Jaka Blažič

Jaka Blažič
Blažič in 2016
No. 9 – FC Barcelona Lassa
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League Liga ACB
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1990-06-30) June 30, 1990
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
2015–2017 Baskonia
2017–2018 Andorra
2018–present Barcelona
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Slovenia
EuroBasket
2017 Turkey

Jaka Blažič (born June 30, 1990) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for FC Barcelona Lassa of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team. Standing at 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in), he plays as a shooting guard/small forward.

Professional career

Blažič with Crvena zvezda.

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.[2] On September 14, 2015, he parted ways with the club.[3]

One day later, on September 15, 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the Spanish team Baskonia.[4] On July 3, 2017, Blažič parted ways with Baskonia.[5]

On July 16, 2017, Blazič signed with MoraBanc Andorra for the 2017–18 season.[6] On August 9, 2018, Blazič signed a one-year deal with FC Barcelona Lassa of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.[7]

Slovenian national team

As a member of the senior men's Slovenian national basketball team, Blažič competed at the EuroBasket 2013 and 2014 FIBA World Cup. He also represented Slovenia at the EuroBasket 2015 where they were eliminated by Latvia in eighth finals.[8][9]

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 10114.2.350.182.6002.4.4.2.03.62.3
2012–13 10928.3.373.278.7314.01.9.5.012.410.9
2013–14 Crvena zvezda 10219.7.462.345.7503.51.1.9.210.38.8
2014–15 241021.4.422.309.7502.81.0.5.19.15.8
2015–16 Baskonia 29319.432.352.7933.20.60.607.86.4
2016–17 Baskonia 33713.9.405.387.562.10.50.504.73.3
Career 832520.3.416.316.753.10.9.5.18.56.5

Personal life

Traffic accident

In the early morning hours of Saturday, 4 October 2014, twenty-four-year-old 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‰.[10] 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.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "UNION OLIMPIJA invests in promising guard Blazic". Euroleague.net. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "CRVENA ZVEZDA adds Blazic". Euroleague.net. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "JAKA HVALA TI ZA SVE I SREĆNO!". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jaka Blazic joins Baskonia for the next three seasons - Saski Baskonia". Saski Baskonia. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "¡Gracias por todo, Jaka Blazic! - Saski Baskonia". Saski Baskonia (in Spanish). 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Arriba Jaka BLAZIC". bca.ad (in Spanish). 16 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jaka Blazic: An intense and physical presence for Barça Lassa | FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "SLOVENIA MAKE LAST CUT BEFORE ZAGREB TRIP". 3 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "STRELNIEKS STEERS LATVIA INTO LAST EIGHT". eurobasket2015.org. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Zvezda kaznila Blažiča zbog izazivanja saobraćajnog udesa: Izvinjavam se taksisti, klubu i navijačima;Vecernje novosti, 4 October 2014
  11. ↑ Blažič se izvinio za saobraćajnu nezgodu, Zvezda ga kaznila sa dve plate;Blic, 4 October 2014
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