Aleksej Nikolić

Aleksej Nikolić
Nikolić playing with Bamberg in 2018
No. 5 – Cedevita Olimpija
PositionPoint guard
LeagueSlovenian Basketball League
ABA League
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1995-02-21) February 21, 1995 (age 29)
Postojna, Slovenia
NationalitySlovenian
Listed height191 cm (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
2018–2021Partizan NIS
2019–2020→Universo Treviso Basket
2021BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
2021–2022San Pablo Burgos
2022Dinamo Sassari
2022–2023Germani Brescia
2023Gran Canaria
2023–2024Élan Chalon
2024–presentCedevita Olimpija
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Slovenia
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2017 Turkey {{{2}}}

Aleksej Nikolić (born February 21, 1995) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League and ABA League. He is a 1.91 m tall point guard.

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 contract 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 contract 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]

On July 27, 2021, he has signed with San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish Liga ACB.[7]

On October 14, 2022, he signed with Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[8]

On December 8, 2022, he signed with Germani Brescia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[9]

On May 11, 2022, he signed with CB Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB until the end of the season.[10]

In July 2023, he signed a one-year contract with Élan Chalon of the French LNB Élite.[11]

On June 12, 2024 he signed a two-year contract with KK Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League and ABA League.[12]

Slovenian national team

Nikolić played for Slovenia U-16, U-18 and U-20 national team.[13]

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

Nikolić is of Serb origin.[14][15] Aleksej is the son of David (originally from Leskovac)[16] 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 se suma a la dirección de juego burgalesa". sanpabloburgos.com. July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  8. ^ "Anche Dowe ha fatto crackla Dinamo ingaggia Nikolic" (PDF). dinamobasket.com (in Italian). October 14, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  9. ^ Borghesan, Ennio Terrasi (December 8, 2022). "Brescia officially signs Aleksej Nikolic". Sportando. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  10. ^ P, M. (May 10, 2023). "Nikolić se je v Španiji pridružil Lakoviču". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  11. ^ H, M. (July 9, 2023). "Aleksej Nikolič še pred svetovnim prvenstvom našel novo domovanje". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  12. ^ "Slovenski reprezentant Aleksej Nikolić v Zmajevi družini!". KK Cedevita Olimpija, Ljubljana (in Slovenian). June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  13. ^ "Aleksej Nikolić". archive.fiba.com. FIBA. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  14. ^ "SRBI KOVAČI TUĐE MEDALJE Lako je Slovencima kad su im glavni ljudi iz zemlje košarke". Blic.
  15. ^ "Po NBA standardima". Danas. September 19, 2017.
  16. ^ Словенац Алексеј Николић нови кошаркаш Партизана, парафирао трогодишњи уговор