Aleksa Novaković Explained

Aleksa Novaković
Position:Small forward
Height M:2.00
Weight Kg:102
League:VTB United League
Team:Pari Nizhny Novgorod
Number:17
Birth Date:30 August 1996
Birth Place:Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Serbian
High School:Findlay Prep
(Henderson, Nevada)
College:Eastern Illinois (2015–2016)
Draft Year:2018
Career Start:2016
Years1:2016
Team1:We're Basket Ortona
Years2:2016–2017
Team2:Nuovo Basket Aquilano
Years3:2017–2019
Team3:Mladost Zemun
Years4:2019–2020
Team4:Novi Pazar
Years5:2020–2023
Team5:Borac Čačak
Team6:BC Nizhny Novgorod
Years6:2023 - present

Aleksa Novaković (Serbian: Алекса Новаковић; born 30 August 1996) is a Serbian professional basketball player for BC Nizhny Novgorod of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the Eastern Illinois Panthers.

High school and college career

Novaković moved to U.S. to play high school basketball at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada.[1]

As a college basketball player, Novaković played his freshman year with the Eastern Illinois Panthers. He appeared in 8 games (all off the bench) in their 2015–16 season, averaging 0.6 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 0.5 assists per game.[2] He left the Panthers after his freshman year.[1]

Professional career

After his college basketball career, Novaković played for Italian teams We're Basket Ortona and Nuovo Basket Aquilano in the 2016–17 season.[3] [4] Novaković played for Mladost Zemun and Novi Pazar of the Serbian League before joining Borac Čačak in 2020.[5] [6] On 25 June 2022, he signed a two-year contract extension with Borac Čačak.[7] On August 14th 2023 BC Pari Nizhny Novgorod announced that they signed one year contract with Novaković.

National team career

In June 2022, Serbia national team head coach Svetislav Pešić added Novaković to the 20-man roster for the third window games at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.[8] [9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Two basketball players transferring out fro Eastern . dailyeasternnews.com . 21 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Aleksa Novakovic College Statistics . sports-reference.com . 21 June 2022.
  3. Web site: Colpo di mercato del Nuovo Basket Aquilano, arrivano Ranitovic e Novakovic . news-town.it . 21 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Il Nuovo Basket Aquilano batte Termoli, cadono Gs e Tornimparte . news-town.it . 21 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Aleksa Novaković novi prvotimac Borca . mozzartsport.com . 21 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Novaković novi košarkaš Borca . nova.rs . 27 August 2020 . 21 June 2022.
  7. Web site: Reprezentativac Srbije još dve godine u Borcu iz Čačka . mozzartsport.com . 26 June 2022.
  8. Web site: Pešić objavio spisak: NBA šampion Bjelica predvodi Srbiju u kvalifikacijama za SP . mozzartsport.com . 21 June 2022.
  9. Web site: Pešićev spisak – tu je i Bjelica . b92.net . 21 June 2022.