Aleksa Novaković

Aleksa Novaković
No. 17 – Pari Nizhny Novgorod
PositionSmall forward
LeagueVTB United League
Personal information
Born (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 28)
Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight102 kg (225 lb)
Career information
High schoolFindlay Prep
(Henderson, Nevada)
CollegeEastern Illinois (2015–2016)
NBA draft2018: undrafted
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016We're Basket Ortona
2016–2017Nuovo Basket Aquilano
2017–2019Mladost Zemun
2019–2020Novi Pazar
2020–2023Borac Čačak
2023 - presentBC Nizhny Novgorod

Aleksa Novaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Алекса Новаковић; born 30 August 1996) is a Serbian professional basketball player for BC Nizhny Novgorod of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the Eastern Illinois Panthers.

High school and college career

Novaković moved to U.S. to play high school basketball at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada.[1]

As a college basketball player, Novaković played his freshman year with the Eastern Illinois Panthers. He appeared in 8 games (all off the bench) in their 2015–16 season, averaging 0.6 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 0.5 assists per game.[2] He left the Panthers after his freshman year.[1]

Professional career

After his college basketball career, Novaković played for Italian teams We're Basket Ortona and Nuovo Basket Aquilano in the 2016–17 season.[3][4] Novaković played for Mladost Zemun and Novi Pazar of the Serbian League before joining Borac Čačak in 2020.[5][6] On 25 June 2022, he signed a two-year contract extension with Borac Čačak.[7] On August 14th 2023 BC Pari Nizhny Novgorod announced that they signed one-year contract with Novaković.

National team career

In June 2022, Serbia national team head coach Svetislav Pešić added Novaković to the 20-man roster for the third window games at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Two basketball players transferring out fro Eastern". dailyeasternnews.com. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Aleksa Novakovic College Statistics". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Colpo di mercato del Nuovo Basket Aquilano, arrivano Ranitovic e Novakovic". news-town.it. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Il Nuovo Basket Aquilano batte Termoli, cadono Gs e Tornimparte". news-town.it. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Aleksa Novaković novi prvotimac Borca". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Novaković novi košarkaš Borca". nova.rs. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Reprezentativac Srbije još dve godine u Borcu iz Čačka". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Pešić objavio spisak: NBA šampion Bjelica predvodi Srbiju u kvalifikacijama za SP". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Pešićev spisak – tu je i Bjelica". b92.net. Retrieved 21 June 2022.