Miha Lapornik Explained

Miha Lapornik
Position:Shooting guard
League:LEB Oro
Height M:1.92
Birth Date:1993 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Celje, Slovenia
Nationality:Slovenian
Team:San Pablo Burgos
Number:31
Draft Year:2015
Career Start:2010
Years1:2010–2015
Team1:Zlatorog Laško
Years2:2015–2016
Years3:2016–2017
Team3:Bilbao Basket
Years4:2017
Team4:Zlatorog Laško
Years5:2018
Team5:U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Years6:2018–2019
Team6:Olimpija
Years7:2019–2020
Team7:Pieno žvaigždės
Years8:2020–2021
Team8:Heroes Den Bosch
Years9:2021
Team9:DEAC
Years10:2022
Team10:Zlatorog Laško
Years11:2022
Team11:Krka
Years12:2022–2023
Team12:Patrioti Levice
Years13:2023–present
Team13:San Pablo Burgos
Highlights:

Miha Lapornik (born 18 October 1993) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who plays for San Pablo Burgos of the LEB Oro. He is a tall shooting guard.

Professional career

Lapornik started playing professional basketball for Zlatorog Laško.

On 27 July 2015, Lapornik signed a three-year contract with Union Olimpija.[1]

In July 2016, he parted ways with Union Olimpija and signed a one-year contract with an option to extend it for one more year with Spanish team Bilbao Basket .[2]

In October 2017, he signed an open contract with Zlatorog Laško.[3]

In January 2018, Lapornik signed with U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca out of Romania.[4]

On 26 June 2018, he signed a contract with Petrol Olimpija.[5]

He spent the 2019–20 season with Pieno žvaigždės in Lithuania, averaging 13.3 points per game.

On 25 July 2020, Lapornik signed with Heroes Den Bosch until 2022.[6] He was named to the All-DBL Team for the 2021–22 season.[7]

On 5 July 2021, Heroes announced Lapornik had signed with DEAC in Hungary. He was offered a better contract, allowing him to leave early out of his contract.[8]

After a brief spell with Zlatorog in January 2022, where he stayed for only nine days and played one match, Lapornik joined the ABA League team Krka on 14 January 2022.[9]

In summer 2022, he signed with Patrioti Levice of the Slovak Basketball League.

International career

Lapornik made his debut for the Slovenian national team on 31 August 2016, in the EuroBasket 2017 qualification game against Kosovo.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/vtb-league/169860/bc-union-olimpija-ljubljana-signs-miha-lapornik.html BC Union Olimpija Ljubljana signs Miha Lapornik.
  2. http://aba-liga.com/news/tabid/86/id/36699/miha-lapornik-parted-ways-with-olimpija-and-joined-bilbao.aspx Miha Lapornik parted ways with Olimpija and joined Bilbao.
  3. https://www.sportando.com/en/europe/slovenia/249726/miha-lapornik-signs-an-open-contract-with-zlatorog-lasko.html signs an open contract with Zlatorog Lasko.
  4. Web site: U-Banca Transilvania lands Miha Lapornik. Sportando.com. January 2, 2018.
  5. https://sportando.basketball/en/europe/slovenia/278842/petrol-olimpija-inks-miha-lapornik.html Petrol Olimpija inks Miha Lapornik.
  6. News: Miha Lapornik signs with Heroes Den Bosch . Sportando . July 25, 2020 . July 25, 2020. Lupo . Nicola .
  7. News: Historische mega-prijzenoogst voor Nzekwesi . 28 April 2021 . Basketball League . nl.
  8. News: Miha Lapornik verlaat Heroes Den Bosch - Heroes Den Bosch - Basketball . 6 July 2021 . Heroes Den Bosch . en.
  9. Web site: Miha Lapornik po kratki epizodi v Laškem že v Novem mestu . . 14 January 2022 . sl-si . 14 January 2022.
  10. https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Slovenia-Kosovo |tab=boxscore_statistics Slovenia-Kosovo boxscore.