Nikolina Milić
Nikolina Milić (Serbian Cyrillic: Николина Милић; born April 12, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball center for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Fenerbahçe of the Women's Basketball Super League, EuroLeague Women.
Milić with the Minnesota Lynx in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 31 – Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | April 12, 1994 Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.91[1] m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 82.10 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2008–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Neimarstvo Trebinje | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Borac ML-IEFK Banja Luka | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Radnički Kragujevac | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Gesam Gas Lucca | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | C.U.S. Cagliari | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Royal Castors Braine | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Pallacanestro Femminile Broni | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Lointek Gernika Bizkaia | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Perfumerias Avenida | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | KSC Szekszárd | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | KSC Szekszárd | ||||||||||||||
| 2022-2023 | Flammes Carolo | ||||||||||||||
| 2023-present | Fenerbahçe Safiport | ||||||||||||||
Medals
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She represented Serbian national basketball team at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 in Serbia and Latvia, where they won the bronze medal.[2]
WNBA edit
Minnesota Lynx edit
Milić signed with the Minnesota Lynx on May 6, 2022, to a hardship contract. [3] Milić played in 17 games for the Lynx including 3 starts. She scored a career-high in points against the Indiana Fever with 23 points, including 13 in the third quarter alone, on 11 for 19 shooting, along with six rebounds, and three assists.[4] Head Coach Cheryl Reeve stated that she had been looking at Milić to come over after coaching against her during Olympic play and that she really started to figure things out as she got more time on the court during her rookie season.[5] On June 23, 2022, Milić was released from her hardship contract as Sylvia Fowles was cleared to comeback to play.[6] Milić signed a 7-Day Contract to return to the Lynx on June 26, 2022.[7] On August 10, 2022, Milić was released from her Hardship Contract when Aerial Powers became healthy again.[8]
WNBA career statistics edit
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Regular season edit
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Minnesota | 31 | 4 | 11.7 | .548 | .273 | .738 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 6.0 |
| 2023 | Minnesota | 39 | 3 | 12.7 | .464 | .364 | .804 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| Career | 2 years, 1 team | 70 | 7 | 12.3 | .498 | .318 | .776 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 5.9 |
Playoffs edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Profile Nikolina Milić". basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Dominantna predstava u Areni – Srbija osvojila bronzu na Evrobasketu!". б92 (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Lynx Sign Yvonne Turner and Nikolina Milić". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ Borman, Jack. "Fever 84, Lynx 80: Statement Sunday". canishoopus.com. SB Nation. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ Seehafer, Lucas. "Nikolina Milić, a silver lining of Minnesota's 2022 season". thenexthoops.com. The Next Hoops. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ "Sylvia Fowles Cleared To Return". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ "Lynx Sign Forward Nikolina Milić". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ "Lynx Guard Aerial Powers Cleared To Play". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
External links edit
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Profile at fiba.basketball