No. 23 – Free agent | |||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Small forward / Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Šibenik, Croatia |
February 7, 1997 ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||||||
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2013–2017 | Cibona | ||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | → Zrinjevac | ||||||||||||||||||
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Nik Slavica (born 7 February 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player. He can play at either the small forward or power forward positions, with power forward being his main position.
Born in Šibenik, Slavica moved to Zagreb, as a 10-year-old, to play for Cibona's youth teams, and he spent one season on loan at Zrinjevac.
Following the conclusion of his loan spell at Zrinjevac, during the 2013–14 season, Slavica returned to his parent club of Cibona, and he became a regular on the club's senior men's team, Cibona Zagreb, seeing action in the Croatian League, the ABA league, and the lower-tier level European-wide competitions of the FIBA Europe Cup, and the Basketball Champions League.
Slavica's name was included on a list of early entry candidates for the 2016 NBA draft, but he ultimately withdrew from the draft before the draft withdrawal deadline.
Slavica played for the Croatian under-16 junior national team at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He helped the Croatian under-18 junior national team win the bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also captured a silver medal with Croatia’s under-19 junior national team at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, while also receiving an All-World Championship Under-19 Honorable Mention status by the basketball website eurobasket.com.