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Branko Lazić

Branko Lazić
Lazić with Crvena zvezda in November 2022.
No. 10 – Crvena zvezda
PositionSmall forward / Shooting guard
LeagueKLS
ABA League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1989-01-12) 12 January 1989 (age 35)
Loznica, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight100 kg (220 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2011: undrafted
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2011FMP
2011–presentCrvena zvezda
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 2017 Turkey
U18 European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Spain Team

Branko Lazić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Лазић, pronounced [ˌbrǎːŋko ˈlǎːzit͜ɕ]; born 12 January 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player and the team captain for Crvena zvezda of the Serbian KLS, the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He has also represented the senior Serbian national basketball team internationally. He has won a record seven ABA League titles.

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]

Lazić was elected on 5-year term as a member of the Assembly of Crvena zvezda on 27 December 2021.[11][12] In June 2022, he won his 20th major title with the Zvezda.[13] On 13 July 2022, Lazić signed a two-year contract extension with the club.[14]

National team career

See also: 2017 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

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.[15] They won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.[16]

Career achievements

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

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Crvena zvezda 10 8 14.3 .474 .429 .833 1.3 .7 .1 — 2.6 1.8
2014–15 19 13 17.7 .394 .345 .750 1.5 .7 .6 .1 3.9 2.7
2015–16 26 11 19.5 .430 .410 .875 1.3 1.0 .9 — 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 16.2 .406 .292 .667 1.3 .6 .6 .0 3.9 1.8
2020–21 33 23 16.3 .369 .354 .909 1.3 .7 .6 — 2.7 1.6
2021–22 25 2 16.2 .373 .340 .864 1.0 .4 .3 .1 3.7 2.2
2022–23 25 16 18.4 .471 .500 .600 1.2 .6 .6 .0 2.7 1.4
2023–24 22 16 13.8 .322 .289 .917 1.5 .4 .4 .0 2.7 1.0
Career 245 141 18.0 .397 .345 .806 1.5 .6 .7 .1 3.5 2.3

EuroCup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08 FMP 7 1 12.6 .500 .500 .500 1.4 .4 .6 — 2.6 0.7
2008–09 3 1 8.3 .000 — — .3 — — — 0.0 -2.3
2012–13 Crvena zvezda 12 1 13.4 .538 .400 .778 1.1 .3 .3 — 3.8 2.6
2013–14 11 8 17.0 .452 .421 .800 1.5 .6 .7 .2 4.0 2.3
2018–19 12 12 16.7 .429 .350 .500 1.8 .8 .4 .1 3.2 1.8
Career 45 23 14.7 .462 .400 .722 1.4 .5 .5 .1 3.2 1.7

Domestic leagues

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007–08 Serbia FMP KLS 14 18.4 .514 .467 .769 1.8 1.0 1.4 .1 3.9
2007–08 Serbia FMP ABA 23 12.3 .543 .462 .692 1.0 .4 .9 — 2.3
2008–09 Serbia FMP KLS 6 27.2 .400 .200 .692 2.5 .7 1.0 — 5.3
2008–09 Serbia FMP ABA 24 18.8 .464 .444 .692 1.6 .5 .8 .2 3.5
2009–10 Serbia FMP KLS 14 20.6 .455 .286 .750 2.6 .6 .9 .1 4.4
2009–10 Serbia FMP ABA 24 18.5 .482 .341 .781 1.8 1.0 .4 .1 5.0
2010–11 Serbia FMP KLS-FL 16 18.0 .506 .333 .850 3.6 .5 1.1 .1 6.5
2010–11 Serbia FMP KLS 7 20.7 .500 .300 .750 2.7 .9 .6 — 8.6
2011–12 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 21 13.5 .310 .326 .875 1.7 .3 .6 — 3.6
2011–12 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 24 15.7 .400 .333 .688 1.1 .5 .7 .1 3.6
2012–13 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 21 17.5 .391 .333 .762 1.9 .8 .4 .1 3.9
2012–13 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 25 12.6 .469 .441 .800 1.5 .4 .8 — 3.6
2013–14 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 16 19.1 .457 .408 .833 2.0 1.1 .6 .1 6.5
2013–14 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 26 16.3 .379 .300 .680 1.7 .6 .5 .0 3.6
2014–15 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 18 20.1 .426 .347 .759 2.3 .8 1.3 .1 6.9
2014–15 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 28 16.8 .451 .408 .750 1.8 .6 .5 .0 4.2
2015–16 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 12 19.9 .396 .357 .714 2.2 1.1 1.6 — 4.7
2015–16 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 30 22.6 .450 .410 .806 1.7 1.3 1.3 .0 6.4
2016–17 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 13 22.5 .464 .415 .833 2.4 1.4 1.0 .1 8.1
2016–17 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 32 21.9 .410 .363 .863 2.3 1.2 1.3 .2 5.7
2017–18 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 17 19.9 .430 .345 .778 3.3 1.5 .7 — 5.9
2017–18 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 26 19.1 .395 .354 .778 2.1 .9 .8 .1 3.8
2018–19 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 15 18.0 .464 .370 .867 .9 .9 .9 .1 6.3
2018–19 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 25 14.7 .414 .378 .786 1.4 .4 .6 .0 3.9
2019–20 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 17 19.5 .550 .439 .905 1.5 .6 1.1 — 6.1
2020–21 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 7 19.2 .556 .500 1.000 1.6 1.0 .6 — 5.9
2020–21 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 27 19.2 .489 .507 .833 2.0 .5 1.0 .0 5.1
2021–22 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 5 20.8 .464 .316 .750 1.4 .6 — — 7.0
2021–22 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 23 17.7 .410 .380 .769 1.9 .6 .7 — 5.8
2022–23 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 2 12.8 .250 .250 — 1.0 .5 1.0 — 1.5
2022–23 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 29 16.1 .376 .382 .818 1.3 .8 .8 .1 3.9
2023–24 Serbia Crvena zvezda KLS 3 15.4 .000 .000 .500 2.0 — — — 1.3
2023–24 Serbia Crvena zvezda ABA 24 15.6 .387 .371 .857 1.4 .5 .7 — 5.5

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References

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