| Boriša Simanić | |
| Position: | Power forward |
| Height M: | 2.11 |
| Weight Kg: | 99 |
| Nationality: | Serbian |
| Birth Date: | 20 March 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Ljubovija, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
| Draft Year: | 2020 |
| Career Start: | 2014 |
| Career End: | 2023 |
| Years1: | 2014–2021 |
| Team1: | Crvena zvezda |
| Years2: | 2014–2015, 2017–2018 |
| Team2: | →FMP |
| Years3: | 2021–2022 |
| Team3: | Mega Basket |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Team4: | Zaragoza |
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Boriša Simanić (Serbian: Бориша Симанић, born 20 March 1998) is a Serbian professional basketball player. He has also represented the Serbian national team in international competitions.
Boriša moved to the Crvena zvezda's youth system in December 2013 from Budućnost Bijeljina,[1] making his senior team debut at Crvena zvezda during the 2015–16 season. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 2016 Euroleague Next Generation Tournament Finals in 2016.[2]
Simanić made his first EuroLeague appearance on 22 October 2015 in a 71–98 loss to Real Madrid, tallying ten points and four rebounds in 28 minutes of action.[3] He was a member of the World Select Team that played in the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon on 7 April 2017. Coming off the bench, Simanić recorded two points, two rebounds and two blocked shots in 10:17 minutes of play.[4]
In August 2017, Simanić was once again loaned to FMP.[5] On 26 June 2019, Simanić signed a two-year extension for Crvena zvezda.[6] In March 2021, the Zvezda parted ways with him.[7]
In April 2021, Simanić signed for Mega Basket.[8]
In July 2022, Simanić played for the Utah Jazz during the 2022 NBA Summer League.[9] [10]
On 20 July 2022, Simanić signed with Spanish club Casademont Zaragoza.[11] [12]
On 19 September 2023, he announced his retirement of playing basketball.
Simanić competed for the Serbian junior national teams at the 2013 under-16 European Championships,[13] winning a silver medal at the event. One year later, he averaged 10.2 points, 4.3 boards and 1.3 blocked shots a contest throughout the tournament in Latvia.[14]
In 2015, Simanić represented the Serbian under-18 squad at the European Championships[15] and the under-19 team at the World Championships.[16]
On 30 August 2023, while playing against South Sudan in 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Simanić was struck in the kidney by Nuni Omot while defending the basket. This blow resulted in a major injury which required his kidney to be removed.[17]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16| style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda| 7 || 0 || 7.5 || .500 || .286 || 1.000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 2.0 || 2.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17| style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda| 3 || 2 || 5.6 || .200 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || .3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.7 || 1.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda| 20 || 18 || 12:40 || .625 || .516 || .500 || 1.2 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 4.0 || 3.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda| 3 || 0 || 4:20 || .000 || .500 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 10 || 2 || 7.0 || .400 || .222 || 1.000 || 1.0 || .1 || .1 || .2 || 1.6 || 1.3