Nikola Milutinov

Nikola Milutinov
Milutinov with Serbian national team in 2024
No. 33 – Olympiacos
PositionCenter
LeagueGreek Basket League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 29)
Novi Sad, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)
Listed weight116 kg (256 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2015: 1st round, 26th overall pick
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012Hemofarm
2012–2015Partizan
2015–2020Olympiacos
2020–2023CSKA Moscow
2023–presentOlympiacos
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
FIBA World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2023 Philippines–Japan–Indonesia
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2013 Czech Republic Team

Nikola Milutinov (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Милутинов; born 30 December 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Serbian national team in international competition. Standing at 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in), Milutinov plays at the center position.

Professional career

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Hemofarm

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Milutinov made his professional debut with the Serbian club Hemofarm, in the 2011–12 season.[citation needed]

Partizan (2012–2015)

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In June 2012, Milutinov signed a four-year contract with Partizan of the Adriatic League.[1] In his first season with Partizan, he won the Adriatic League 2012–13 season championship, and the Serbian League 2012–13 season championship. In his second season, he won the Serbian League championship for the second time in a row, after his team defeated Crvena zvezda, with a 3–1 win in the league's finals series.[2]

In the 2014–15 season, following the departure of Partizan starters Dejan Musli and Joffrey Lauvergne, Milutinov's role in the team increased. In a 15 November game against Levski Sofia, he posted a season-high 21 points, and also added 10 rebounds.[3] For that performance, he was selected to the Adriatic League 2014–15 season's ideal five of Round 8 of the competition.[4] On 14 April, in Game 1 of the Adriatic League semifinal series against Crvena zvezda, he hurt the cornea in his right eye, after a collision with Jaka Blažič.[5] He returned to action in the following game, although without the recommendation of the team's medical staff.[6] Eventually, Crvena zvezda won the Adriatic League's finals series over Milutinov's team, Partizan, with a 3–1 series score. Over 28 games played in the Adriatic League that season, Milutinov averaged 9.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.[citation needed]

Olympiacos (2015–2020)

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On 25 July 2015, Milutinov signed a three-year deal with the Greek League club Olympiacos.[7] With Olympiacos, he won the Greek League 2015–16 season championship. He was named the Greek League Most Improved Player in 2017. Milutinov also reached the Euroleague final with Olympiakos in the same year.[citation needed]

In October 2017, he extended his contract with Olympiacos for three more seasons.[8] In the 2017–18 season, Olympiacos was eliminated in the playoff series to Žalgiris Kaunas with 3–1. Milutinov had his best season since coming into the club, and averaged career-highs of 8.8 points and 5.7 rebounds over 29 EuroLeague games.[citation needed]

In 2018–19 season, Milutinov appeared in 28 games of the EuroLeague and averaged new career-highs of 11.7 points and league's second-highest 7.9 rebounds, while shooting 66.3% from the field. In the Greek League, he averaged 10.9 points and 7 rebounds over 24 games.[citation needed]

CSKA Moscow (2020–2023)

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Milutinov with CSKA Moscow in 2020

On 2 June 2020, Milutinov signed a three-year contract with Russian club CSKA Moscow.[9] On 30 December 2020, Milutinov set the EuroLeague record for most offensive rebounds in a game – he had 16 offensive rebounds in a 91–87 win over Olimpia Milano, finishing the game with 17 points and career-high 19 total rebounds.[10] On 30 May 2023, Milutinov and CSKA officially parted ways after the expiration of their contract.

Return to Olympiacos (2023–present)

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On 24 June 2023, Milutinov made his return to Olympiacos after three seasons, signing a lucrative two-year contract worth 3.6 million euros.

NBA draft rights

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On 16 April 2015, Milutinov declared himself eligible for the 2015 NBA draft.[11] On 25 June 2015, Milutinov was selected with the 26th overall pick of the first round of the draft, by the San Antonio Spurs.[12] On 6 August 2021, the Spurs sent his draft rights to the Brooklyn Nets as part of a multi-team trade.[13]

National team career

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Junior team

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Milutinov played for the Serbian under-19 national team, at the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, in Prague, on a roster alongside Vasilije Micić, Mihajlo Andrić, Jovan Novak, Nikola Jokić, and Nikola Janković. He won the silver medal at the tournament, after losing 68–82 to the U.S. under-19 team, which featured Aaron Gordon, Justise Winslow, Elfrid Payton, Marcus Smart, and Jahlil Okafor. Milutinov averaged 10.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game at the tournament.[14]

Senior team

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Milutinov represented the senior men's Serbian national basketball team for the first time, at the EuroBasket 2015, under the team's head coach Aleksandar Đorđević.[15] In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the toughest group of the tournament, Group B, with a 5–0 record, and they then eliminated Finland and the Czech Republic, in the round of 16 and quarterfinal games, respectively. However, they were beaten in the semifinal game by Lithuania, by a score of 67–64,[16] and they would go on to eventually lose to the tournament's host team, France, in the bronze-medal game, by a score of 81–68.[17] Milutinov appeared in 6 games during the tournament, playing in only 3.5 minutes per game, the lowest on the team.[18]

At the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the national team of Serbia was dubbed as favorite to win the trophy,[19] but was eventually upset in the quarterfinals by Argentina.[20] With wins over the United States and Czech Republic, it finished in fifth place.[21][22] Milutinov averaged 7 points and 2.3 rebounds over 8 games.[citation needed]

In 2023, Milutinov won silver medal at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup with the Serbia national team. He averaged 12.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per game on 66.1% shooting from the field. In recognition of his individual play, Milutinov was named to the All-FIBA World Cup Second Team.[23] He won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics with Serbia.[24]

