Aleksa Novaković
No. 17 – Pari Nizhny Novgorod | |
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Position | Small forward |
League | VTB United League |
Personal information | |
Born | (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 27) Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia |
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
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
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
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
- ^ 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
- 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