Nikolina Milić

Nikolina Milić
Milić with the Fenerbahçe in 2024
No. 13 – Fenerbahçe
PositionCenter
LeagueTurkish Super League
EuroLeague Women
Personal information
Born (1994-04-12) April 12, 1994 (age 30)
Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.91[1] m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight82.10 kg (181 lb)
Career information
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2009Neimarstvo Trebinje
2009–2010Borac ML-IEFK Banja Luka
2012–2014Radnički Kragujevac
2014–2015Gesam Gas Lucca
2015–2016C.U.S. Cagliari
2016–2018Royal Castors Braine
2018–2019Pallacanestro Femminile Broni
2019–2020Lointek Gernika Bizkaia
2020–2021Perfumerias Avenida
2021–2022KSC Szekszárd
2022–2023Minnesota Lynx
2022-2023Flammes Carolo
2023-presentFenerbahçe Safiport
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Serbia
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Serbia/Latvia
Milić with the Minnesota Lynx in 2023

Nikolina Milić (Serbian Cyrillic: Николина Милић; born April 12, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball center for Fenerbahçe of the Women's Basketball Super League.

She represented Serbian national basketball team at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 in Serbia and Latvia, where they won the bronze medal.[2]

Honours

Club

WNBA

Minnesota Lynx (2022–2023)

Milić signed with the Minnesota Lynx on May 6, 2022, to a hardship contract. [3] Milić played in 17 games for the Lynx including 3 starts. She scored a career-high in points against the Indiana Fever with 23 points, including 13 in the third quarter alone, on 11 for 19 shooting, along with six rebounds, and three assists.[4] Head Coach Cheryl Reeve stated that she had been looking at Milić to come over after coaching against her during Olympic play and that she really started to figure things out as she got more time on the court during her rookie season.[5] On June 23, 2022, Milić was released from her hardship contract as Sylvia Fowles was cleared to comeback to play.[6] Milić signed a 7-Day Contract to return to the Lynx on June 26, 2022.[7] On August 10, 2022, Milić was released from her Hardship Contract when Aerial Powers became healthy again.[8]

Chicago Sky (2024)

On April 14, 2024, Milić was traded to the Chicago Sky alongside the 2024 7th overall pick, in exchange for Sika Koné, the 8th overall pick in 2024, a 2025 2nd round pick, and the rights to swap a 2026 1st round pick.[9]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022 Minnesota 31 4 11.7 .548 .273 .738 3.0 0.7 0.3 0.3 1.4 6.0
2023 Minnesota 39 3 12.7 .464 .364 .804 2.4 0.8 0.1 0.1 1.1 5.9
Career 2 years, 1 team 70 7 12.3 .498 .318 .776 2.7 0.8 0.2 0.2 1.2 5.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2023 Minnesota 3 0 7.3 .400 .000 1.000 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 3 0 7.3 .400 .000 1.000 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Profile Nikolina Milić". basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Dominantna predstava u Areni – Srbija osvojila bronzu na Evrobasketu!". б92 (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Lynx Sign Yvonne Turner and Nikolina Milić". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  4. ^ Borman, Jack. "Fever 84, Lynx 80: Statement Sunday". canishoopus.com. SB Nation. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  5. ^ Seehafer, Lucas. "Nikolina Milić, a silver lining of Minnesota's 2022 season". thenexthoops.com. The Next Hoops. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  6. ^ "Sylvia Fowles Cleared To Return". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "Lynx Sign Forward Nikolina Milić". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "Lynx Guard Aerial Powers Cleared To Play". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  9. ^ "Sky swap 2024 WNBA draft picks, prospects with Lynx in trade". ESPN. Field Level Media. April 14, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
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