Mile Ilić
| No. 9 – Lietkabelis Panevėžys | ||||||||||
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| Position | Center | |||||||||
| League |
Lithuanian Basketball League Baltic Basketball League | |||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||
| Born |
June 2, 1984 Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) | |||||||||
| Listed weight | 229 lb (104 kg) | |||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2005 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43rd overall | |||||||||
| Selected by the New Jersey Nets | ||||||||||
| Playing career | 2002–present | |||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | FMP Železnik | |||||||||
| 2006–2007 | New Jersey Nets | |||||||||
| 2007 | Colorado 14ers | |||||||||
| 2008 | Bilbao Berri | |||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Cajasol | |||||||||
| 2010 | Metalac Valjevo | |||||||||
| 2010–2011 | FMP Železnik | |||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Crvena zvezda | |||||||||
| 2013 | Vojvodina Srbijagas | |||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Mahram Tehran | |||||||||
| 2014 | MIA Academy | |||||||||
| 2015 | Qatar Club | |||||||||
| 2015–present | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | |||||||||
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Mile Ilić (Serbian: Миле Илић; born June 2, 1984) is a Serbian professional basketball player who currently plays for BC Lietkabelis of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He played with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ilić, a 2.15 m tall (7'1") center, was drafted by the Nets in 2005 as the 43rd overall pick, and began his rookie season in 2006–07.
Career
Ilić started his senior career with FMP. In the 2005 NBA Draft he was drafted by the New Jersey Nets as a 43rd overall pick.[1] On September 13, 2006, Nets signed Ilić as a foreseeable future backup for countryman Nenad Krstić.[2] On February 26, 2007, the Nets assigned him to the Colorado 14ers, their NBA Development League affiliate.[3] Ilić thus became the first player that the Nets assigned to the D-League since instituting affiliate teams (prior to the 2005–06 NBA season).
On October 29, 2007, he was traded by the Nets to New Orleans Hornets along with Bernard Robinson for David Wesley (both Ilić and Robinson were immediately waived by the Hornets).[4]
After getting waived in the NBA, Ilić returned to Europe and signed with Lokomotiv Rostov on November 26, 2007.[5] However he never played for the Russian club because of injury.[6] On February 24, 2008, he signed with CB Bilbao Berri, team from the Spanish ACB.[7] Hampered by the recovery process from a leg injury he only appeared in 10 games for the club averaging 5.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
On July 28, 2008, Ilić signed with CB Sevilla for the 2008–09 season.[8] On March 27, 2009, he parted ways with Sevilla after averaging only 2 points and 2 rebounds per game.[9]
In March 2010, he signed with Metalac Valjevo for the 2009–10 Serbian Superleague season.[10] For the 2010–11 season he returned to FMP Železnik.[11] The 2011–12 season he played with Crvena zvezda. In March 2013, signed with Vojvodina Srbijagas for the 2012–13 Serbian Superleague season.[12]
In October 2013, he signed with Mahram Tehran BC of the Iranian Super League.[13] In January 2014, he left Tehran and signed with MIA Academy of the Georgian Super Liga for the rest of the season.[14]
In 2015, he played with Qatar Club.[15] On October 17, 2015 he signed with the Lithuanian club BC Lietkabelis.[16]
References
- ↑ NBA Draft history: 2005 Draft
- ↑ Nets sign Serb center Ilic, '05 second-round pick
- ↑ NETS ASSIGN MILE ILIC TO COLORADO 14ers OF D-LEAGUE
- ↑ HORNETS: Hornets Complete Deal With Nets
- ↑ Ilic, Harrington join Rostov, FIBA November 26, 2007
- ↑ Košarka: Mile Ilić nije potpisao za Lokomotivu (Serbian)
- ↑ El pivot serbio Mile Illic llega a un acuerdo con iurbentia Bilbao Basket (Spanish)
- ↑ Cajasol adds size with Mile Ilic
- ↑ Cajasol cut Mile Ilic
- ↑ Mile Ilić debituje za Metalac (Serbian)
- ↑ Jao Mile predvodi FMP (Serbian)
- ↑ "Mile Ilić u Vojvodini (Serbian)". Novosti.rs. March 26, 2013.
- ↑ Mahram Tehran adds size with Mile Ilic
- ↑ "MIA Academy lands Mile Ilic". Eurobasket.com. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ↑ Mile Ilic – Qatar Club 2014-15 stats
- ↑ "„Lietkabelio“ marškinėlius apsivilks NBA duonos ragavęs serbas". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian). 17 October 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com
- ACB.com profile
- FIBA.com profile