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Aleksa Novaković
No. 17 – Pari Nizhny Novgorod
PositionSmall forward
LeagueVTB United League
Personal information
Born (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 28)
Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight102 kg (225 lb)
Career information
High schoolFindlay Prep
(Henderson, Nevada)
CollegeEastern Illinois (2015–2016)
NBA draft2018: undrafted
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016We're Basket Ortona
2016–2017Nuovo Basket Aquilano
2017–2019Mladost Zemun
2019–2020Novi Pazar
2020–2023Borac Čačak
2023 - presentBC Nizhny Novgorod

Aleksa Novaković (Serbian Cyrillic: 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

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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

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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

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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]

References

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