Branko Lazić Explained

Branko Lazić
Position:Small forward / shooting guard
Weight Kg:100
League:KLS
ABA League
EuroLeague
Team:Crvena zvezda
Number:10
Nationality:Serbian
Birth Date:12 January 1989
Birth Place:Loznica, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Draft Year:2011
Career Start:2007
Years1:2007–2011
Team1:FMP
Years2:2011–present
Team2:Crvena zvezda
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Branko Lazić (Serbian: Бранко Лазић, pronounced as /sh/; born 12 January 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player and the team captain for Crvena zvezda of the Serbian KLS, the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He has also represented the senior Serbian national basketball team internationally. He has won a record seven ABA League titles.

Professional career

FMP

Lazić started his professional career in 2007 with a Belgrade-based team FMP. He played four seasons there, until 2011.

Crvena zvezda

In 2011, Lazić signed a one-year contract with Crvena zvezda. On August 10, 2012, he signed a three-year extension with Crvena zvezda.[1] On June 25, 2015, he signed a new two-year extension with Crvena zvezda.[2]

On February 7, 2017, Lazić became third player with most appearances of all time for Crvena zvezda passing Vuk Radivojević and Dragiša Vučinić.[3] On July 13, Lazić signed a new two-year contract with the club and became the team captain after departure of former team captain Luka Mitrović.[4] On February 12, 2018, Lazić played in his 430th game, passed Slobodan Nikolić, and became the player with most appearances in the Crvena zvezda history.[5] On March 3, 2019, in a 70–68 win over Partizan, Lazić played in his 500th game for the Zvezda.[6] On June 24, 2019, Lazić signed a three-year extension with Crvena zvezda.[7]

On January 18, 2021, Lazić made his 600th appearance for Crvena zvezda in a 79–77 win over Real Madrid.[8] On December 19, 2021, Lazić passed Tadija Dragićević to become the Zvezda's ABA League all-time scoring leader.[9] [10]

Lazić was elected on 5-year term as a member of the Assembly of Crvena zvezda on 27 December 2021.[11] [12] In June 2022, he won his 20th major title with the Zvezda.[13] On 13 July 2022, Lazić signed a two-year contract extension with the club.[14]

National team career

In August 2017, head coach of the Serbia men's national basketball team Aleksandar Đorđević named Lazić as one of 12 players who represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017.[15] They won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.[16]

Career achievements

Career statistics

EuroLeague

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="10"| Crvena zvezda| 10 || 8 || 14.3 || .474 || .429 || .833 || 1.3 || .7 || .1 || || 2.6 || 1.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| 19 || 13 || 17.7 || .394 || .345 || .750 || 1.5 || .7 || .6 || .1 || 3.9 || 2.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16| 26 || 11 || 19.5 || .430 || .410 || .875 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .9 || || 4.3 || 2.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17| 30 || 6 || 23.6 || .467 || .368 || .571 || 2.2 || .3 || 1.4 || .1 || 4.4 || 4.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18| 30 || 21 || 20.4 || .324 || .259 || .944 || 2.0 || .9 || .8 || .1 || 3.3 || 2.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| 25 || 25 || 16.2 || .406 || .292 || .667 || 1.3 || .6 || .6 || .0 || 3.9 || 1.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| 33 || 23 || 16.3 || .369 || .354 || .909 || 1.3 || .7 || .6 || || 2.7 || 1.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| 25 || 2 || 16.2 || .373 || .340 || .864 || 1.0 || .4 || .3 || .1 || 3.7 || 2.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| 25 || 16 || 18.4 || .471 || .500 || .600 || 1.2 || .6 || .6 || .0 || 2.7 || 1.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| 22 || 16 || 13.8 || .322 || .289 || .917 || 1.5 || .4 || .4 || .0 || 2.7 || 1.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 245 || 141 || 18.0 || .397 || .345 || .806 || 1.5 || .6 || .7 || .1 || 3.5 || 2.3

EuroCup

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| FMP| 7 || 1 || 12.6 || .500 || .500 || .500 || 1.4 || .4 || .6 || || 2.6 || 0.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09| 3 || 1 || 8.3 || .000 || || || .3 || || || || 0.0 || -2.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Crvena zvezda| 12 || 1 || 13.4 || .538 || .400 || .778 || 1.1 || .3 || .3 || || 3.8 || 2.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14| 11 || 8 || 17.0 || .452 || .421 || .800 || 1.5 || .6 || .7 || .2 || 4.0 || 2.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| 12 || 12 || 16.7 || .429 || .350 || .500 || 1.8 || .8 || .4 || .1 || 3.2 || 1.8|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 45 || 23|| 14.7 || .462 || .400 || .722 || 1.4 || .5 || .5 || .1 || 3.2 || 1.7

