Dalibor Ilić

Dalibor Ilić
Ilić with Igokea in April 2022.
No. 22 – Crvena zvezda
PositionPower forward / Center
LeagueKLS
ABA League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (2000-03-04) 4 March 2000 (age 24)
Višegrad, Republika Srpska,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
NationalitySerbian / Bosnian
Listed height2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight94 kg (207 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2022: undrafted
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2022Igokea
2019Mega Bemax
2022–presentCrvena zvezda
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Latvia U18 Team

Dalibor Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Далибор Илић; born 4 March 2000) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Serbian KLS, the ABA League and the EuroLeague.

Early career

Born in Višegrad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ilić started to play basketball for youth system of his hometown team Varda. In 2015, he joined youth teams of Igokea from Aleksandrovac. He won the third place at the 2017–18 Junior ABA League season with the Igokea U19 team. Over six season games, he averaged 20.8 points, 10.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.[1] Ilić won the third place at the 2018–19 Junior ABA League season with the Igokea U19 team. Over six season games, he averaged 26.7 points, 16.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.[2]

Professional career

In 2016, Ilić was promoted to the Igokea first team. On 30 October 2016 he made his ABA League debut in a game against Cedevita.[3] In March 2019, was loaned out to Mega Bemax for the rest of the 2018–19 Serbian League season.[4]

Following the 2020–21 season Ilić declared himself for the 2021 NBA draft. On July 19, 2021, he withdrawn his name from consideration for the 2021 NBA draft.[5]

On 14 July 2022, Ilić signed a four-year contract with Serbian club Crvena zvezda of the EuroLeague.[6][7]

National team career

Ilić was a member of the Serbian U16 team at the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 7.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.[8] He was a member and the team captain of the Serbian U18 team that won the gold medal at the 2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Latvia. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 9.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.[9]

Ilić was a member of the Serbian under-19 team that finished 7th at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Heraklion, Greece. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 10.9 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.[10]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2022–23 Crvena zvezda 7 0 9.6 .636 .000 .750 2.3 .1 .4 3.3 5.1
2023–24 15 4 8.8 .591 .429 .250 1.7 .4 .2 .1 2.0 2.5
Career 22 4 9.1 .606 .375 .625 1.9 .3 .3 .0 2.4 3.4

Basketball Champions League

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2020–21 Igokea 10 10 23.1 .535 .125 .650 5.4 .8 .5 .4 6.0
2021–22 8 8 27.1 .571 .200 .577 7.4 1.4 .5 .5 8.0
Career 18 18 24.8 .553 .154 .609 6.3 1.1 .5 .4 6.9

Domestic leagues

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea ABA 2 2.0 .000 .000 0.0
2017–18 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea Liga BiH 15 16.3 .500 .143 .625 4.7 .9 .3 .1 6.9
2018–19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea ABA 21 14.7 .565 .450 .813 4.1 .8 .3 .2 4.4
2018–19 Serbia Mega KLS 12 23.5 .528 .286 .739 5.7 1.9 1.2 .6 10.1
2019–20 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea Liga BiH 15 25.7 .598 .185 .657 9.1 2.1 .9 .7 11.2
2019–20 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea ABA 20 23.3 .512 .216 .667 5.8 1.0 .8 .3 8.3
2020–21 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea Liga BiH 10 24.9 .729 .500 .613 8.1 1.8 .6 .6 13.0
2020–21 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea ABA 23 20.6 .479 .167 .645 4.4 1.0 .5 .3 7.0
2021–22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea Liga BiH 8 21.5 .526 .308 .692 5.6 .9 .4 .2 7.7
2021–22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea ABA 24 26.1 .575 .339 .713 7.7 1.2 .7 .4 12.7
2022–23 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 2 13.1 .286 .636 3.0 1.5 5.5
2022–23 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 19 14.6 .667 .375 .524 3.4 .8 .7 .2 5.1
2023–24 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 3 17.7 .750 .333 .500 4.3 .3 .3 .3 5.0
2023–24 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 22 11.0 .490 .278 .690 2.9 .4 .3 .1 3.4

References

  1. ^ "Dalibor Ilić Season Statistics". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Dalibor Ilić 2018–19 Season Statistics". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Igokea Aleksandrovac 69 : 84 Cedevita Zagreb". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Igokea posudila talentiranog Ilića!". petnapetblog.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  5. ^ "NBA announces 51 early entry candidates withdraw from 2021 Draft". nba.com. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Zvanično: Ilić u Zvezdi". b92.net. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Zvezda adds frontcourt depth with Ilic". euroleaguebasketball.net. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Serbia 9 - Dalibor Ilic". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Dalibor ILIC 2018 FIBA Profile". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Average Statistics of Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 7 July 2019.