Vid Milenkovic Explained

Vid Milenkovic
Number:21
Team:Starwings Basel
Position:Guard
League:Swiss Basketball League
Birth Date:21 July 1995
Birth Place:Zürich, Switzerland
Nationality:Swiss
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lb:209
College:University of Wisconsin–Superior (2014–2020)
Draft Year:2020
Career Start:2020
Years1:2020–2021
Team1:Starwings Basket Regio Basel
Years2:2021–2022
Team2:Lions de Genève
Years3:2022–present
Team3:Starwings Basel

Vid Milenkovic (born July 21, 1995), is a Swiss professional basketball player for Lions de Genève of the Swiss Basketball League, the first-tier level of professional basketball league in Switzerland. Standing at, he plays at the guard position.

College career

After graduating from the German School of Belgrade (DSB) in 2014, Vid decided to major in exercise science with minors in coaching and sport management while starting his college basketball career in the NCAA Division III, where he played six seasons at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, in which he averaged 10.39 points and 6.39 rebounds per game.

College statistics

YearTeamGPGSMPG%TC%3P%FTRPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2014–15University of Wisconsin–Superior5 0 1.8 .333 .500 .000 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6
2015–16University of Wisconsin–Superior26 19 26.7 .492 .333 .596 5.81 1.58 0.62 0.19 8.46
2016–17University of Wisconsin–Superior- - - - - - - - - - -
2017–18University of Wisconsin–Superior25 25 34.1 .533 .427 .744 8.2 2.32 0.84 0.72 14.36
2018–19University of Wisconsin–Superior- - - - - - - - - - -
2019–20University of Wisconsin–Superior26 26 31.3 .522 .396 .755 9.5 2.23 1.35 0.38 17.54
Total56 44 27.8 .514 .413 .683 6.39 1.79 0.66 0.41 10.39

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, Milenkovic joined the roster of the Starwings Basket Regio Basel is a Swiss professional basketball club based in Basel. The club competes in the Swiss Basketball League (SBL), the highest tier of basketball in Switzerland.

On 2021, he signed with Lions de Genève, a professional basketball club based in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The Lions currently play in the Swiss top-tier Swiss Basketball League (SBL).[1]

Starwings 2021 Swiss Basketball Final Run

Vid Milenkovic scored 26 Points against Neuchatel in the semifinals of the 2021 Swiss Basketball Playoffs, helping the Starwings to reach the finals for the first time in their history. In fact this is the first time a team from the Swiss german part has ever been to the finals in the history of Swiss Basketball. In the finals the Vid Milenkovic and the Starwings would loose to Fribourg Olympic. Despite the loss in the finals, this run has been considered a great success in Vid Milnkovic's first year as a pro. During the playoffs he averaged 13.3 points per game and was the most efficient Swiss player on his team.[2]

National Team

Vid Milenkovic participated in the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B. Milenkovic is currently part of the 21 Men Swiss National Team Roaster.

Off the court

Besides playing professional basketball, Vid is also the founder and the head of the basketball community from Zurich called "BÖLLE". With BÖLLE Vid and his team try to promote the sport of Basketball in Zürich. Mostly it is through youth camps, public events and social media content. The biggest projects were, hosting a camp with 100 campers, building a court in Guinea and generating more than 3000 followers on instagram.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former UWS Basketball Standout Vid Milenkovic Signs With New Swiss Team. Fox21Online. 30 June 2021. 2022-03-28.
  2. Web site: Der (Titel-)Traum geht weiter. starwings.ch. 22 May 2021. 2022-03-28.