Aleksa Novaković
No. 17 – Pari Nizhny Novgorod | |
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Position | Small forward |
League | VTB United League |
Personal information | |
Born | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia | 30 August 1996
Nationality | Serbian |
Listed height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) |
Listed weight | 102 kg (225 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nevada) |
College | Eastern Illinois (2015–2016) |
NBA draft | 2018: undrafted |
Playing career | 2016–present |
Career history | |
2016 | We're Basket Ortona |
2016–2017 | Nuovo Basket Aquilano |
2017–2019 | Mladost Zemun |
2019–2020 | Novi Pazar |
2020–2023 | Borac Čačak |
2023 - present | BC 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "Two basketball players transferring out fro Eastern". dailyeasternnews.com. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Aleksa Novakovic College Statistics". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Colpo di mercato del Nuovo Basket Aquilano, arrivano Ranitovic e Novakovic". news-town.it. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Il Nuovo Basket Aquilano batte Termoli, cadono Gs e Tornimparte". news-town.it. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Aleksa Novaković novi prvotimac Borca". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Novaković novi košarkaš Borca". nova.rs. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Reprezentativac Srbije još dve godine u Borcu iz Čačka". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Pešić objavio spisak: NBA šampion Bjelica predvodi Srbiju u kvalifikacijama za SP". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Pešićev spisak – tu je i Bjelica". b92.net. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- Eastern Illinois Panthers Biography
- Player Profile at ABA League
- Player Profile at eurobasket.com
- Player Profile at realgm.com
- Statistics at proballers.com
- Aleksa Novaković international stats at Basketball-Reference.com