Nikola Dragović Explained

Nikola Dragović
Position:Power forward
Height M:2.06
Weight Kg:105
Team:Free agent
Birth Date:20 December 1987
Birth Place:Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Serbian
College:UCLA (2006–2010)
Draft Year:2010
Career Start:2005
Years1:2005–2006
Years2:2010–2012
Years3:2012–2014
Team3:Scandone Avellino
Years4:2014–2015
Team4:Igokea
Years5:2015
Team5:Lukoil Academic
Years6:2015
Team6:Mitteldeutscher BC
Years7:2016
Team7:Vanoli Cremona
Years8:2016–2017
Team8:ASVEL
Years9:2017–2018
Team9:Basket Zaragoza
Years10:2018
Team10:Baxi Manresa
Years11:2019
Team11:Mineros de Zacatecas
Years12:2019–2020
Team12:Shahrdari Gorgan
Years13:2020–2021
Team13:OKK Beograd
Years14:2021
Team14:Kolossos Rodou
Years15:2021–2022
Team15:Nazm Avaran Sirjan

Nikola Dragović (born December 20, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player. He played college basketball at UCLA.

Early career

Dragović grew up with KK Avala Ada (nowadays Mega Basket) juniors and made his debut with the senior team during the 2005–06 season.

From 2006 to 2010, Dragović played college basketball at UCLA.

Professional career

In 2010, he signed for Spartak St. Petersburg and he stayed there till the end of 2011–12 season when his contract has expired and the team decided not to prolong it. The forward struggled with injuries throughout the 2011–12 season missing bigger part of the games.

In August 2012, he signed with Italian team Sidigas Avellino.[1] In August 2013, he re-signed with them for one more season.[2]

In September 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Igokea.[3] On February 4, 2015, he left Igokea.[4] Later that month, he signed with Lukoil Academic of the Bulgarian League for the rest of the season.[5]

In November 2015, he signed with the German club Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga for the rest of the season.[6] On January 3, 2016, he left Mitteldeutscher BC and signed with Vanoli Cremona of the Italian Serie A for the rest of the season.[7]

On July 5, 2016, he signed with French club ASVEL Basket.[8]

On August 1, 2017, he signed with Spanish club Basket Zaragoza for the 2017–18 season.[9]

In January 2019, Dragović joined Mexican team Mineros de Zacatecas.[10]

On March 19, 2021, Dragović moved to Greece for Kolossos Rodou. In three games, he averaged 7.7 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. On October 12, Dragović signed with Nazm Avaran Sirjan of the Iranian Basketball Super League.[11]

National team career

Dragović has been member of the Serbia U-16, U-18 and U-20 national teams, won the gold medal at the 2003 European U-16 Championship in Spain, won the gold medal at the 2005 European -18 Championship at Serbia, won the gold medal at the 2006 European U-20 Championship in Nova Gorica. Dragović was also a member of the team that represented Serbia at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, finishing as the gold medal winners.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Sidigas Avellino officially signs Nikola Dragovic. 21 August 2013. Sportando.net. 12 August 2012.
  2. News: Air Avellino keeps Dragovic for another season. 21 August 2013. Eurobasket.com.
  3. News: KK Igokea signs Nikola Dragovic. 25 September 2014. Sportando.com. 24 September 2014.
  4. News: Dragović no longer at Igokea . 4 February 2015 . Abaliga.com . 4 February 2015 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204172912/http://www.abaliga.com/a9213/News/Dragovic_no_longer_at_Igokea.html . February 4, 2015 .
  5. News: Лукойл Академик взе нов център. 27 February 2015. sportonline.bg. 14 February 2015. bg.
  6. News: Nikola Dragovic signs with MBC. 26 November 2015. Sportando.com. 23 November 2015.
  7. News: Nikola Dragovic e' un giocatore della Vanoli Cremona. 4 January 2016. Vanolibasket.com. 3 January 2016. Italian.
  8. News: Nikola Dragovic signs with ASVEL. 6 July 2016. Sportando.com. 5 July 2016.
  9. News: Tecnyconta Zaragoza incorpora al ala-pívot Nikola Dragovic. 1 August 2017. basketzaragoza.net. 1 August 2017. Spanish.
  10. News: Mineros se refuerza con Nikola Dragovic de cara a playoff. minerosbasquetbol.com. 31 January 2019. 13 February 2019. Spanish.
  11. Web site: Maghsoodlou . Mohammadamin . Nikola Dragovic (ex Kolossos HH) joins Sirjan . Eurobasket . October 12, 2021 . October 12, 2021.