Nik Slavica Explained

Nik Slavica
Number:15
Position:Small forward / power forward
Height M:2.05
Weight Kg:108
Nationality:Croatian
League:Croatian League
Team:Adria Oil Škrljevo
Birth Date:7 February 1997
Birth Place:Šibenik, Croatia
Career Start:2013
Years1:2013–2017
Team1:Cibona
Years2:2013–2014
Team2:Zrinjevac
Years3:2017–2018
Team3:Cedevita
Years4:2018
Team4:Cibona
Years5:2019
Team5:Šibenka
Years6:2020
Team6:Adria Oil Škrljevo
Years7:2021–present
Team7:Adria Oil Škrljevo
Highlights:
Draft Year:2019

Nik Slavica (born 7 February 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Adria Oil Škrljevo of the Croatian League. He can play at either the small forward or power forward positions, with small forward being his main position.

Early career

He was born in Šibenik to a father Nenad, former basketball player. Slavica moved to Zagreb, as a 10-year-old, to play for Cibona's youth teams,[1] and he spent one season on loan at KK Zrinjevac.

Professional career

Following the conclusion of his loan spell at Zrinjevac, during the 2013–14 season, Slavica returned to his parent club of Cibona, and he became a regular on the club's senior men's team, Cibona Zagreb, seeing action in the Croatian League, the ABA League, and the lower-tier level European-wide competitions of the FIBA Europe Cup,[2] and the Basketball Champions League.[3]

Slavica's name was included on a list of early entry candidates for the 2016 NBA draft, but he ultimately withdrew from the draft before the draft withdrawal deadline.[4]

On 30 September 2017, Slavica signed a multi-year contract with Cedevita.[5] In August 2018, he signed with Cibona.[6] Cibona parted ways with him on 28 December 2018.[7]

On 4 January 2019, he signed with home town club GKK Šibenka, but after the end of the season, the club parted ways with him.[8]

In January, 2020, Slavica signed with Adria Oil Škrljevo of the Croatian League.[9] His stay at Škrljevo ended with the Croatian League being halted due to the covid-crisis. A year and eight months later, in November, 2021, he was re-signed with Škrljevo.[10]

International career

Slavica played for the Croatian under-16 junior national team at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He helped the Croatian under-18 junior national team win the bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also captured a silver medal with Croatia’s under-19 junior national team at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, while also receiving an All-World Championship Under-19 Honorable Mention status by the basketball website eurobasket.com.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cibona's youngsters - Nik Slavica (VIDEO). 23 October 2012. Sport Nedjeljom. Croatian.
  2. News: Nik Slavica profile, FIBA Europe Cup 2016 FIBA.COM. FIBA.COM. 2016-11-24.
  3. Web site: Nik SLAVICA at the Players of the Basketball Champions League 2017. BasketballCL.com. 2016-11-24.
  4. News: Thirty-three international early-entry candidates withdraw from Draft. Release. Official. NBA.com. 2016-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20190319085516/https://www.nba.com/2016/news/06/15/early-entry-candidates-withdraw-2016-draft/. 2019-03-19. dead.
  5. Web site: Nik Slavica pens multi-year contract with Cedevita. aba-liga.com. 30 September 2017.
  6. Web site: Nik Slavica back at Cibona. aba-liga.com. 29 August 2018.
  7. Web site: Cibona sign contract with Fran Pilepić and part ways with Nik Slavica . aba-liga.com . 29 December 2018.
  8. News: Nik Slavica pojačava GKK Šibenik, tijekom subote stižu još dvojica igrača . m.sibenik.in . 4 January 2019 . 8 February 2020.
  9. Web site: Nik Slavica se vratio u HT Premijer ligu . basketball.hr. 20 January 2020. Croatian.
  10. Web site: Taylor Adway privremeno napustio Škrljevo, vraća se Nik Slavica . basketball.hr. 21 November 2021. hr.
  11. News: World Championships U19 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket.com. www.eurobasket.com. 2016-11-24. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160414131457/http://www.eurobasket.com/World-Championships-U19/basketball_2015_Men.asp. 2016-04-14.