Aleksej Nikolić

Aleksej Nikolić (born February 21, 1995) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade. He is a 1.91 m tall point guard.

Aleksej Nikolić
Nikolić playing with Bamberg in 2018
No. 77 – Partizan NIS Belgrade
PositionPoint guard
LeagueBasketball League of Serbia
ABA League
Eurocup
Personal information
Born (1995-02-21) February 21, 1995
Postojna, Slovenia
NationalitySlovenian
Listed height1.91 m (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–presentPartizan NIS
2019–2020→Universo Treviso Basket
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Slovenia
EuroBasket
2017 Turkey

Professional career

In November 2011 he joined OKK Spars, and previously played for Zlatorog Laško and Postojna.

On February 25, 2013, he signed a four-year contact 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 contact 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]

Slovenian national team

Nikolić played for Slovenia U-16, U-18 and U-20 national team.[7]

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

Nikolic is of Serb origin.[8][9] Aleksej in the son of David (originally from Leskovac)[10] 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
  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". archive.fiba.com. FIBA. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  8. "SRBI KOVAČI TUĐE MEDALJE Lako je Slovencima kad su im glavni ljudi iz zemlje košarke". Blic.
  9. "Po NBA standardima". Danas.
  10. Словенац Алексеј Николић нови кошаркаш Партизана, парафирао трогодишњи уговор
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