Nik Slavica (born 7 February 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Adria Oil Škrljevo of the Croatian League. He can play at either the small forward or power forward positions, with small forward being his main position.
| No. 15 – Adria Oil Škrljevo | |
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| Position | Small forward / power forward |
| League | Croatian League |
| Personal information | |
| 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 | |
| NBA draft | 2019: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2017 | Cibona |
| 2013–2014 | → Zrinjevac |
| 2017–2018 | Cedevita |
| 2018 | Cibona |
| 2019 | Šibenka |
| 2020 | Adria Oil Škrljevo |
| 2021–present | Adria Oil Škrljevo |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals | |
Early career edit
He was born in Šibenik to a 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 KK Zrinjevac.
Professional career edit
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] Cibona parted ways with him on 28 December 2018.[7]
On 4 January 2019, he signed with home town club GKK Šibenka, but after the end of the season, the club parted ways with him.[8]
In January, 2020, Slavica signed with Adria Oil Škrljevo of the Croatian League.[9] His stay at Škrljevo ended with the Croatian League being halted due to the covid-crisis. A year and eight months later, in November, 2021, he was re-signed with Škrljevo.[10]
International career edit
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.[11]
References edit
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 2019-03-19. 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.
- ^ "Cibona sign contract with Fran Pilepić and part ways with Nik Slavica". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Nik Slavica pojačava GKK Šibenik, tijekom subote stižu još dvojica igrača". m.sibenik.in. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Nik Slavica se vratio u HT Premijer ligu". basketball.hr (in Croatian). 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Taylor Adway privremeno napustio Škrljevo, vraća se Nik Slavica". basketball.hr (in Croatian). 21 November 2021.
- ^ "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.
External links edit
- 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