Rašid Mahalbašić

Rašid Mahalbašić (born 7 November 1990) is a Slovenian-born Austrian professional basketball player for EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he can play at power forward and center positions.

Rašid Mahalbašić
Mahalbašić playing for the Austrian national team
No. 24 – EWE Baskets Oldenburg
PositionPower forward / Center
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
Champions League
Personal information
Born (1990-11-07) 7 November 1990
Jesenice, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityAustrian / Slovenian
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2012 / Undrafted
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2010Wörthersee Piraten
2010–2011Fenerbahçe Ülker
2010–2011→Tofaş
2011→Split
2012Zlatorog Laško
2012–2013Asseco Prokom
2013–2014ČEZ Nymburk
2014–2015Astana
2015–2016Nizhny Novgorod
2016Yeşilgiresun Belediye
2016–2017Real Betis Energía Plus
2017–presentEWE Baskets Oldenburg
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

Mahalbašić played with Kelag Wörthersee Piraten of the Austrian Bundesliga.[1] In February 2010, he was on try-out at Montepaschi Siena from Italian Serie A.[2]

In September 2010, Mahalbašić signed a six-year deal with Fenerbahçe Ülker of the Turkish Basketball League.[3]

Mahalbašić was loaned to Tofaş S.K. between December 2010 to February 2011 where he played 10 games. He played with 14 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 blok performance against Fenerbahçe Ülker.[4]

He came back to Fenerbahçe Ülker after Mirsad Türkcan's shock injury, then he was loaned again, to KK Split of Croatia for the rest of the 2010–11 season.[5]

In January 2012, Mahalbašić parted ways with Fenerbahçe, and signed with Zlatorog Laško of Slovenia for the rest of the 2011–12 season.[6][7]

On September 21, 2012, he signed with Asseco Prokom Gdynia of the Polish Basketball League for the 2012–13 season.[8][9]

On July 20, 2013, Mahalbašić signed a two-year deal with ČEZ Basketball Nymburk of the Czech Republic National Basketball League.[10]

For the 2014–15 season he signed with Astana, a team from the VTB United League and Kazakh League.[11]

On June 1, 2015, Mahalbašić signed a two-year contract with the Russian team Nizhny Novgorod.[12] After one season he left Nizhny and on September 26, 2016, signed with Turkish club Yeşilgiresun Belediye.[13] On December 5, 2016, he left Yeşilgiresun and signed with Spanish club Real Betis Energía Plus for the rest of the season.[14]

On July 3, 2017, Mahalbašić signed with German club EWE Baskets Oldenburg.[15]

Austria national team

Mahalbašić averaged 15.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game, shooting 76% from the field goal and 53.3% on free throws, in 3 games with the Austrian national team in the qualifications for the Eurobasket 2009 Division B.[16] when he won the tournament MVP.[17]

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

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Asseco Prokom 10421.5.582.000.5916.81.3.5.49.111.1
Career 10421.5.582.000.5916.81.3.5.49.111.1

References
  1. Player Profile on Austrian Bundesliga
  2. "Mahalbasic: 5 days in Siena". Eurohopes.com. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. "Rasid Mahalbasic joins Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul". Eurobasket.com. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. "Rasid Mahalbasić 2010-11". TBLstat.net. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  5. "Mahalbasic Rasid sent on loan to KK Split". Sportando.net. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  6. "Rashid Mahalbasic inks with Zlatorog Lasko". Sportando.net. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  7. "Mahalbasic confirms move to Zlatorog". Talkbasket.net. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  8. "Asseco Prokom Gdynia signs Rasid Mahalbasic". Sportando. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  9. "ASSECO PROKOM adds Mahalbasic at center". Euroleague. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  10. "CEZ Nymburk adds size with Mahalbasic". Eurocupbasketball.com. July 20, 2013. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  11. "BC Astana signs Rasid Mahalbasic". Sportando.com. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  12. "RASID MAHALBASIC JOINS NN". nn-basket.ru. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  13. Yesilgiresun tabs Rasid Mahalbasic
  14. "Acuerdo hasta junio con el pívot Rasid Mahalbasic". realbetisbaloncesto.com (in Spanish). December 5, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  15. "Rasid Mahalbasic signs with EWE Baskets Oldenburg". Sportando.com. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  16. Mahalbasic joins Fenerbahce Ulker
  17. Estonia shock against Mahalbasic
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