| Nikola Popović | |
| Position: | Center |
| Height M: | 2.11 |
| Weight Kg: | 115 |
| League: | Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A |
| Team: | Falco KC Szombathely |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Nationality: | Serbian |
| High School: | Sagemont School (Weston, Florida) |
| College: | Boston College (2016–2020) |
| Draft Year: | 2020 |
| Career Start: | 2020 |
| Years1: | 2020–2021 |
| Team1: | Crvena zvezda |
| Years2: | 2020 |
| Team2: | →FMP |
| Years3: | 2021 |
| Team3: | Chemidor Qom |
| Years4: | 2021–2023 |
| Team4: | Okapi Aalst |
| Years5: | 2023–2024 |
| Team5: | Lietkabelis Panevėžys |
| Years6: | 2024–present |
| Team6: | Falco KC Szombathely |
Nikola Popović (Serbian: Никола Поповић; born 19 July 1997), also known as Nik Popovic,[1] [2] is a Serbian professional basketball player for Falco KC Szombathely of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A. He played college basketball for the Boston College Eagles.
Popović was born in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was a member of the Crvena zvezda under-18 team that lost to Real Madrid in the 2014–15 Euroleague Next Generation Tournament Final.[3] Over four games in the final tournament, he averaged 5.8 points and five rebounds per game.[4]
Popović began playing high school basketball in 2015 with the Sagemont School in Weston, Florida.[5] In his senior year, he averaged 8.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game, earning him All-County First Team honors.[6] [7]
Popović posted 6.1 points and 3.5 rebounds per game as a freshman at Boston College.[8] [9] As a sophomore, Popović averaged 9.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, starting 33 games. He had 20 points against Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament.[10] Popović averaged 14.5 points and 7.2 rebounds per game as a junior at Boston College. As a senior, Popović averaged 10.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. His season was marred by a back injury that forced him to miss a substantial number of games. Popović had a season-high 23 points in a 100–85 loss to Belmont.[11] He played the forward position as #21.[12]
On 7 June 2020, Popović signed a four-year contract with Crvena zvezda. On the same day, he was loaned to FMP for the 2020–21 season.[13] [14] On 24 December 2020, Popovic decided to leave FMP.[15] He played only one game for FMP in 2020. In January 2021, Popović parted ways with the FMP to sign with Chemidor Qom of the Iranian SuperLeague.[16] [17] He averaged 15.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
On 9 August 2021, Popović signed with the Belgian team Okapi Aalst.[18]
On 16 January 2023, Popović signed with Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) until the end of the season.[19]
Popović was a member of the Serbian under-17 team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Over six tournament games, he averaged 7.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game.[20] Also, he was a member of the Serbian under-18 team that finished 5th at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Volos, Greece. Over nine tournament games, he averaged 5.6 points, four rebounds, and one assist per game.[21]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17| style="text-align:left;"| Boston College| 29 || 1 || 13.8 || .488 || .294 || .531 || 3.5 || .4 || .1 || .3 || 6.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18| style="text-align:left;"| Boston College| 35 || 33 || 26.0 || .507 || .200 || .713 || 6.2 || 1.3 || .4 || .8 || 9.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Boston College| 28 || 24 || 29.6 || .526 || .256 || .714 || 7.2 || 1.1 || .5 || .8 || 14.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Boston College| 20 || 13 || 25.6 || .435 || .333 || .660 || 5.2 || 1.6 || 1.1 || .5 || 10.5|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 112 || 71 || 23.7 || .496 || .277 || .682 || 5.6 || 1.1 || .5 || .6 || 10.2
|-| style="text-align:left;"|2022–23| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Lietkabelis| 8 || 5 || 17.4 || .650 || .000 || .773 || 4.8 || .9 || .3 || .4 || 8.6 || 11.6|-| style="text-align:left;"|2023–24| 14 || 11 || 19.3 || .575 || .000 || .886 || 3.9 || 1.5 || .6 || .1 || 10.3 || 11.4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career| 22 || 16 || 19.2 || .612 || .000 || .809 || 4.2 || 1.3 || .5 || .2 || 9.7 || 10.4