-07-09) July 9, 1978 Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Slovenian
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
Pro playing career	1996–present
Career history
1996–2001	Geoplin Slovan
2001–2002	Krka Novo Mesto
2002–2006	Panathinaikos Athens
2006–2011	FC Barcelona
2011–2013	Galatasaray Medical Park
2013–present	Avellino
Career highlights and awards
Greek League MVP (2005) Greek Cup MVP (2005) All-Euroleague Second Team (2005)

Jaka Lakovič (born July 9, 1978 in Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Sidigas Avellino of the Italian League. A dynamic 186 cm tall point guard.

Professional career

Previously, Lakovič played with FC Barcelona, Panathinaikos BC, Krka Novo Mesto.

His brilliant performances during the 2004-05 Euroleague season wearing Panathinaikos jersey earned him an All-Euroleague Second Team selection as he reached the Euroleague Final Four.

In the July of 2011, he signed a two-years contract with Galatasaray Medical Park.

Euroleague career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2001–02	Krka Novo Mesto	14	13	32.5	.491	.436	.890	2.1	3.8	2.0	.0	20.9	22.4
2002–03	Panathinaikos	19	6	23.7	.504	.500	.891	1.8	2.6	.5	.0	9.4	9.3
2003–04	Panathinaikos	20	15	29.2	.448	.358	.846	2.1	2.4	1.3	.1	13.3	14.3
2004–05	Panathinaikos	25	19	31.5	.445	.353	.839	2.1	2.8	1.4	.0	15.1	15.7
2005–06	Panathinaikos	22	21	31.0	.400	.370	.838	1.4	2.5	1.1	.1	14.4	13.7
2006–07	FC Barcelona	23	19	24.7	.429	.398	.768	1.7	3.5	.9	.0	10.3	11.0
2007–08	FC Barcelona	23	20	25.4	.388	.358	.807	2.2	3.0	1.0	.0	12.2	12.5
2008–09	FC Barcelona	18	11	22.6	.435	.413	.881	1.3	2.9	.8	.0	9.9	10.3
2009–10	FC Barcelona	19	0	13.5	.416	.439	.879	.8	1.3	.5	.0	6.2	5.9
2010–11	FC Barcelona	19	3	24.7	.426	.365	.643	.5	1.9	.2	.1	6.4	5.6
2011–12	Galatasaray	16	8	26.2	.396	.361	.818	1.9	2.7	.3	.1	9.7	10.0
Career		218	135	25.2	.433	.386	.836	1.6	2.7	.9	.0	11.6	11.8

Slovenian national team

Lakovič competed for the Slovenian national team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, and also at 6 straight FIBA European Championships, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011.

Honors

Panathinaikos

• Greek Championships (4): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Greek Cups (3): 2003, 2005, 2006

FC Barcelona

• Spanish Championships (2): 2009, 2011
• Spanish King's Cups (3): 2007, 2010, 2011
• Spanish Super Cups (2): 2009, 2010
• Euroleague Championship (1): 2010

Slovenian national team

• FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Silver Medal: 1998

Individual

• Slovenian League All-Star: 2001
• Led the Euroleague 2001-02 in free throw shooting percentage: (89.0%)
• Led the Slovenian League in assists: 2002
• 3x Greek All Star Game: 2003, 2005, 2006
• Led the 2003-04 Greek League in free throw shooting percentage: (91.0%)
• Greek League MVP: 2005
• Greek Cup MVP: 2005
• All-Euroleague 2nd Team: 2005

External links

• Euroleague.net Profile
• Eurobasket.com Profile
• Draftexpress.com Profile
• Spanish League Profile (Spanish)
• EuroBasket 2009 Profile