Jaka Blažič

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Jaka Blažič
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Blažič with Crvena zvezda in November 2014
No. 11 – Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League Liga ACB
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1990-06-30) June 30, 1990 (age 33)
Jesenice, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Slovenian
Listed height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted
Playing career 2007–present
Career history
2007–2009 Triglav Kranj
2009–2011 Geoplin Slovan
2011–2013 Union Olimpija
2013–2015 Crvena zvezda
2015–present Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
Career highlights and awards

Jaka Blažič (born June 30, 1990) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who plays for Laboral Kutxa Baskonia of the Liga ACB. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team. Standing at Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)., he plays as a small forward.

Professional career

Blažič started his professional career in 2007 with Triglav Kranj. From 2009 to 2011 he played with Geoplin Slovan.

In July 2011, he signed a three-year deal with Union Olimpija.[1]

On June 18, 2013, Blažič signed a three-year deal with the Serbian team Crvena zvezda Belgrade.[2] On September 14, 2015, he parted ways with the club.[3]

Day later, on September 15, 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team Laboral Kutxa Baskonia.[4]

Slovenian national team

As a member of the senior men's Slovenian national basketball team, Blažič competed at the EuroBasket 2013 and World Cup 2014. He also represented Slovenia at the 2015 EuroBasket where they were eliminated by Latvia in eighth finals.[5][6]

Career statistics

Legend
  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

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2011–12 Union Olimpija 10 1 14.2 .350 .182 .600 2.4 .4 .2 .0 3.6 2.3
2012–13 10 9 28.3 .373 .278 .731 4.0 1.9 .5 .0 12.4 10.9
2013–14 Crvena Zvezda 10 2 19.7 .462 .345 .750 3.5 1.1 .9 .2 10.3 8.8
2014–15 24 10 21.4 .422 .309 .750 2.8 1.0 .5 .1 9.1 5.8
Career 54 22 21.1 .410 .299 .733 3.1 1.1 .5 .1 8.9 6.6

Personal

In the early morning hours of Saturday, 4 October 2014, Blažič was involved in a traffic infraction, slamming his Volkswagen Golf into the back of a taxi vehicle while changing lanes at the corner of Nemanjina and Resavska streets in central Belgrade. No injuries were reported as the traffic patrol administered a breathalyzer test on the 24-year-old basketball player, determining his blood alcohol level was above the legal limit in Serbia of 0.5‰.[7] Blažič paid the RSD16,000 (~€135) fine on the spot and later publicly apologized while his club Crvena zvezda fined him as well by reportedly docking the amount of two monthly salaries from his pay.[8]

References

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  7. ↑ Zvezda kaznila Blažiča zbog izazivanja saobraćajnog udesa: Izvinjavam se taksisti, klubu i navijačima;Vecernje novosti, 4 October 2014
  8. ↑ Blažič se izvinio za saobraćajnu nezgodu, Zvezda ga kaznila sa dve plate;Blic, 4 October 2014

External links

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