Miha Lapornik

Miha Lapornik (born 18 October 1993) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who plays for Patrioti Levice of the Slovak Basketball League. He is a 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) tall shooting guard.

Miha Lapornik
Lapornik with Slovenia in 2016
No. 31 – Patrioti Levice
PositionShooting guard
LeagueSBL
Personal information
Born (1993-10-18) 18 October 1993
Celje, Slovenia
NationalitySlovenian
Listed height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Career information
NBA draft2015: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2015Zlatorog Laško
2015–2016Olimpija
2016–2017Bilbao Basket
2017Zlatorog Laško
2018Cluj
2018–2019Olimpija
2019–2020Pieno žvaigždės
2020–2021Heroes Den Bosch
2021DEAC
2022Zlatorog Laško
2022Krka
2022–presentPatrioti Levice
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

Lapornik started playing professional basketball for Zlatorog Laško.

On 27 July 2015, Lapornik signed a three-year contract with Union Olimpija.[1]

In July 2016, he parted ways with Union Olimpija and signed a one-year contract with an option to extend it for one more year with Spanish team Bilbao Basket .[2]

In October 2017, he signed an open contract with Zlatorog Laško.[3]

In January 2018, Lapornik signed with U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca out of Romania.[4]

On 26 June 2018, he signed a contract with Petrol Olimpija.[5]

He spent the 2019–20 season with Pieno žvaigždės in Lithuania, averaging 13.3 points per game.

On 25 July 2020, Lapornik signed with Heroes Den Bosch until 2022.[6] He was named to the All-DBL Team for the 2021–22 season.[7]

On 5 July 2021, Heroes announced Lapornik had signed with DEAC in Hungary. He was offered a better contract, allowing him to leave early out of his contract.[8]

After a brief spell with Zlatorog in January 2022, where he stayed for only nine days and played one match, Lapornik joined the ABA League team Krka on 14 January 2022.[9]

In summer 2022, he signed with Patrioti Levice of the Slovak Basketball League.

International career

Lapornik made his debut for the Slovenian national team on 31 August 2016, in the EuroBasket 2017 qualification game against Kosovo.[10]

References
  1. BC Union Olimpija Ljubljana signs Miha Lapornik.
  2. Miha Lapornik parted ways with Olimpija and joined Bilbao.
  3. signs an open contract with Zlatorog Lasko.
  4. "U-Banca Transilvania lands Miha Lapornik". Sportando.com. January 2, 2018.
  5. Petrol Olimpija inks Miha Lapornik.
  6. Lupo, Nicola (July 25, 2020). "Miha Lapornik signs with Heroes Den Bosch". Sportando. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  7. "Historische mega-prijzenoogst voor Nzekwesi". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  8. "Miha Lapornik verlaat Heroes Den Bosch - Heroes Den Bosch - Basketball". Heroes Den Bosch. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  9. "Miha Lapornik po kratki epizodi v Laškem že v Novem mestu". Delo (in Slovenian). 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  10. |tab=boxscore_statistics Slovenia-Kosovo boxscore.
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