Marko Milič

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Marko Milič
Personal information
Born (1977-05-07) May 7, 1977
Kranj, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Slovenian
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 246 lb (112 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1997 / Round: 2 / Pick: 33rd overall
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career 1991–2015
Position Power forward
Career history
1991–1994 Triglav Kranj (Slovenia)
1994–1997 Union Olimpija (Slovenia)
1997–1998 Phoenix Suns
1998 Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
1999 Phoenix Suns
1999–2000 Union Olimpija (Slovenia)
2000–2001 Real Madrid (Spain)
2001–2002 Skipper Bologna (Italy)
2002–2003 Euro Roseto (Italy)
2003–2005 Scavolini Pesaro (Italy)
2005–2006 VidiVici Bologna (Italy)
2006–2007 Union Olimpija (Slovenia)
2007 Real Madrid (Spain)
2007–2009 Union Olimpija (Slovenia)
2009 Entente Orléanaise (France)
2010–2012 Vanoli Cremona (Italy)
2012–2013 Mahram Tehran (Iran)
2013–2015 Al Kuwait (Kuwait)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Marko Milič (born May 7, 1977) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player.

Professional career

After being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1997 NBA Draft (34th overall), Milič's rights were traded to the Phoenix Suns. After seeing limited NBA duty (44 career games) during his two seasons with the Suns,[1] he returned to Europe and played for Union Olimpija (where he started playing senior basketball, now serving his third stint), Real Madrid (two stints), Fortitudo Bologna (Italian League runner-up), Pesaro (2004 Italian Cup finalist) and Virtus Bologna. He also represented Fenerbahçe in the first part of the 1998-99 season, due to the NBA season's lockout, returning to Phoenix in January 1999.

On October 14, 2015, he announced retirement from the professional basketball.[2]

Honors and awards

Olimpija

Real Madrid

Al Kuwait

Individual

Personal life

Milič's father, Vladimir Milić, a Serb from Croatia based in Belgrade, was a shotputting champion in former Yugoslavia. His mother, Metka Papler, was also a successful sportswoman in Yugoslavia.

Club 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

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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2000–01 Real Madrid 15 8 22.5 .519 .300 .556 4.6 1.9 1.8 .0 9.3 10.9
2001–02 Skipper Bologna 18 15 21.1 .496 .267 .659 3.6 1.4 1.8 .1 9.3 8.7
2004–05 Scavolini Pesaro 22 19 26.1 .489 .250 .617 4.6 2.2 1.6 .0 10.4 11.2
2006–07 Union Olimpija 11 11 26.5 .611 .200 .550 6.9 2.5 1.0 .1 15.1 16.3
2007–08 Union Olimpija 14 14 30.3 .517 .125 .744 6.4 1.5 1.2 .1 15.6 15.8
2008–09 Union Olimpija 6 4 21.3 .378 .0 .714 3.7 1.3 1.2 .0 9.0 9.3
2009–10 Entente Orléanaise 3 1 9.1 1.0 .0 .667 2.0 .0 .3 .0 2.7 5.0
Career 89 72 25.5 .513 .239 .628 4.8 1.8 1.5 .0 11.0 11.7

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1998–99 Phoenix Suns 33 0 4.9 .609 .500 .647 .8 .4 .3 .0 2.8
1999–2000 Phoenix Suns 11 0 4.8 .400 .000 . .5 .2 .3 .1 1.5
Career 44 0 4.9 .560 .429 .647 .7 .3 .3 .0 2.5

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1998 Phoenix Suns 2 0 2.0 .667 . . .5 .0 .5 .0 2.0
Career 2 0 2.0 .667 . . .5 .0 .5 .0 2.0

References

  1. ↑ Marko Milic. nba.com
  2. ↑ Perko, Drago (14 October 2015). "KZS “upokojil” Milića, ga bo zdaj še zaposlil?". kosarka.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 14 October 2015.

External links

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