Nik Slavica
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| Position | Small forward / Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Croatian League | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 7, 1997 Šibenik, Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013–2017 | Cibona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Zrinjevac | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Cedevita | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | Cibona | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nik Slavica (born 7 February 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Cibona of the Croatian League. He can play at either the small forward or power forward positions, with small forward being his main position.
Early career
He was born in Šibenik to father Nenad, former basketball player. Slavica moved to Zagreb, as a 10-year-old, to play for Cibona's youth teams,[1] and he spent one season on loan at Zrinjevac.
Professional career
Following the conclusion of his loan spell at Zrinjevac, during the 2013–14 season, Slavica returned to his parent club of Cibona, and he became a regular on the club's senior men's team, Cibona Zagreb, seeing action in the Croatian League, the ABA league, and the lower-tier level European-wide competitions of the FIBA Europe Cup,[2] and the Basketball Champions League.[3]
Slavica's name was included on a list of early entry candidates for the 2016 NBA draft, but he ultimately withdrew from the draft before the draft withdrawal deadline.[4]
On 30 September 2017, Slavica signed a multi-year contract with Cedevita.[5]
In August 2018, he signed with Cibona.[6]
International career
Slavica played for the Croatian under-16 junior national team at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He helped the Croatian under-18 junior national team win the bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also captured a silver medal with Croatia’s under-19 junior national team at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, while also receiving an All-World Championship Under-19 Honorable Mention status by the basketball website eurobasket.com.[7]
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.
- ^ "Nik Slavica pens multi-year contract with Cedevita". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "Nik Slavica back at Cibona". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "World Championships U19 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
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External links
- Nik Slavica at aba-liga.com
- Nik Slavica at eurobasket.com
- Nik Slavica at fiba.com (archive)
- Nik Slavica at fiba.com (game center)
- Nik Slavica at fibaeurope.com
- Nik Slavica at twitter.com