Vladimir Lučić
Vladimir Lučić (Serbian: Владимир Лучић, born June 17, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Serbian national basketball team. Standing at 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in), he primarily plays at the small forward position, but he can also play at the power forward position.
Lučić with Bayern Munich in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 – FC Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / Power forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| League | Basketball Bundesliga EuroLeague | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 17, 1989 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2011 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2006–present | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006–2008 | Superfund | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Partizan | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Valencia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Bayern Munich | |||||||||||||||||||
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Professional career
Superfund
Lučić started playing basketball at senior level with the Serbian team Superfund in 2006, where he stayed until 2008.
Partizan
After two years at Superfund, Lučić was signed by Partizan before the start of the 2008–09 season. In his initial two years at Partizan, Lučić played very little under head coach Duško Vujošević. In 2010–11, under new head coach Vlada Jovanović, Lučić received more playing time, alternating between small forward and power forward throughout the season. He improved his statistics, nearly doubling them in the Euroleague, averaging 5.8 points and 2.4 rebounds. Before the start of 2012–13 season, he became the next team captain, shortly after longtime captain Petar Božić left the team over the summer.[1] He led his team over 2012–13 Euroleague season with 13.7 points and 4.8 rebounds over 10 games, but eventually Partizan didn't proceed to the next round of the competition.[2] With Partizan, he won five consecutive Serbian League championships, four straight ABA Leagues and Serbian Cups.
Valencia Basket
On June 24, 2013, Lučić signed a two-year contract with an option for a third year with Spanish club Valencia Basket.[3][4] In his first season abroad, he had trouble with his back and left foot all over the season. He eventually had a foot surgery in January which sidelined him off the court until March.[5][6] In his first EuroCup season, he averaged just 3.8 points and 2.3 rebounds over 8 games. Valencia eventually won the Eurocup, beating UNICS Kazan in the final.[7][8]
On June 17, 2015, Valencia Basket extended the contract with him for one more season.[9]
Bayern Munich
On July 26, 2016, Lučić signed a two-year contract with German club Bayern Munich.[10] On June 9, 2017, Lučić signed a two-year contract extension with Bayern.[11] He extended his contract until 2025 on February 8, 2022.[12]
Serbian national team
Lučić won a gold medal with the Serbian university team at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen. He made his debut with the senior Serbian national basketball team in the FIBA EuroBasket 2013 qualification. However, in a first game (against Iceland) he got injured and latter missed the rest of the qualification.[13]
Lučić also represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017 where they won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.[14] Over 9 tournament games, he averaged 8.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.
At the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the national team of Serbia was dubbed as favorite to win the trophy,[15] but was eventually upset in the quarterfinals by Argentina.[16] With wins over the United States and Czech Republic, it finished in fifth place.[17][18] Lučić averaged 7.1 points and 3 rebounds over 8 games.
Personal life
His older brother Uroš Lučić is also a professional basketball player.
Career statistics
| 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 |
Euroleague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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| 2009–10 | Partizan | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | -1.0 |
| 2010–11 | 15 | 0 | 10.6 | .522 | .333 | .667 | 1.9 | .6 | .2 | .3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | |
| 2011–12 | 10 | 9 | 21.7 | .365 | .269 | .867 | 2.4 | 1.0 | .1 | .1 | 5.8 | 3.0 | |
| 2012–13 | 10 | 9 | 33.2 | .412 | .323 | .796 | 4.8 | .8 | 1.6 | .2 | 13.7 | 14.9 | |
| 2014–15 | Valencia | 8 | 6 | 25.7 | .476 | .421 | .762 | 3.3 | .9 | .9 | .4 | 8.0 | 8.8 |
| 2018–19 | Bayern | 29 | 29 | 26.2 | .523 | .351 | .826 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | .2 | 10.0 | 12.1 |
| 2019–20 | 26 | 25 | 27.8 | .547 | .426 | .847 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .2 | 11.3 | 14.5 | |
| 2020–21 | 31 | 31 | 31.0 | .504 | .441 | .864 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | .1 | 13.6 | 17.8 | |
| 2021–22 | 32 | 32 | 30.1 | .427 | .333 | .881 | 4.2 | 1.5 | .7 | .2 | 12.1 | 14.2 | |
| Career | 162 | 141 | 26.4 | .481 | .376 | .844 | 3.8 | 1.2 | .9 | .2 | 10.4 | 12.5 | |
References
- ^ "Lučić: Velika je čast biti kapiten Partizana". blic.rs. Tanjug. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Lucic Vladimir 2012-13 season". euroleague.net. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ . Eurocup Basketball. Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Valencia signs Vladimir Lucic to a 2+1 deal". Sportando. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Valencia's Lucic to have foot surgery". eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Vladimir Lučić do marta van terena!". vesti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "Dominant Doellman leads Valencia to third Eurocup crown". eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ . eurohoops.net. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ . valenciabasket.com (in Spanish). 17 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "Bayern Munich signs Vladimir Lucic to a two-year contract". Sportando.com. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "Vladimir Lucic signs a two-year contract extension with Bayern Munich". Sportando.com. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Vladimir Lucic extends contract with Bayern". Eurobasket. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "SRBIJA - CRNA GORA (20:30): Bez Lučića u derbiju". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 18 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Slovenia overcome injuries to claim historic title in Dragic's swansong". FIBA.basketball. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ Curkovic, Igor (28 August 2019). "FIBA Basketball World Cup Power Rankings, Volume 3". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Argentina upsets Olympic silver medalist Serbia in FIBA World Cup quarterfinals". nbcsports.com. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Serbia defeats USA in FIBA World Cup consolation round play". nba.com. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ T., P. (14 September 2019). "Bogdanović ponovo briljirao – Srbiji peto mesto u Kini" (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 September 2019.
External links
- Vladimir Lučić at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Vladimir Lučić at easycredit-bbl.de (in German)
- Vladimir Lučić at euroleague.net
- Vladimir Lučić at fiba.com
- Vladimir Lučić on Instagram