Career statistics

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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

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* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Partizan 8 1 7.5 .556 — .750 1.4 .1 .1 .3 3.3 2.9
2013–14 21 16 20.3 .513 — .640 3.3 1.0 .2 .6 4.7 4.4
2015–16 Olympiacos 18 13 10.8 .542 — .778 2.7 .3 .3 .7 3.7 4.1
2016–17 36 15 12.7 .579 .000 .692 3.3 .6 .3 .8 4.4 5.8
2017–18 29 26 21.7 .653 — .756 5.7 1.0 .6 .6 8.8 14.0
2018–19 28 28 26.0 .663 1.000 .740 7.9 1.5 .6 .7 11.7 20.0
2019–20 24 24 24.6 .656 — .765 8.2* 1.2 .5 .6 10.3 19.2
2020–21 CSKA Moscow 20 19 23.5 .667 .500 .702 8.6* .8 .4 .5 9.9 17.9
2021–22 16 13 19.2 .578 .000 .711 6.5 .9 .4 .4 7.7 13.6
2023–24 Olympiacos 27 4 18.1 .610 — .822 5.6 .9 .3 .6 7.8 14.3
Career 227 159 19.2 .621 .400 .743 5.5 .9 .4 .6 7.5 12.3

EuroCup

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2014–15 Partizan 9 8 22.4 .442 — .773 6.0 1.3 .4 .3 7.0 8.4
Career 9 8 22.4 .442 — .773 6.0 1.3 .4 .3 7.0 8.4

Domestic leagues

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Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011–12 Serbia Vršac KLS 1 2.0 .000 — — 2.0 — — — 0.0
2011–12 Serbia Vršac ABA 2 4.1 — — — 1.0 — — — 0.0
2012–13 Serbia Partizan KLS 19 11.0 .422 — .500 2.2 .3 .0 .3 2.3
2012–13 Serbia Partizan ABA 28 9.0 .432 — .563 1.5 .1 .1 .0 1.7
2013–14 Serbia Partizan KLS 17 19.1 .641 — .553 3.8 .7 .4 .6 7.1
2013–14 Serbia Partizan ABA 20 16.6 .471 .000 .600 2.7 .2 .4 .2 4.3
2014–15 Serbia Partizan KLS 19 24.5 .556 .500 .570 8.4 1.8 .5 .9 11.0
2014–15 Serbia Partizan ABA 29 28.0 .573 .000 .587 7.6 1.3 .4 .8 9.8
2015–16 Greece Olympiacos HEBA A1 34 11.3 .581 — .614 3.0 .6 .4 .7 3.7
2016–17 Greece Olympiacos HEBA A1 31 15.4 .609 — .712 4.0 .9 .5 .8 5.8
2017–18 Greece Olympiacos HEBA A1 27 17.1 .652 — .698 5.4 1.0 .7 1.0 7.2
2018–19 Greece Olympiacos HEBA A1 24 21.8 .671 .000 .667 7.0 1.7 .7 .7 10.9
2020–21 Russia CSKA Moscow VTBUL 11 20.2 .655 — .800 6.6 1.4 .3 .8 9.1
2021–22 Russia CSKA Moscow VTBUL 21 25.3 .648 .000 .847 9.9 1.6 .7 .6 12.9
2022–23 Russia CSKA Moscow VTBUL 40 23.3 .655 .500 .801 8.4 1.4 .3 .6 14.6
2023–24 Greece Olympiacos HEBA A1 21 23.9 .658 .000 .780 7.8 1.4 .4 1.0 13.5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Milutinov pojačao Partizan, odlazi pola ekipe" (in Serbian). vesti-online.com. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Ništa novo, Partizan je šampion!". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Full Statistics: Levski Sofia – Partizan Belgrade". abaliga.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Centri Partizana, Miljenović u Top5". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ^ Повреда Милутинова, центар Партизана под знаком питања за други меч. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). No. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Milutinov bi da igra, lekari protiv". b92.net (in Serbian). No. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Olympiacos adds size with Milutinov". Euroleague.net. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  8. ^ Olympiacos extended Milutinov for three more years
  9. ^ "CSKA signs center Milutinov through 2023". euroleague.net. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Milutinov smashes offensive rebounding record". euroleague.net. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Nikola Milutinov will enter the draft". sportando.com. 16 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Spurs select Nikola Milutinov and Cady Lalanne in NBA Draft". National Basketball Association. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  13. ^ "BROOKLYN NETS ACQUIRE FUTURE DRAFT CONSIDERATIONS IN FIVE TEAM TRADE". National Basketball Association. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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  15. ^ "AMBITIOUS SERBIA UNVEIL POWERFUL 12-MAN SQUAD". eurobasket2015.org. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  16. ^ "LITHUANIA END SERBIAN STREAK, RETURN TO FINAL". eurobasket2015.org. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  17. ^ "FRANCE REWARD HOME SUPPORT WITH BRONZE". eurobasket2015.org. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  18. ^ Serbia Accumulated Statistics.
  19. ^ Curkovic, Igor (28 August 2019). "FIBA Basketball World Cup Power Rankings, Volume 3". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Argentina upsets Olympic silver medalist Serbia in FIBA World Cup quarterfinals". nbcsports.com. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  21. ^ "Serbia defeats USA in FIBA World Cup consolation round play". National Basketball Association. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  22. ^ T., P. (14 September 2019). "Bogdanović ponovo briljirao – Srbiji peto mesto u Kini" (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  23. ^ "World Cup 2023 All-Second Team, Best Coach and Best Defensive Player Awards revealed". FIBA. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  24. ^ "Србија освојила бронзану медаљу на Олимпијским играма!". kss.rs (in Serbian). 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
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