Nemanja Krstić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Крстић, born March 2, 1993) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Kapfenberg Bulls of the Austrian Basketball Superliga. He also represent the Serbian national basketball team in the international competitions. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he can play either small forward or power forward positions.

Nemanja Krstić
No. 12 – Kapfenberg Bulls
PositionSmall forward / power forward
LeagueAustrian Basketball Superliga
Personal information
Born (1993-03-02) March 2, 1993 (age 31)
Kladovo, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight100 kg (220 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2015: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012Hemofarm
2012–2015Mega Vizura / Leks
2015–2016Igokea
2016Mornar Bar
2017Kapfenberg Bulls
2017–2018Dynamic
2018–2019Novi Pazar
2019–2020Szolnoki Olaj
2020–presentKapfenberg Bulls
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
U19 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2011 Latvia U19 National Team
U18 European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2011 Poland U18 National Team
U16 European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Lithuania U16 National Team

Professional career edit

He made his professional debut with KK Hemofarm during the 2011–12 season. In the summer of 2012, he signed with Mega Vizura.[1] In July 2015, he left Mega and signed with KK Igokea.[2]

On July 26, 2016, Krstić signed a one-year deal with Mornar Bar.[3] On December 9, 2016, he parted ways with Mornar after averaging 3.6 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in ten ABA League games.[4] On February 7, 2017, Krstić signed with Kapfenberg Bulls for the rest of the 2016–17 ÖBL season.[5]

On August 17, 2017, Krstić signed with Dynamic.[6] In 40 games of the Serbian League with Dynamic, he averaged 15.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.

On September 6, 2018, Krstić signed with Novi Pazar.[7] In 36 games of the Serbian League, he averaged 18.6 points, 6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. He was the best player in regular stage of Basketball League of Serbia.[8] With average 20.3 points, he was Serbian SuperLeague Top Scorer.[9]

On August 9, 2019, Krstić signed with the Hungarian team Szolnoki Olaj KK.[10] He averaged 8.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. On August 21, 2020, Krstić rejoined the Kapfenberg Bulls in Austria.[11]

National team career edit

Krstić was a member of the Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2013.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Tandem prešao iz Hemofarma u Megu". Mondo.rs (in Serbian). 26 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Nemanja Krstic signs with Igokea". Sportando.com. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Mornar Bar signed contract with Nemanja Krstić". aba-liga.com. 26 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Mornar parted ways with Dickerson and Krstić". aba-liga.com. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  5. ^ "ECE BULLS KAPFENBERG VERPFLICHTEN TOP-SPIELER!". ece-bulls.com (in German). 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  6. ^ "KRSTIĆ I ZEKAVIČIĆ POTPISALI ZA DINAMIK". kkdynamic.rs (in Serbian). 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  7. ^ N., L. (6 September 2018). "Nemanja Krstić u Novom Pazaru". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Nemanja Krstić MVP regularnog dela KLS i najbolji strelac Superlige Srbije". indeksonline.rs.
  9. ^ "Krstića žele klubovi iz Turske, Grčke i Nemačke". rts.rs.
  10. ^ "Szerb válogatottat igazolt az Olajbányász". iszolnok.hu (in Hungarian). 9 August 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  11. ^ Prager, Stefan (August 21, 2020). "Kapfenberg Bulls bring back Nemanja Krstic". Eurobasket. Retrieved August 22, 2020.

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