Vasilije Micić

Vasilije Micić

Micić, in red, playing with the Serbian national team at EuroBasket 2013.
No. 9 – FC Bayern Munich
Position Point guard
League German Bundesliga
Euroleague
Personal information
Born 13 January 1994
Kraljevo, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2014 / Round: 2 / Pick: 52nd overall
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Pro career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2014 Mega Vizura
2014–present FC Bayern Munich

Vasilije Micić (Serbian: Василије Мицић, born 13 January 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player who currently plays for FC Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 52nd overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft.

Junior career

From 2002 to 2006, Micić played for the OKK Beograd junior program. In 2006–07, he played for Crvena zvezda juniors, and then from 2007 to 2010, he played for FMP Železnik juniors.[1]

Professional career

Mega Vizura

In 2010, Micić signed with Mega Vizura. At the age of 16, he made his Basketball League of Serbia debut, going on to play 35 games in 2010–11. On November 22, 2011, just 8 games into the 2011–12 season, Micić suffered a season-ending knee injury.[2] In the 2012–13 season, he became a leader with Boban Marjanović of the team which came to the Adriatic League for the first time in the club history.[3]

On 6 June 2013, Micić signed a two-year contract extension with Mega Vizura.[4] In March 2014, Micić confirmed that he will enter the 2014 NBA draft.[5][6] On April 8, 2014, he broke his hand which sidelined him off the court for one month.[7] In his first ABA League season, he averaged 12.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists over 25 games.

In June, alongside with his teammates Nemanja Dangubić and Nikola Jokić, he attended the Eurocamp, basketball camp based in Treviso for the NBA Draft prospects. He impressed scouts, putting 14 points and 10 assists in 25 minutes of the game.[8] On June 26, 2014, Micić was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 52nd overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft.[9]

FC Bayern Munich

On August 4, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with an option for one more season with the German team FC Bayern Munich.[10][11] On November 28, 2014, in a Euroleague game against Panathinaikos, he partially ruptured collateral ligament in his right elbow and is expected to miss six weeks of play.[12]

Euroleague 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.

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2014–15 Bayern 6 1 18.0 .450 .200 .875 1.5 3.2 .5 .0 7.5 6.8
Career 6 1 18.0 .450 .200 .875 1.5 3.2 .5 .0 7.5 6.8

International career

In 2011, Micić won a silver medal with the Serbian U18 team at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. In 2013, he again won a silver medal with the Serbian U19 team at the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship where he was to the All-Tournament team.[13][14] In the same year, he debuted for the Serbian national team at the 2013 EuroBasket in Slovenia,[15] where he averaged 4.4 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.[16]

Personal

Vasilije's sister, Nina, is a professional snowboarder.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "BeoBasket :: VASILIJE MICIĆ". BeoBasket.net. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "VASILIJE MICIC INJURED KNEE LIGAMENT". BeoBasket.net. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kako je Miško stvorio mali mega klub". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Vasilije Micic extends his contract with Mega Vizura". Sportando.com. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Vasilije Micic will enter his name in the 2014 NBA Draft". sportando.net. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "NBA Announces Early Entry Candidates for 2014 NBA Draft". draftexpress.com. NBA.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Micić out for a month or more". abaliga.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  8. ↑ Pollakof, Brett. "2014 adidas Eurocamp: Vasilije Micic, Jaylen Brown shine in Day Two action". nbcsports.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sixers Select McDaniels, Grant, Micic in the Second Round of the 2014 NBA Draft". NBA.com. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "BAYERN VERPFLICHTEN SERBISCHEN NATIONALSPIELER VASILIJE MICIC". fcb-basketball.de (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "FC Bayern Munich lands young guard Micic". euroleague.net. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "SECHS WOCHEN PAUSE FÜR VASILIJE MICIC". fcb-basketball.de (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "U19: Micić najbolji plejmejker Prvenstva". MVP.rs (in Serbian). 7 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  14. ↑ "Gordon takes MVP honours for champions USA". FIBA.com. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "Duda objavio spisak – bez Teodosića!". rts.rs. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "VASILJE MICIC (SERBIA)". eurobasket2013.org. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  17. ↑ "Alpine skiing helped Micić a lot in basketball career". ABALiga.com. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

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