Lazar Vasić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Васић; born January 3, 2001) is a Serbian professional basketball player who currently plays for Vršac of the Basketball League of Serbia as a loaned player of Crvena zvezda mts.

Lazar Vasić
Vršac
PositionPoint guard
LeagueBasketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born (2001-01-03) January 3, 2001 (age 23)
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–presentCrvena zvezda mts
2019–2020Tamiš
2020–2021FMP
2021–2022Slodes
2022–presentVršac
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Montenegro U16 team

Early career edit

Vasić started to play basketball for KK Abba from Barič. In summer 2014, he was added to the Crvena zvezda youth team.[1] He won the second place at the 2017–18 Junior ABA League season with the Zvezda. Over six tournament games, he averaged 6.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.[2]

Professional career edit

In January 2018, Vasić was added to the Crvena zvezda ABA League roster for the rest of the 2017–18 season.[3] He missed to play a single game during that season. On February 13, 2019, Vasić was added to the 2019 Crvena zvezda Radivoj Korać Cup roster.[4][5] He missed to play a single game at the Cup tournament. On March 19, 2019, Vasić signed his first professional contract for Crvena zvezda.[6] On 4 September 2019, he was loaned to Tamiš for the 2019–20 season.[7] Prior to the 2020–21 season, Vasić was added to the roster of FMP.[8] In December 2020, he was added to the ABA roster.[9]

National team career edit

Vasić was a member of the Serbian under-16 national team that participated at the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Poland. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 0.6 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.[10] Next year, he was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Montenegro. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 5.0 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.[11]

Vasić was a member of the Serbian under-17 team that participated at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Argentina. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 4.7 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ "Vasic at Serbiahoop". serbiahoop.com. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Vasic Season 2017/18 - Junior ABA League". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Alen Omić inks contract with Crvena zvezda!". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. ^ "TRENER ZVEZDE PRESEKAO Ovo je sastav crveno-belih za Kup Radivoja Koraća". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Rivers će sačekati na debi – Tomić presekao za Kup Koraća". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Vasić potpisao prvi profesionalni ugovor sa Zvezdom". novosti.rs. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Vasić i Pavićević na pozajmici u Tamišu!". kls.rs. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Lazar Vasic is a newcomer at KK FMP Beograd". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Lazar Vasić signs with FMP". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  10. ^ "2016 Serbia 6 - Lazar Vasic". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  11. ^ "2017 Serbia 10 - Lazar Vasic". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Lazar VASIC 2018 Point Guard Serbia". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

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