Vladimir Lučić

Vladimir Lučić

Lučić at Valencia.
No. 13 – Valencia Basket
Position Small forward / Power forward
League Liga ACB
Eurocup
Personal information
Born (1989-06-17) June 17, 1989
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2011 / Undrafted
Playing career 2006–present
Career history
2006–2008 Superfund
2008–2013 Partizan Belgrade
2013–present Valencia Basket
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Competitor for  Serbia
Universiade
2011 Shenzhen Team competition

Vladimir Lučić (Serbian: Владимир Лучић, born June 17, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB. Standing at 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in), he primarily plays at the small forward position, but he can also play at the power forward position.

Professional career

Superfund

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

Partizan Belgrade

After two years at Superfund, Lučić was signed by Partizan Belgrade 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 Basketball League of Serbia championships, four straight Adriatic Leagues and Radivoj Korać Cups.

Valencia Basket

On June 24, 2013, Lučić signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team Valencia Basket.[3][4] In his first season abroad, he was having trouble with his backs and left foot all over the season. He eventually had 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 contract with him for one more season.[9]

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.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2009–10 Partizan 1 0 1.3 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 -1.0
2010–11 Partizan 15 0 10.6 .522 .333 .667 1.9 .6 .2 .3 2.4 3.5
2011–12 Partizan 10 9 21.7 .365 .269 .867 2.4 1.0 .1 .1 5.8 3.0
2012–13 Partizan 10 9 33.2 .412 .323 .796 4.8 .8 1.6 .2 13.7 14.9
2014–15 Valencia 8 6 25.7 .476 .421 .762 3.3 .9 .9 .4 8.0 8.8
Career 44 24 20.9 .424 .324 .782 2.9 .7 .7 .2 6.7 6.8

Serbian national team

Lučić won a gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen.

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. 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. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Valencia Basket confirma a Vladimir Lucic per a la pròxima temporada". valenciabasket.com (in Spanish). 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Petar Božić		 Partizan Belgrade captain
2012–2013 		Succeeded by
Dragan Milosavljević
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