Vladimir Lučić

Vladimir Lučić (Serbian: Владимир Лучић, born June 17, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player and the team captain for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Serbian national basketball team. Standing at 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in), he primarily plays at the small forward position, but he can also play at the power forward position.

This article is about the Serbian basketball player. For other uses, see Vladimir Lučić (disambiguation).
Vladimir Lučić
Lučić with Bayern Munich in 2022
No. 11 – FC Bayern Munich
PositionSmall forward / Power forward
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1989-06-17) June 17, 1989
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight96 kg (212 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2011: undrafted
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2008Superfund
2008–2013Partizan
2013–2016Valencia
2016–presentBayern Munich
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place2017 Turkey
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2011 ShenzhenTeam

Professional career

Superfund

Lučić started playing basketball at senior level with the Serbian team Superfund in 2006, where he stayed until 2008.

Partizan

After two years at Superfund, Lučić was signed by Partizan before the start of the 2008–09 season. In his initial two years at Partizan, Lučić played very little under head coach Duško Vujošević. In 2010–11, under new head coach Vlada Jovanović, Lučić received more playing time, alternating between small forward and power forward throughout the season. He improved his statistics, nearly doubling them in the Euroleague, averaging 5.8 points and 2.4 rebounds. Before the start of 2012–13 season, he became the next team captain, shortly after longtime captain Petar Božić left the team over the summer.[1] He led his team over 2012–13 Euroleague season with 13.7 points and 4.8 rebounds over 10 games, but eventually Partizan didn't proceed to the next round of the competition.[2] With Partizan, he won five consecutive Serbian League championships, four straight ABA Leagues and Serbian Cups.

Valencia

On June 24, 2013, Lučić signed a two-year contract with an option for a third year with Spanish club Valencia Basket.[3][4] In his first season abroad, he had trouble with his back and left foot all over the season. He eventually had a foot surgery in January which sidelined him off the court until March.[5][6] In his first EuroCup season, he averaged just 3.8 points and 2.3 rebounds over 8 games. Valencia eventually won the Eurocup, beating UNICS Kazan in the final.[7][8]

On June 17, 2015, Valencia Basket extended the contract with him for one more season.[9]

Bayern Munich

On July 26, 2016, Lučić signed a two-year contract with German club Bayern Munich.[10] On June 9, 2017, Lučić signed a two-year contract extension with Bayern.[11] He extended his contract until 2025 on February 8, 2022.[12]

Serbian national team
See also: 2017 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

Lučić won a gold medal with the Serbian university team at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen. He made his debut with the senior Serbian national basketball team in the FIBA EuroBasket 2013 qualification. However, in a first game (against Iceland) he got injured and latter missed the rest of the qualification.[13]

Lučić also represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017 where they won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.[14] Over 9 tournament games, he averaged 8.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.

At the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the national team of Serbia was dubbed as favorite to win the trophy,[15] but was eventually upset in the quarterfinals by Argentina.[16] With wins over the United States and Czech Republic, it finished in fifth place.[17][18] Lučić averaged 7.1 points and 3 rebounds over 8 games.

Personal life

His older brother Uroš Lučić is also a professional basketball player.

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Euroleague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2009–10 Partizan 101.3.000.000.000.0.0.0.0.0-1.0
2010–11 15010.6.522.333.6671.9.6.2.32.43.5
2011–12 10921.7.365.269.8672.41.0.1.15.83.0
2012–13 10933.2.412.323.7964.8.81.6.213.714.9
2014–15 Valencia 8625.7.476.421.7623.3.9.9.48.08.8
2018–19 Bayern 292926.2.523.351.8263.81.21.1.210.012.1
2019–20 262527.8.547.426.8473.81.51.0.211.314.5
2020–21 313131.0.504.441.8644.81.41.1.113.617.8
2021–22 323230.1.427.333.8814.21.5.7.212.114.2
Career 16214126.4.481.376.8443.81.2.9.210.412.5

References
  1. "Lučić: Velika je čast biti kapiten Partizana". blic.rs. Tanjug. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. "Lucic Vladimir 2012-13 season". euroleague.net. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  3. "VALENCIA BASKET agrees to three-year deal with Lucic". Eurocup Basketball. Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  4. "Valencia signs Vladimir Lucic to a 2+1 deal". Sportando. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  5. "Valencia's Lucic to have foot surgery". eurocupbasketball.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  6. "Vladimir Lučić do marta van terena!". vesti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  7. "Dominant Doellman leads Valencia to third Eurocup crown". eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  8. "Valencia got its third Eurocup trophy". eurohoops.net. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  9. "Valencia Basket confirma a Vladimir Lucic per a la pròxima temporada". valenciabasket.com (in Spanish). 17 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  10. "Bayern Munich signs Vladimir Lucic to a two-year contract". Sportando.com. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  11. "Vladimir Lucic signs a two-year contract extension with Bayern Munich". Sportando.com. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  12. "Vladimir Lucic extends contract with Bayern". Eurobasket. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  13. "SRBIJA - CRNA GORA (20:30): Bez Lučića u derbiju". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 18 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  14. "Slovenia overcome injuries to claim historic title in Dragic's swansong". FIBA.basketball. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  15. Curkovic, Igor (28 August 2019). "FIBA Basketball World Cup Power Rankings, Volume 3". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  16. "Argentina upsets Olympic silver medalist Serbia in FIBA World Cup quarterfinals". nbcsports.com. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  17. "Serbia defeats USA in FIBA World Cup consolation round play". nba.com. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  18. T., P. (14 September 2019). "Bogdanović ponovo briljirao – Srbiji peto mesto u Kini" (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 September 2019.
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