Aleksa Avramović

Aleksa Avramović
Avramović with Serbian national team in 2024
No. 4 – CSKA Moscow
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
LeagueVTB United League
Personal information
Born (1994-10-25) October 25, 1994 (age 30)
Čačak, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight87 kg (192 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2016: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2014Borac Čačak
2014–2015OKK Beograd
2015–2016Borac Čačak
2016–2019Varese
2019–2020Malaga
2019–2020→ Estudiantes
2020–2021Estudiantes
2021–2024Partizan
2024–presentCSKA Moscow
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
FIBA World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2023 Philippines–Japan–Indonesia

Aleksa Avramović (Serbian Cyrillic: Алекса Аврамовић; born October 25, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. He also represents the Serbia men's national basketball team internationally.[1]

Youth career

Avramović played in the youth system of Mladost Čačak, before joining city rivals Borac Čačak in 2013.[2]

Professional career

Early years

Avramović with Borac Čačak in 2016

Avramović had his first senior basketball experience with Borac Čačak where he played the entire 2013–14 season, after which he spent one season playing for OKK Beograd.

In the summer of 2015, he returned to his former team, Borac Čačak. He was the league's leading scorer and the MVP in the first half of the 2015–16 season.[3] In February game against Mladost Zemun, he scored 47 points on 15 from 21 shooting from the field, while also having 6 assists and 12 rebounds; for such performance, he was named the MVP of the round with the index rating of 63.[4] He finished the season with the averages of 20.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game.

Varese (2016–2019)

On June 16, 2016, he signed a contract with the Italian team Pallacanestro Varese.[5] On October 3, 2016, he made his debut for the team against Dinamo Sassari, scoring 4 points in 15 minutes. In the first round of the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League, he scored 29 points in 25 minutes against ASVEL.[6] In his debut season with the club, Avramović averaged 6.5 points over 25 Italian League games, while shooting 36.4% from the field.

In 2017–18 season, Avramović improved his season statistics, averaging 11.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists over 30 Italian League games. In 2018–19, he emerged as team leader, appearing in 30 Italian League games and averaging 17.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3 assists per game, while shooting 43.8% from the field and 39.5% on 5.2 three-point attempts per game.[7]

Unicaja (2019–2021)

On June 28, 2019, he signed a two-year deal with Unicaja of the Liga ACB, reportedly worth 530,000 euros.[8][7] He was on loan to Estudiantes in December 2019 and averaged 14.7 points per game before the season was suspended. On June 10, 2020, he re-signed with Estudiantes,[9] In 2020–21 season, he averaged 16.4 points, 3.5 assists and 2.9 rebounds over 36 games of the Spanish League.

Partizan (2021–2024)

Avramović warming up for game against KK Budućnost

On July 6, 2021, Avramović signed a two-year deal with Partizan of the ABA League and the EuroCup.[10] On March 6, 2022, in the Eternal derby against bitter rivals KK Crvena zvezda, Avramović scored 33 points, recorded 6 assists and 1 rebound. His game of the season brought victory against Zvezda with a score of 98–84 in the 21st round of the ABA League. Over 2021–22 season, Avramović averaged 11.1 points and 3.3 assists over 32 ABA League games.

During the 2022–23 season, Avramović for the first time played in EuroLeague where Partizan was eliminated from the Real Madrid in tight playoffs series. Over the season, Avramović averaged 6.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Partizan ended the 2022–23 season by lifting the ABA League championship trophy, after 3–2 score against Crvena zvezda in the Finals series.[11] In ABA League, he averaged 8.4 points and 3.2 assists over 17 games.

On July 6, 2023, Avramović signed a new two-year contract with Partizan, reportadely worth 450,000 euros per season.[12] On 1 March 2024, in a 100-90 win against Anadolu Efes, he set a career-high of 30 points.[13] Over the season, he averaged 10.2 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists over 24 EuroLeague games. The season was deemed to be unsuccessful for Partizan as they finished the season without lifting any trophy.[14]

National team career

See also: 2023 Serbia FIBA Basketball World Cup team and 2024 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team

Avramović represented the Serbia men's national basketball team at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, under manager Svetislav Pešić. Serbia went on to win the silver medal, losing to Germany in the final game. Over 7 games played, Avramović averaged 11.3 points, 2.1 assists and 1.4 rebounds per game. He won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics with Serbia.[15] Over six tournament games, Avramović averaged 10.5 points, 3.2 assists and 2.5 rebounds, and was named the tournament's Best Defensive Player afterwards.[16]

