Nik Slavica
| No. 23 – Cibona Zagreb | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Croatian League Adriatic League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | February 7, 1997 Šibenik, Croatia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–present | Cibona | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Zrinjevac | ||||||||||||||
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Nik Slavica (born 7 February 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player, currently playing as a forward for Cibona of the Croatian League.
Playing career
Born in Šibenik, he moved to Zagreb as a 10-year-old to play for Cibona's youth teams[1] and spent one season on loan at Zrinjevac. Following the conclusion of his loan spell, he returned to Cibona and became a regular on the club's men's team, seeing action in the Croatian league, the ABA league and European competition like the FIBA Europe Cup[2] and the Basketball Champions League.[3]
His name was included on a list of early entry candidates for the 2016 NBA draft, but he then withdrew.[4]
International play
He played for the Croatian national team at the 2013 under-16 European Championships, helped the under-18 team win bronze at the 2014 Euro and captured a silver medal with Croatia’s under-19 squad at the 2015 World Championships, while receiving All-World Championships U19 Honorable Mention status by eurobasket.com.[5]
References
- ^ "Cibona's youngsters - Nik Slavica (VIDEO)" (in Croatian). Sport Nedjeljom. 23 October 2012.
- ^ "Nik Slavica profile, FIBA Europe Cup 2016 | FIBA.COM". FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Nik SLAVICA at the Players of the Basketball Champions League 2017". BasketballCL.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ Release, Official. "Thirty-three international early-entry candidates withdraw from Draft". NBA.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "World Championships U19 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.