Nika Barič

Nika Barič (born 2 September 1992)[1][2] is a Slovenian basketball player who currently plays for Nika Syktyvkar.[3] She was selected in the second round of the 2012 WNBA draft (20th overall) by the Minnesota Lynx but was waived in May 2016 without ever having played for the team.

Nika Barič
No. 9 – Nika Syktyvkar
PositionPoint guard
LeagueRussian Women's Basketball Premier League
EuroCup Women
Personal information
Born (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992
Trbovlje, Slovenia
NationalitySlovenian
Listed height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Listed weight136 lb (62 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2012: 2nd round, 20th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2011Athlete Celje
2011–2015Spartak Moscow Region
2015–2019UMMC Ekaterinburg
2019–2020Dynamo Kursk
2020–2021Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor
2021–2022Dynamo Kursk
2022–2022Çukurova Basketbol
2022–2023Nika Syktyvkar
Career highlights and awards

She represented Slovenia at the 2017, 2019, and 2021 Eurobasket which was managed by coach Damir Grgić throughout this period. In April 2023, two months before the 2023 tournament which was to be co-hosted by her native Slovenia, Barič was kicked off the national team over her controversial remarks in social media in which she disparaged the leadership of the Basketball Federation of Slovenia for having retained services of Greek coach George Dikeoulakos to manage the team at the next Eurobasket and stated there was 'no need to hire foreign coaches when Slovene coaches, such as Damir Grgić were available'. A few days later, Barič followed-up with a clarification of her earlier statement saying it was not a personal attack on Dikeoulakos but rather a repeated comment (which she had previously made in October 2021) on the work of the Basketball Federation which, she thought, had been unfair to Grgić by dismissing him after he had led the team successfully at three different Eurobasket competitions.

References
  1. "Nika Baric - 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women". FIBA.COM. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  2. "Nika Baric". EuroLeague Women. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  3. "Nika Baric Basketball Player Profile, stats, biography, career - EUROBASKET". Retrieved April 17, 2012.
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