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 Partizan 23 7 14.0 .446 .333 .688 1.9 1.6 .6 .2 6.3 5.4
2023–24 24 6 18.6 .508 .295 .775 1.8 1.8 .7 .2 10.2 8.8
Career 47 13 14.0 .476 .310 .750 1.8 1.7 .7 .2 8.3 7.1

EuroCup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2019–20 Málaga 9 3 13.1 .380 .208 .700 1.2 .6 .6 — 5.6 3.2
2021–22 Partizan 17 9 20.9 .418 .218 .763 2.5 3.4 1.6 .2 9.0 9.8
Career 26 12 18.2 .408 .215 .750 2.0 2.4 1.2 .2 7.8 7.5

Basketball Champions League

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Varese 13 0 20.7 .461 .381 .750 2.2 1.8 .7 .1 12.4
Career 13 0 20.7 .461 .381 .750 2.2 1.8 .7 .1 12.4

FIBA Europe Cup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018–19 Varese 17 15 22.2 .445 .220 .881 1.9 3.6 1.4 .2 12.3
Career 17 15 22.2 .445 .220 .881 1.9 3.6 1.4 .2 12.3

Domestic leagues

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Serbia Borac Čačak KLS 22 3.0 .333 .143 .500 .2 .3 .2 .1 0.4
2014–15 Serbia OKK Beograd KLS 20 15.4 .566 .300 .816 2.1 1.9 1.2 .1 8.9
2015–16 Serbia Borac Čačak KLS 30 31.6 .527 .390 .850 4.4 5.9 2.1 .3 20.1
2016–17 Italy Varese LBA 25 14.8 .364 .232 .814 1.4 1.3 .7 .0 6.5
2017–18 Italy Varese LBA 33 22.7 .439 .299 .798 3.1 2.2 1.2 .1 12.6
2018–19 Italy Varese LBA 30 28.6 .438 .395 .761 3.4 3.0 1.4 .2 17.7
2019–20 Spain Málaga ACB 11 10.8 .404 .308 .857 1.4 .6 .3 .1 4.4
Spain Estudiantes ACB 10 26.2 .412 .345 .750 3.3 1.5 .9 .1 14.7
2020–21 Spain Estudiantes ACB 36 29.8 .438 .312 .839 2.9 3.5 1.2 .3 16.4
2021–22 Serbia Partizan ABA 32 22.0 .481 .409 .775 2.7 3.3 1.1 .2 11.1
2022–23 Serbia Partizan ABA 17 16.2 .551 .442 .833 1.8 3.2 .9 .1 8.3
2023–24 Serbia Partizan KLS 4 29.1 .389 .263 .783 4.0 5.2 .7 .2 12.7
2023–24 Serbia Partizan ABA 25 18.1 .500 .395 .824 2.2 2.7 .9 .2 10.8

References

  1. ^ Aleksa Avramovic | The Serbian's basketball dream came true through a window
  2. ^ Borac MOZZART Sport doveo bivšeg igrača Partizana mozzartsport.com. 7 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Najbolji strelac i MVP prvog dela takmičenja – Aleksa Avramović". Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
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  5. ^ "Ništa od Partizana, Avramović u Varezeu". b92.net (in Serbian). June 16, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  6. ^ Stojanović, Vladimir (October 20, 2016). ""Oprao ruku" u Moravi, dobio ovacije u Italiji!". sportske.net (in Serbian). Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Aleksa Avramović u Unikahi za 530.000 evra". mozzartsport.com. June 21, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "Avramovic arrives, youth and energy for Unicaja / Web Oficial del Unicaja Baloncesto". unicajabaloncesto.com. June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  9. ^ Skerletic, Dario (June 10, 2020). "Aleka Avramovic re-signs with Movistar Estudiantes". Sportando. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  10. ^ "Репрезентативац Алекса Аврамовић ново појачање Партизана". СПОРТСКИ ЖУРНАЛ. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  11. ^ "PARTIZAN MOZZART BET ARE 2022/23 ADMIRALBET ABA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS". aba-liga.com. June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  12. ^ S., S. (July 6, 2023). "Otkriveno koliko će Avramović zarađivati u Partizanu". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  13. ^ Milosavljevic, Zoran (March 1, 2024). "Partizan thrived as Aleksa Avramovic fired on all cylinders" (in Serbian). Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  14. ^ "Očekuje nas burno leto u Partizanu – ko ostaje, a ko odlazi?" (in Serbian). June 6, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  15. ^ "Србија освојила бронзану медаљу на Олимпијским играма!". kss.rs (in Serbian). August 10, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
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