Domestic leagues

YearTeamLeague
14 18.4 .514 .467 .769 1.8 1.0 1.4 .1 3.9
23 12.3 .543 .462 .692 1.0 .4 .9 2.3
6 27.2 .400 .200 .692 2.5 .7 1.0 5.3
24 18.8 .464 .444 .692 1.6 .5 .8 .2 3.5
14 20.6 .455 .286 .750 2.6 .6 .9 .1 4.4
24 18.5 .482 .341 .781 1.8 1.0 .4 .1 5.0
16 18.0 .506 .333 .850 3.6 .5 1.1 .1 6.5
7 20.7 .500 .300 .750 2.7 .9 .6 8.6
21 13.5 .310 .326 .875 1.7 .3 .6 3.6
24 15.7 .400 .333 .688 1.1 .5 .7 .1 3.6
21 17.5 .391 .333 .762 1.9 .8 .4 .1 3.9
25 12.6 .469 .441 .800 1.5 .4 .8 3.6
16 19.1 .457 .408 .833 2.0 1.1 .6 .1 6.5
26 16.3 .379 .300 .680 1.7 .6 .5 .0 3.6
18 20.1 .426 .347 .759 2.3 .8 1.3 .1 6.9
28 16.8 .451 .408 .750 1.8 .6 .5 .0 4.2
12 19.9 .396 .357 .714 2.2 1.1 1.6 4.7
30 22.6 .450 .410 .806 1.7 1.3 1.3 .0 6.4
13 22.5 .464 .415 .833 2.4 1.4 1.0 .1 8.1
32 21.9 .410 .363 .863 2.3 1.2 1.3 .2 5.7
17 19.9 .430 .345 .778 3.3 1.5 .7 5.9
26 19.1 .395 .354 .778 2.1 .9 .8 .1 3.8
15 18.0 .464 .370 .867 .9 .9 .9 .1 6.3
25 14.7 .414 .378 .786 1.4 .4 .6 .0 3.9
17 19.5 .550 .439 .905 1.5 .6 1.1 6.1
7 19.2 .556 .500 1.000 1.6 1.0 .6 5.9
27 19.2 .489 .507 .833 2.0 .5 1.0 .0 5.1
5 20.8 .464 .316 .750 1.4 .6 7.0
23 17.7 .410 .380 .769 1.9 .6 .7 5.8
2 12.8 .250 .250 1.0 .5 1.0 1.5
29 16.1 .376 .382 .818 1.3 .8 .8 .1 3.9
3 15.4 .000 .000 .500 2.0 1.3
24 15.6 .387 .371 .857 1.4 .5 .7 5.5

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Notes and References

  1. News: Red Star extends with five players. 25 June 2015. sportando.com. 10 August 2012.
  2. News: Branko Lazić veran Zvezdi. 25 June 2015. b92.net. 25 June 2015. sr.
  3. News: Zvezda: Lazić treći u istoriji, Simonović na 250. 21 February 2017. B92.net. 8 February 2017. sr.
  4. News: Branku Laziću novi ugovor i kapitenska traka. 14 July 2017. b92.net. sr.
  5. Web site: Kapiten – Lazić upisao rekordni 430. nastup za Zvezdu . b92.net . 3 March 2019. sr.
  6. Web site: ZVEZDI TRILER U "PIONIRU" Crveno-beli se u LUDOJ utakmici revanširali Partizanu za poraz u Kupu . sport.blic.rs . 4 March 2019. sr.
  7. Web site: Laziću novi trogodišnji ugovor sa Crvenom zvezdom . b92.net . 24 June 2019.
  8. Web site: Realov skalp kao poklon za Lazićev 600. meč . mozzartsport.com . 19 January 2021.
  9. Web site: Zvezdina šuterska rapsodija i plus 47 protiv Borca: Vajt zaigrao i oduševio, Lazić postao rekorder . mozzartsport.com . 20 December 2021.
  10. Web site: Branko Lazić najbolji strelac u istoriji Crvene zvezde . b92.net . 20 December 2021.
  11. Web site: Čović još pet godina na čelu Zvezde, najveći saziv Skupštine u istoriji kluba . mozzartsport.com . 28 December 2021.
  12. Web site: Čoviću novi mandat, u Skupštini Vučević, Miličić, sportisti, glumci... . b92.net . 28 December 2021.
  13. Web site: Jubilej Branka Lazića - 20. trofej u dresu Zvezde . mozzartsport.com . 20 June 2022.
  14. Web site: Zvezda čuva kapitena, dogovoren nastavak saradnje . mozzartsport.com . 13 July 2022.
  15. News: Šolak. Mladen. Nedović i Kalinić ne idu na Eurobasket. 13 September 2017. Mondo Portal. sr-Latn.
  16. News: Slovenia overcome injuries to claim historic title in Dragic's swansong. 17 September 2017. FIBA.basketball. 17 September 2017. en.

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