Marko Milič

Marko Milič
Dallas Mavericks
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1977-05-07) May 7, 1977 (age 47)
Kranj, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySlovenian
Listed height1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight112 kg (247 lb)
Career information
NBA draft1997: 2nd round, 33rd overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career1991–2015
PositionPower forward
Number12, 20
Career history
As player:
1991–1994Triglav Kranj
1994–1997Union Olimpija
1997–1998Phoenix Suns
1998Fenerbahçe
1999Phoenix Suns
1999–2000Union Olimpija
2000–2001Real Madrid
2001–2002Fortitudo Bologna
2002–2003Roseto
2003–2005Pesaro
2005–2006Virtus Bologna
2006–2007Union Olimpija
2007Real Madrid
2007–2009Union Olimpija
2009Entente Orléanaise
2010–2012Vanoli Cremona
2012–2013Mahram Tehran
2013–2015Al Kuwait
As coach:
2022–presentDallas Mavericks (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Marko Milič (born May 7, 1977) is a Slovenian basketball coach and former player currently working as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He represented the senior Slovenian national basketball team.

Playing career

Professional career

After being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1997 NBA draft (34th pick overall), Milič's rights were traded to the Phoenix Suns. After seeing limited NBA duty (44 career games) during his two seasons with the Suns,[1] he returned to Europe and played for Union Olimpija (where he started playing senior basketball), Real Madrid (two stints), Fortitudo Bologna (Italian League runner-up), Pesaro (2004 Italian Cup finalist) and Virtus Bologna. He also represented Fenerbahçe in the first part of the 1998–99 season, due to the NBA season's lockout, returning to Phoenix in January 1999.

Milič won four Slovenian Leagues and four Slovenian Cups with Union Olimpija and led the team to its only EuroLeague Final Four appearance so far, in 1997. With Real Madrid he had his biggest success as a player with the ULEB Cup title of 2007 paired with a Spanish League title that same year. He also won the Kuwait League in 2014.

On October 14, 2015, he announced his retirement from playing professional basketball.[2] On October 29, 2015, Union Olimpija retired Marko Milič's #12 jersey.[3]

National team career

With the junior national teams of Slovenia, Milič played at the 1994 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship and the 1996 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship.

Milič played for the senior national basketball team of Slovenia, from 1995 until 2006. He played at the EuroBasket 1995, EuroBasket 1997, EuroBasket 1999, EuroBasket 2001, EuroBasket 2003, EuroBasket 2005 and 2006 FIBA World Championship.[4]

Coaching career

In 2022, Milič was hired as an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks under head coach Jason Kidd who was his teammate in the Phoenix Suns.[5]

Personal life

Milič's father, Vladimir Milić, a Serb from Croatia based in Belgrade, was a shotputting champion in former Yugoslavia. His mother, Metka Papler, was also a successful sportswoman in Yugoslavia.[6] His daughter is a tennis player Ela Nala Milić.

Club 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
2000–01 Real Madrid 15 8 22.5 .519 .300 .556 4.6 1.9 1.8 .0 9.3 10.9
2001–02 Skipper Bologna 18 15 21.1 .496 .267 .659 3.6 1.4 1.8 .1 9.3 8.7
2004–05 Scavolini Pesaro 22 19 26.1 .489 .250 .617 4.6 2.2 1.6 .0 10.4 11.2
2006–07 Union Olimpija 11 11 26.5 .611 .200 .550 6.9 2.5 1.0 .1 15.1 16.3
2007–08 14 14 30.3 .517 .125 .744 6.4 1.5 1.2 .1 15.6 15.8
2008–09 6 4 21.3 .378 .0 .714 3.7 1.3 1.2 .0 9.0 9.3
2009–10 Entente Orléanaise 3 1 9.1 1.0 .0 .667 2.0 .0 .3 .0 2.7 5.0
Career 89 72 25.5 .513 .239 .628 4.8 1.8 1.5 .0 11.0 11.7

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1997–98 Phoenix 33 0 4.9 .609 .500 .647 .8 .4 .3 .0 2.8
1998–99 Phoenix 11 0 4.8 .400 .000 — .5 .2 .3 .1 1.5
Career 44 0 4.9 .560 .429 .647 .7 .3 .3 .0 2.5

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1998 Phoenix 2 0 2.0 .667 — — .5 .0 .5 .0 2.0
Career 2 0 2.0 .667 — — .5 .0 .5 .0 2.0

References

  1. ^ Marko Milic. nba.com
  2. ^ Perko, Drago (October 14, 2015). "KZS "upokojil" Milića, ga bo zdaj še zaposlil?". kosarka.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Union Olimpija Ljubljana retires Marko Milic's jersey". Eurocupbasketball.com. October 29, 2015. Archived from the original on November 13, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  4. ^ Marko MILIC (SLO) participated in 14 FIBA / FIBA Zones events
  5. ^ Callie Caplan (September 8, 2022). "Assistant Marko Milic brings stories of Luka Doncic's childhood, coaching freedom to Mavs". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  6. ^ "Marko Milić: Jednom legenda, uvek legenda". kosmagazin.com (in Serbian). October 20, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2017.