Nikola Kalini? (Serbian Cyrillic: ?????? ???????, born 8 November 1991) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Serbian national basketball team internationally. He is a 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1/2 in) tall small forward.
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Professional career
He made his professional debut with his hometown team Spartak Subotica. In 2010-11 season he played with KK Novi Sad, and then from 2011 to 2013 with Vojvodina Srbijagas.
In July 2013 he signed a three-year contract with Radni?ki Kragujevac. Over 25 games in the ABA League, he averaged 6.4 points and 4 rebounds per game.
On July 21, 2014, Kalini? signed a three-year contract with Crvena zvezda. In his debut EuroLeague season, he averaged 9.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2 assists over 24 games. In his first season with the club he won the triple crown, winning the Serbian League, ABA League and Serbian Cup.
On July 31, 2015, Crvena zvezda announced that Kalini? moved to Fenerbahçe, for a buyout of 1 million euros. On August 12, 2015, Fenerbahçe officially announced that Kalini? signed a two-year contract with the option of an additional year.
In his first season with the team, Kalini? won the Turkish Cup, with a 67-65 win over Darü??afaka. Fenerbahçe also reached the final game of the 2016 Euroleague Final Four, but fell short of winning the EuroLeague championship, after an overtime 96-101 loss to CSKA Moscow. Over 29 EuroLeague games, he averaged 4.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. At the end of the season, Fenerbahçe also won the Tukish League championship.
On July 7, 2017, Kalini? re-signed with Fenerbahçe for three more seasons.
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Serbian national team
Kalini? represented the Serbia men's national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2013. He was a member of the Serbian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup under new head coach Aleksandar ?or?evi?.
He represented Serbia once again at the EuroBasket 2015. In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the toughest Group B with 5-0 record, and then eliminated Finland and Czech Republic in the round of 16 and quarterfinal game, respectively. However, they were stopped in the semifinal game by Lithuania with 67-64, and eventually lost to the host team France in the bronze-medal game with 81-68. Over 9 tournament games, Kalini? averaged 5.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game on 69% shooting from the field and 33.3% from the free-throw line.
Kalini? also represented Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics where they won the silver medal, after losing to the United States in the final game with 96-66.
Career statistics
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
EuroLeague
Domestic leagues
Personal life
Nikola is the son of former table tennis player Zoran Kalini? (born 1958), and Dragica (née To?i?), a former handball player. His older brother Uro? (b. 1986) is a water polo player for Montpellier, while his sister Mina also played handball. The children in the family all once played ping pong and went to tennis school.
Kalini? was injured to his chin during childhood, with surgery failing to fix it, leaving a visibly deformed chin. He has said that he suffers no pain from it.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in basketball
References
External links
- Nikola Kalini? at aba-liga.com
- Nikola Kalini? at eurobasket.com
- Nikola Kalini? at euroleague.net
- Nikola Kalini? at fiba.com
- Nikola Kalini? at tblstat.net
- Nikola Kalini? on Twitter
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