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Nikola Vučević
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Nikola Vucevic (Maillot Bleu, N ° 9) EN 2020
Identity record
Nationality Drapeau du Monténégro Montenegro
Birth (32 years old)
Morges, Switzerland
Size 2,08 m (6′ 10″)
Weight 118 kg (260 lb)
Nickname Vochoa
Situation a club
Current club Chicago Bulls
Number 9
Later Pivot
University or amateur career
2008-2011 Trojans d’USC
NBA draft
Year 2011
Position 16 It is
Franchise 76ers of Philadelphia
Professional career *
Season Club Moy. pts
2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
The future of Podgorica
76ers of Philadelphia
Magic d’Orlando
Magic d’Orlando
Magic d’Orlando
Magic d’Orlando
Magic d’Orlando
Magic d’Orlando
Magic d’Orlando
Magic d’Orlando
Magic d’Orlando
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls
15.9
0 5.5
13.1
14.2
19.3
18.2
14.6
16.5
20.8
19.6
24.5
21.5
17.6
17.6
National team selection **
2011- Montenegro

* Points scored in each club as part of the regular season of the national championship.
** Points scored for the national team in an official match.

Nikola Vučević , born the In Morges in Switzerland, is a Montenegrin Basketball player. It measures 2.08 m And evolves at the post of pivot.

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Youth [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Vučević grew up for 12 years in Belgium [ first ] where his father, Borislav Vučević (in) is a professional basketball player (basketball skt ieper, Royal IV Brussels, Okapi Aalst, RSW Liège Basket), former Yugoslav international. The Vučević family then returns to Montenegro. Nikola is starting to play basketball and is named best young Montenegro player in 2007 [ first ] . Vučević is also the nephew of Savo Vučević, basketball coach (Cholet, Spirou Charleroi, Saint-Quentin, Antibes, Bourg-en-Bresse) [ 2 ] .

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Nikola Vučević played in high school in the United States before joining the USC Trojans university team at the University of Southern California (in NCAA) in 2008. His first university season is mediocre. In the summer of 2009, he participated with the Basketball Montenegro team in the European championship for 20 years and less taking place in Greece. The team finished seventh in the competition and Vučević ends the best rebound in the competition (with 10.8 taken by meeting) and best counterer (1.8 against) [ 3 ] .

During the 2009-2010 season with the Trojans, he was appointed player who progressed the most of the PAC-10 conference he is the best rebounder (9.4) and the second best marker of the team (10.7). During the 2010-2011 season, he is the best scorer and rebounder of the Trojans (17.7 points and 10.3 rebounds) [ 4 ] . He is appointed to the best team of the PAC 10 conference [ 5 ] .

Professional career [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

76ers de Philadelphie/KK Future Podgorica (2011-2012) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

In , it is chosen in sixteenth position of the NBA draft by the 76ers of Philadelphia. Because of the NBA lockout, he signed in pour le kk future Podgorica [ 6 ] .

Vučević is voted best player of the fourth day of the Eurocoupe by scoring 22 points (7 out of 8 shooting) and taking 10 rebounds [ 7 ] . At the end of lock-out In the NBA, he left to play the 2011-2012 season with the 76ers.

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Magic d’Orlando (2012-2021) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

In , he is sent to the Orlando magic in an exchange with four teams to bring Dwight Howard to Los Angeles Lakers [ 8 ] .

At the start of the 2012-2013 season, the magic coach Jacque Vaughn announces that he will hold at the start of the season and therefore that he will have playing time [ 2 ] . He made a good start to the season and the , Vučević captures 29 rebounds in the match between the Magic and Miami’s Heat. He thus broke the rebound record in a franchise match, the previous record being 28 rebounds by Shaquille O’Neal, in 1993 [ 9 ] .

Vučević admits that he is not a great athlete and having to compensate for this weakness by an understanding of the game and a better placement in the racket [ 2 ] .

He ended the 2012-2013 season 2 It is Best rebounder, behind Dwight Howard, with 11.9 rebounds per game and 3 It is player with the most double-double (46) [ ten ] .

At the start of the 2013-2014 season, he broke his record of points with 30, in a victory against the Clippers of Los Angeles. Vučević also takes 21 rebounds during this meeting [ 11 ] . Vučević is named best player of the conference week is for the week from 24 to [ twelfth ] .

The , he joined four additional seasons with the Orlando Magic [ 13 ] .

Chicago Bulls (since 2021) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

On March 25, 2021, he was transferred to the Bulls of Chicago with Al-Farouq Amicu in exchange for Wendell Carter Jr., Otto Porter and two first Tours of Draft [ 14 ] .

International career [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Vučević participated in the 2013 European Championship with Montenegro. His presence is little felt for the team (7 points and 4 rebounds on average for 15 minutes per meeting) which is quickly eliminated and ends up 17 It is  place [ 15 ] .

