- Nikola Perisic
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Nikola Perisic Nickname(s) Koji Bryant Position Point guard Height 6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m) Weight 195 lb (88 kg) League Adriatic League Team KK Radnički Born January 18, 1985
Zagreb, CroatiaNationality CroatiaPro career 2001–present Career history Kvarner (2001–03)
Alkar Sinj (2003–03)
Ylli i Kuq Durres ALB (2003–05)Nikola Perisic (Croatian Latin: Nikola Perišić; born January 17, 1985 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian professional basketball player. He is 1.90 m in height and he plays the point guard position. He currently plays with KK Radnički. In last season he had 17.3 points per match. He is good three point shooter and plays strong in defense.
Pro career
He has played with KK Kvarner Novi Resort CRO, KK Alkar Sinj CRO, KK Ylli i Kuq Durres ALB. He has't been caped for Croatian national basketball team, but in 2005. he went on trial at CSKA Moscow. After leg injury in January, 2009, he has not played in any games for KK Radnički. Radomir Pesic, KK Radnički coach has recently sad that Nikola has been fully recovered and that he will be one of the key players in next season. In the end of last year, Serbian press linked him with Croatian basketball giants Cibona, but injury came after that and any transfer was out of the question.
At the beginning of 2009/10. season, when KK Lions Vrsac moved to Kragujevac and changed the name to KK Radnicki, Nikola was very close with returning to his birth town Zagreb, but new KK Radnički coach Miroslav Nikolić manage to keep the star shooter with KK Radnički. He said that Nikola could have the key role in his new team. In the pre-season matches, Nikola had an average of 19.5 points per match, but his old injury was again a problem and he's now on therapy and will be on court by the end of the year.
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Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- Croatian basketball players
- Point guards
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