Nik Slavica

Nik Slavica (born 7 February 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Adria Oil Škrljevo of the Croatian League. He can play at either the small forward or power forward positions, with small forward being his main position.

Nik Slavica
No. 15 – Adria Oil Škrljevo
PositionSmall forward / power forward
LeagueCroatian League
Personal information
Born (1997-02-07) February 7, 1997
Šibenik, Croatia
NationalityCroatian
Listed height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight108 kg (238 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2019: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2017Cibona
2013–2014→ Zrinjevac
2017–2018Cedevita
2018Cibona
2019Šibenka
2020Adria Oil Škrljevo
2021–presentAdria Oil Škrljevo
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Croatia
FIBA U19 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2015 Greece U-19 Team
FIBA U18 Europe Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Turkey U-18 Team

Early career

He was born in Šibenik to a father Nenad, former basketball player. Slavica moved to Zagreb, as a 10-year-old, to play for Cibona's youth teams,[1] and he spent one season on loan at KK Zrinjevac.

Professional career

Following the conclusion of his loan spell at Zrinjevac, during the 2013–14 season, Slavica returned to his parent club of Cibona, and he became a regular on the club's senior men's team, Cibona Zagreb, seeing action in the Croatian League, the ABA League, and the lower-tier level European-wide competitions of the FIBA Europe Cup,[2] and the Basketball Champions League.[3]

Slavica's name was included on a list of early entry candidates for the 2016 NBA draft, but he ultimately withdrew from the draft before the draft withdrawal deadline.[4]

On 30 September 2017, Slavica signed a multi-year contract with Cedevita.[5] In August 2018, he signed with Cibona.[6] Cibona parted ways with him on 28 December 2018.[7]

On 4 January 2019, he signed with home town club GKK Šibenka, but after the end of the season, the club parted ways with him.[8]

In January, 2020, Slavica signed with Adria Oil Škrljevo of the Croatian League.[9] His stay at Škrljevo ended with the Croatian League being halted due to the covid-crisis. A year and eight months later, in November, 2021, he was re-signed with Škrljevo.[10]

International career

Slavica played for the Croatian under-16 junior national team at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He helped the Croatian under-18 junior national team win the bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also captured a silver medal with Croatia’s under-19 junior national team at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, while also receiving an All-World Championship Under-19 Honorable Mention status by the basketball website eurobasket.com.[11]

References
  1. "Cibona's youngsters - Nik Slavica (VIDEO)" (in Croatian). Sport Nedjeljom. 23 October 2012.
  2. "Nik Slavica profile, FIBA Europe Cup 2016 | FIBA.COM". FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  3. "Nik SLAVICA at the Players of the Basketball Champions League 2017". BasketballCL.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  4. Release, Official. "Thirty-three international early-entry candidates withdraw from Draft". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  5. "Nik Slavica pens multi-year contract with Cedevita". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  6. "Nik Slavica back at Cibona". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  7. "Cibona sign contract with Fran Pilepić and part ways with Nik Slavica". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  8. "Nik Slavica pojačava GKK Šibenik, tijekom subote stižu još dvojica igrača". m.sibenik.in. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  9. "Nik Slavica se vratio u HT Premijer ligu". basketball.hr (in Croatian). 20 January 2020.
  10. "Taylor Adway privremeno napustio Škrljevo, vraća se Nik Slavica". basketball.hr (in Croatian). 21 November 2021.
  11. "World Championships U19 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
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