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The statistics in university matches of Nikola Vučević are as follows [ 16 ] :

Season Crew Matches Title. Min./m % tir % 3pts % LF Rbds/m. Pass/m. Int/m. Ctr/m. PTS / m.
2008-2009 USC 23 3 11.9 57.8 0.0 87.5 2.65 0.30 0.39 0.39 2.57
2009-2010 USC 30 30 32.3 50.4 22.2 71.8 9.43 1.20 0.60 1.30 10.70
2010-2011 USC 34 34 34.9 50.5 34.9 75.5 10.29 1.59 0.53 1.38 17.12
Total eighty seven sixty seven 27.9 50.9 30.3 74.6 7.98 1.11 0.52 1.09 11.06

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Regular season [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Season Crew Matches Title. Min./m % tir % 3pts % LF Rbds/m. Pass/m. Int/m. Ctr/m. PTS / m.
2011-2012 Philadelphia 51 15 15.9 45.0 37.5 52.9 4.82 0.61 0.39 0.67 5.55
2012-2013 Orlando 77 77 33.2 51.9 0.0 68.3 11.91 1.86 0.79 1.03 13.09
2013-2014 Orlando 57 57 31.8 50.7 0.0 76.6 10.98 1.82 1.05 0.82 14.23
2014-2015 Orlando 74 74 34.2 52.3 33.3 75.2 10.95 1.99 0.73 0.73 19.30
2015-2016 Orlando 65 60 31.3 51.0 22.2 75.3 8.85 2.75 0.82 1.08 18.17
2016-2017 Orlando 75 55 28.8 46.8 30.7 66.9 10.39 2.77 1.01 0.99 14,61
2017-2018 Orlando 57 57 29.5 47.5 31.4 81.9 9.18 3.35 0.98 1.09 16.47
2018-2019 Orlando 80 80 31.4 51.8 36.4 78.9 12.00 3.84 1.01 1.11 20.81
2019-2020 Orlando 62 62 33.2 47.7 33.9 78.4 10.85 3.58 0.87 0.76 19.60
2020-2021 Orlando 44 44 34.1 48.0 40.6 82.7 11.75 3.80 0.95 0.64 24.55
Chicago 26 26 32.6 47.1 38.8 87.0 11.50 3.90 0.90 0.80 21.50
2021-2022 Chicago seventy three seventy three 33.1 47.3 31.4 76.0 11.00 3.20 1.00 1.00 17.60
Career 741 680 30.9 49.4 34.8 75.7 10.40 2.70 0.90 0.90 16.90
All-Star Game 2 0 12.5 50.0 20.0 6.00 1.50 1.00 0.00 4.50

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Playoffs [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Season Crew Matches Title. Min./m % tir % 3pts % LF Rbds/m. Pass/m. Int/m. Ctr/m. PTS / m.
2012 Philadelphia first 0 2.9 0.0 0.0 50.0 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
2019 Orlando 5 5 29.5 36.2 23.1 78.6 8.00 3.00 0.40 1.00 11.20
2020 Orlando 5 5 36.9 50.5 40.9 90.9 11.00 4.00 0.80 0.60 28.00
2022 Chicago 5 5 36.2 44.0 31.0 80.0 12.40 3.20 0.40 1.20 19.40
Career 16 15 32.3 44.8 34.3 81.3 9.90 3.20 0.50 0.90 18.40

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Nikola Vučević’s personal records in NBA are as follows [ 17 ] , [ 18 ] :

Last update :

Year Crew Salary
2011-2012 Philadelphia 1 645 000 $
2012-2013 Orlando 1 768 800 $
2013-2014 Orlando 1 793 520 $
2014-2015* Orlando 2 751 260 $
2015-2016 Orlando 11 250 000 $
2016-2017 Orlando 11 750 000 $
2017-2018 Orlando 12 250 000 $
2018-2019 Orlando 12 750 000 $
2019-2020 Orlando 28 000 000 $
2020-2021 Chicago 26 000 000 $
2021-2022 Chicago 24 000 000 $
2022-2023 Chicago 22 000 000 $
Total Gains 155 958 980 $

Note: * For the 2014-2015 season, the average salary of a player playing in the NBA is 4,500,000 $ [ 19 ] .

  1. a et b (in) Biography on the USC Trojans site
  2. A B and C Benjamin Adler, Interview Nikola Vacevic: “Little by little, I gain respect for other players” » , Basket the US,
  3. (in) Statistics on the FIBA ​​website
  4. (in) Vucevic Named To NABC District 20 First Team » , on USCTrojans.com , .
  5. (in) Simmons, Vucevic And Jones Earn Pac-10 Honors » , on USCTrojans.com , .
  6. Barbara Youinou, Nikola Vucevic Au KK Buducnost » , on basketactu.com ,
  7. (in) Week 4 MVP: Nikola Vucevic, KK Future loves » , eurocupbasketball, .
  8. (in) Transactions: 2012-13 season » , NBA (consulted the )
  9. Nikola Vacevic in the history of Magic » , Basket the US, .
  10. (in) 2012-13 Double-doubles leaders : Total Double-Doubles » , on nba.com
  11. Jonathan Demay, A monstrous Nikola Vacevic makes the clippers fall » , Basket the US,
  12. (in) Magic’s Vucevic, Spurs’ Duncan named Players of the Week » , NBA,
  13. https://www.basketusa.com/news/567405/orlando-un-contrat-de-100-millions-pour-nikola-vucevic/
  14. (in) Sources: Magic trade Vucevic to Bulls » , on Espn.com , (consulted the )
  15. (in) Vučević statistics at Euro 2013 » , FIBA Europe (consulted the )
  16. (in) University stats » , on Sports-teference.com , (consulted the )
  17. (in) Nikola Vucevic Career Bests » , on basketball.realgm.com
  18. (in) Nikola Vucevic Stats » , on espn.com
  19. Emmanuel Laurin, Experience, salary, size, weight … NBA identity card in 2014/15 » , on basketusa.com , (consulted the )

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