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Aleksej Nikolić

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Aleksej Nikolić
Nikolić playing with Bamberg in 2018
No. 5 – Cedevita Olimpija
PositionPoint guard
LeagueSlovenian Basketball League
ABA League
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1995-02-21) February 21, 1995 (age 29)
Postojna, Slovenia
NationalitySlovenian
Listed height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight92 kg (203 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2017: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2011–2015Spars Sarajevo
2015–2018Brose Bamberg
2015–2017→Baunach Young Pikes
2018–2021Partizan NIS
2019–2020→Universo Treviso Basket
2021BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
2021–2022San Pablo Burgos
2022Dinamo Sassari
2022–2023Germani Brescia
2023Gran Canaria
2023–2024Élan Chalon
2024–presentCedevita Olimpija
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Slovenia
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2017 Turkey {{{2}}}

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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Nikolić Aleksej potpisao prvi profesionalni ugovor". kkspars.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "Brose Baskets verpflichten Aleksej Nikolić". brosebaskets.de. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Aleksej Nikolić tri godine u Partizanu". kkpartizan.rs. July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  5. ^ "KK Partizan extends Aleksej Nikolic, loans him to Treviso". Sportando. August 9, 2019. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  6. ^ "Plejmejker se vratio u Partizan". b92.net (in Serbian). May 10, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Anche Dowe ha fatto crackla Dinamo ingaggia Nikolic" (PDF). dinamobasket.com (in Italian). October 14, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  9. ^ Borghesan, Ennio Terrasi (December 8, 2022). "Brescia officially signs Aleksej Nikolic". Sportando. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  10. ^ P, M. (May 10, 2023). "Nikolić se je v Španiji pridružil Lakoviču". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  11. ^ H, M. (July 9, 2023). "Aleksej Nikolič še pred svetovnim prvenstvom našel novo domovanje". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  12. ^ "Slovenski reprezentant Aleksej Nikolić v Zmajevi družini!". KK Cedevita Olimpija, Ljubljana (in Slovenian). June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  13. ^ "Aleksej Nikolić". archive.fiba.com. FIBA. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  14. ^ "SRBI KOVAČI TUĐE MEDALJE Lako je Slovencima kad su im glavni ljudi iz zemlje košarke". Blic.
  15. ^ "Po NBA standardima". Danas. September 19, 2017.
  16. ^ Словенац Алексеј Николић нови кошаркаш Партизана, парафирао трогодишњи уговор
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