Marko Milič Explained

Marko Milič
Height M:1.99
Weight Kg:112
League:NBA
Team:Dallas Mavericks
Position:Assistant coach
Birth Date:7 May 1977
Birth Place:Kranj, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Slovenian
Draft Year:1997
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:33
Draft Team:Philadelphia 76ers
Career Start:1991
Career End:2015
Career Position:Power forward
Career Number:12, 20
Years1:1991–1994
Team1:Triglav Kranj
Years2:1994–1997
Team2:Union Olimpija
Years3:
Team3:Phoenix Suns
Years4:1998
Team4:Fenerbahçe
Team5:Phoenix Suns
Years6:1999–2000
Team6:Union Olimpija
Years7:2000–2001
Team7:Real Madrid
Years8:2001–2002
Team8:Fortitudo Bologna
Years9:2002–2003
Team9:Roseto
Years10:2003–2005
Team10:Pesaro
Years11:2005–2006
Team11:Virtus Bologna
Years12:2006–2007
Team12:Union Olimpija
Years13:2007
Team13:Real Madrid
Years14:2007–2009
Team14:Union Olimpija
Years15:2009
Team15:Entente Orléanaise
Years16:2010–2012
Team16:Vanoli Cremona
Years17:2012–2013
Team17:Mahram Tehran
Years18:2013–2015
Team18:Al Kuwait
Cyears1:2022–present
Cteam1:Dallas Mavericks (assistant)
Highlights:
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Marko Milič (born May 7, 1977) is a Slovenian basketball coach and former player currently working as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He represented the senior Slovenian national basketball team.

Playing career

Professional career

After being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1997 NBA draft (34th pick overall), Milič's rights were traded to the Phoenix Suns. After seeing limited NBA duty (44 career games) during his two seasons with the Suns,[1] he returned to Europe and played for Union Olimpija (where he started playing senior basketball), Real Madrid (two stints), Fortitudo Bologna (Italian League runner-up), Pesaro (2004 Italian Cup finalist) and Virtus Bologna. He also represented Fenerbahçe in the first part of the 1998–99 season, due to the NBA season's lockout, returning to Phoenix in January 1999.

Milič won four Slovenian Leagues and four Slovenian Cups with Union Olimpija and led the team to its only EuroLeague Final Four appearance so far, in 1997. With Real Madrid he had his biggest success as a player with the ULEB Cup title of 2007 paired with a Spanish League title that same year. He also won the Kuwait League in 2014.

On October 14, 2015, he announced his retirement from playing professional basketball.[2] On October 29, 2015, Union Olimpija retired Marko Milič's #12 jersey.[3]

National team career

With the junior national teams of Slovenia, Milič played at the 1994 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship and the 1996 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship.

Milič played for the senior national basketball team of Slovenia, from 1995 until 2006. He played at the EuroBasket 1995, EuroBasket 1997, EuroBasket 1999, EuroBasket 2001, EuroBasket 2003, EuroBasket 2005 and 2006 FIBA World Championship.[4]

Coaching career

In 2022, Milič was hired as an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks under head coach Jason Kidd who was his teammate in the Phoenix Suns.[5]

Personal life

Milič's father, Vladimir Milić, a Serb from Croatia based in Belgrade, was a shotputting champion in former Yugoslavia. His mother, Metka Papler, was also a successful sportswoman in Yugoslavia.[6] His daughter is a tennis player Ela Nala Milić.

Club career statistics

EuroLeague

|-| style="text-align:left;"|2000–01| style="text-align:left;"|Real Madrid| 15 || 8 || 22.5 || .519 || .300 || .556 || 4.6 || 1.9 || 1.8 || .0 || 9.3 || 10.9|-| style="text-align:left;"|2001–02| style="text-align:left;"|Skipper Bologna| 18 || 15 || 21.1 || .496 || .267 || .659 || 3.6 || 1.4 || 1.8 || .1 || 9.3 || 8.7|-| style="text-align:left;"|2004–05| style="text-align:left;"|Scavolini Pesaro| 22 || 19 || 26.1 || .489 || .250 || .617 || 4.6 || 2.2 || 1.6 || .0 || 10.4 || 11.2|-| style="text-align:left;"|2006–07| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"|Union Olimpija| 11 || 11 || 26.5 || .611 || .200 || .550 || 6.9 || 2.5 || 1.0 || .1 || 15.1 || 16.3|-| style="text-align:left;"|2007–08| 14 || 14 || 30.3 || .517 || .125 || .744 || 6.4 || 1.5 || 1.2 || .1 || 15.6 || 15.8|-| style="text-align:left;"|2008–09| 6 || 4 || 21.3 || .378 || .0 || .714 || 3.7 || 1.3 || 1.2 || .0 || 9.0 || 9.3|-| style="text-align:left;"|2009–10| style="text-align:left;"|Entente Orléanaise| 3 || 1 || 9.1 || 1.0 || .0 || .667 || 2.0 || .0 || .3 || .0 || 2.7 || 5.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 89 || 72 || 25.5 || .513 || .239 || .628 || 4.8 || 1.8 || 1.5 || .0 || 11.0 || 11.7

NBA

Regular season

|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix| 33 || 0 || 4.9 || .609 || .500 || .647 || .8 || .4 || .3 || .0 || 2.8|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix| 11 || 0 || 4.8 || .400 || .000 || || .5 || .2 || .3 || .1 || 1.5|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 44 || 0 || 4.9 || .560 || .429 || .647 || .7 || .3 || .3 || .0 || 2.5

Playoffs

|-| style="text-align:left;"|1998| style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix| 2 || 0 || 2.0 || .667 || || || .5 || .0 || .5 || .0 || 2.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 2 || 0 || 2.0 || .667 || || || .5 || .0 || .5 || .0 || 2.0

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20050409164753/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/marko_milic/index.html Marko Milic
  2. News: Perko. Drago. KZS "upokojil" Milića, ga bo zdaj še zaposlil?. 14 October 2015. kosarka.si. 14 October 2015. sl.
  3. News: Union Olimpija Ljubljana retires Marko Milic's jersey. https://web.archive.org/web/20171113060240/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/6ftyy53davptcqvl. dead. November 13, 2017. 12 November 2017. Eurocupbasketball.com. 29 October 2015.
  4. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Marko%20MILIC/pid/16285/_//players.html Marko MILIC (SLO) participated in 14 FIBA / FIBA Zones events
  5. News: Callie Caplan . Assistant Marko Milic brings stories of Luka Doncic's childhood, coaching freedom to Mavs . 18 February 2023 . . 8 September 2022.
  6. News: Marko Milić: Jednom legenda, uvek legenda. 12 November 2017. kosmagazin.com. 20 October 2015. sr.