Branko Lazić
No. 10 – Crvena zvezda mts | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Small forward / Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||||
League | Basketball League of Serbia Adriatic League EuroLeague | |||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Loznica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | 12 January 1989|||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 101 kg (223 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 2011 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2007–present | |||||||||||||||||||
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2007–2011 | FMP | |||||||||||||||||||
2011–present | Crvena zvezda | |||||||||||||||||||
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Branko Lazić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Лазић, pronounced [ˌbrǎːŋko ˈlǎːzit͜ɕ]; born 12 January 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player and captain for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He has also represented the senior Serbian national basketball team internationally.
Professional career[]
FMP[]
Lazić started his professional career in 2007 with a Belgrade-based team FMP. He played four seasons there, until 2011.
Crvena zvezda[]
In 2011, Lazić signed a one-year contract with Crvena zvezda. On August 10, 2012, he signed a three-year extension with Crvena zvezda.[1] On June 25, 2015, he signed a new two-year extension with Crvena zvezda.[2]
On February 7, 2017, Lazić became third player with most appearances of all time for Crvena zvezda passing Vuk Radivojević and Dragiša Vučinić.[3] On July 13, Lazić signed a new two-year contract with the club and became the team captain after departure of former team captain Luka Mitrović.[4] On February 12, 2018, Lazić played in his 430th game, passed Slobodan Nikolić, and became the player with most appearances in the Crvena zvezda history.[5] On March 3, 2019, in a 70–68 win over Partizan, Lazić played in his 500th game for the Zvezda.[6] On June 24, 2019, Lazić signed a three-year extension with Crvena zvezda.[7]
On January 18, 2021, Lazić made his 600th appearance for Crvena zvezda in a 79–77 win over Real Madrid.[8] On December 19, 2021, Lazić passed Tadija Dragićević to become the Zvezda's ABA League all-time scoring leader.[9][10]
National team career[]
In August 2017, head coach of the Serbia men's national basketball team Aleksandar Đorđević named Lazić as one of 12 players who represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017.[11] They won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.[12]
Career achievements[]
- Serbian League champion: 6 (with Crvena zvezda: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21)
- Radivoj Korać Cup winner: 5 (with Crvena zvezda: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2020–21)
- Adriatic League champion: 5 (with Crvena zvezda: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020-21)
- Adriatic Supercup winner: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 2018)
Career statistics[]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
Euroleague[]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2013–14 | Crvena zvezda | 10 | 8 | 14.3 | .474 | .429 | .833 | 1.3 | .7 | .1 | .0 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
2014–15 | 19 | 13 | 17.8 | .394 | .345 | .750 | 1.5 | .7 | .6 | .1 | 3.9 | 2.7 | |
2015–16 | 26 | 11 | 19.3 | .430 | .410 | .875 | 1.3 | 1.0 | .9 | .0 | 4.3 | 2.9 | |
2016–17 | 30 | 6 | 23.6 | .467 | .368 | .571 | 2.2 | .3 | 1.4 | .1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | |
2017–18 | 30 | 21 | 20.4 | .324 | .259 | .944 | 2.0 | .9 | .8 | .1 | 3.3 | 2.5 | |
2019–20 | 25 | 25 | 16.3 | .406 | .292 | .667 | 1.3 | .6 | .6 | .0 | 3.9 | 1.8 | |
2020–21 | 33 | 33 | 16.4 | .369 | .354 | .909 | 1.3 | .7 | .6 | .0 | 2.7 | 1.6 | |
Career | 173 | 117 | 18.8 | .401 | .336 | .788 | 1.6 | .7 | .8 | .1 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
See also[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Branko Lazić. |
References[]
- ^ "Red Star extends with five players". sportando.com. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Branko Lazić veran Zvezdi". b92.net (in Serbian). 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Zvezda: Lazić treći u istoriji, Simonović na 250". B92.net (in Serbian). 8 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Branku Laziću novi ugovor i kapitenska traka". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Kapiten – Lazić upisao rekordni 430. nastup za Zvezdu". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "ZVEZDI TRILER U "PIONIRU" Crveno-beli se u LUDOJ utakmici revanširali Partizanu za poraz u Kupu". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Laziću novi trogodišnji ugovor sa Crvenom zvezdom". b92.net. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Realov skalp kao poklon za Lazićev 600. meč". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Zvezdina šuterska rapsodija i plus 47 protiv Borca: Vajt zaigrao i oduševio, Lazić postao rekorder". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Branko Lazić najbolji strelac u istoriji Crvene zvezde". b92.net. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ Šolak, Mladen. "Nedović i Kalinić ne idu na Eurobasket". Mondo Portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Slovenia overcome injuries to claim historic title in Dragic's swansong". FIBA.basketball. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
External links[]
- Branko Lazić at aba-liga.com
- Branko Lazić at eurobasket.com
- Branko Lazić at euroleague.net
- Branko Lazić on Instagram
- 1989 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- Basketball League of Serbia players
- KK Crvena zvezda players
- KK FMP (1991–2011) players
- Sportspeople from Loznica
- Serbia men's national basketball team players
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards