| No. 15 – Adria Oil Škrljevo | |
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| Position | Small forward /power forward |
| League | Croatian League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1997-02-07)February 7, 1997 (age 28) Šibenik, Croatia |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Listed height | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) |
| Listed weight | 108 kg (238 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2019:undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2017 | Cibona |
| 2013–2014 | →Zrinjevac |
| 2017–2018 | Cedevita |
| 2018 | Cibona |
| 2019 | Šibenka |
| 2020 | Adria Oil Škrljevo |
| 2021–present | Adria Oil Škrljevo |
| Career highlights | |
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Nik Slavica (born 7 February 1997) is a Croatian professionalbasketball player forAdria Oil Škrljevo of theCroatian League. He can play at either thesmall forward orpower forward positions, with small forward being his main position.
He was born inŠibenik to a father Nenad, former basketball player. Slavica moved toZagreb, as a 10-year-old, to play forCibona's youth teams,[1] and he spent one season onloan atKK Zrinjevac.
Following the conclusion of hisloan spell atZrinjevac, during the 2013–14 season, Slavica returned to his parent club of Cibona, and he became a regular on the club's senior men's team,Cibona Zagreb, seeing action in theCroatian League, theABA League, and thelower-tier level European-wide competitions of theFIBA Europe Cup,[2] and theBasketball Champions League.[3]
Slavica's name was included on a list of early entry candidates for the2016 NBA draft, but he ultimately withdrew from the draft before the draft withdrawal deadline.[4]
On 30 September 2017, Slavica signed a multi-year contract withCedevita.[5] In August 2018, he signed with Cibona.[6] Cibona parted ways with him on 28 December 2018.[7]
On 4 January 2019, he signed with home town clubGKK Šibenka, but after the end of the season, the club parted ways with him.[8]
In January, 2020, Slavica signed withAdria Oil Škrljevo of theCroatian League.[9] His stay at Škrljevo ended with theCroatian League being halted due to the covid-crisis. A year and eight months later, in November, 2021, he was re-signed with Škrljevo.[10]
Slavica played for the Croatian under-16 junior national team at the2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He helped the Croatian under-18 junior national team win the bronze medal at the2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also captured a silver medal with Croatia’s under-19 junior national team at the2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, while also receiving an All-World Championship Under-19 Honorable Mention status by the basketball websiteeurobasket.com.[11]
