Mile Ilić

Mile Ilić
No. 6 – Al Ittihad
Position Center
League Bahraini Premier League
Personal information
Born (1984-06-02) June 2, 1984
Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Listed weight 229 lb (104 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2005 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43rd overall
Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Playing career 2002–present
Career history
2002–2006 FMP
2006–2007 New Jersey Nets
2007 Colorado 14ers
2008 Bilbao Berri
2008–2009 Cajasol
2010 Metalac Valjevo
2010–2011 FMP
2011–2012 Crvena zvezda
2013 Vojvodina Srbijagas
2013–2014 Mahram Tehran
2014 MIA Academy
2015 Qatar Club
2015–2016 Lietkabelis
2016–2017 Nuwaidrat
2017 Tadamon Zouk
2017 Nuwaidrat
2018 Mouttahed
2018-Present Al Ittihad
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
Universiade
2003 DaeguTeam Competition

Mile Ilić (Serbian: Миле Илић; born June 2, 1984) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Mouttahed of the Lebanese League. He played with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ilić, a 2.15-metre-tall (7'1") center, was drafted by the Nets in 2005 as the 43rd overall pick, and began his rookie season in 2006–07.

Career

Ilić started his senior career with FMP. In the 2005 NBA Draft he was drafted by the New Jersey Nets as a 43rd overall pick.[1] On September 13, 2006, Nets signed Ilić as a foreseeable future backup for countryman Nenad Krstić.[2] On February 26, 2007, the Nets assigned him to the Colorado 14ers, their NBA Development League affiliate.[3] Ilić thus became the first player that the Nets assigned to the D-League since instituting affiliate teams (prior to the 2005–06 NBA season).

On October 29, 2007, he was traded by the Nets to New Orleans Hornets along with Bernard Robinson for David Wesley (both Ilić and Robinson were immediately waived by the Hornets).[4]

After getting waived in the NBA, Ilić returned to Europe and signed with Lokomotiv Rostov on November 26, 2007.[5] However, he never played for the Russian club because of injury.[6] On February 24, 2008, he signed with CB Bilbao Berri, team from the Spanish ACB.[7] Hampered by the recovery process from a leg injury he only appeared in 10 games for the club averaging 5.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.

On July 28, 2008, Ilić signed with CB Sevilla for the 2008–09 season.[8] On March 27, 2009, he parted ways with Sevilla after averaging only 2 points and 2 rebounds per game.[9]

In March 2010, he signed with Metalac Valjevo for the 2009–10 Serbian Superleague season.[10] For the 2010–11 season he returned to FMP Železnik.[11] The 2011–12 season he played with Crvena zvezda. In March 2013, signed with Vojvodina Srbijagas for the 2012–13 Serbian Superleague season.[12]

In October 2013, he signed with Mahram Tehran BC of the Iranian Super League.[13] In January 2014, he left Tehran and signed with MIA Academy of the Georgian Super Liga for the rest of the season.[14]

In 2015, he played with Qatar Club.[15] On October 17, 2015 he signed with the Lithuanian club Lietkabelis Panevėžys.[16]

In September 2016, Ilić signed with Nuwaidrat of the Bahraini Premier League.[17] At the end of March 2017, Ilić signed with Tadamon Zouk of the Lebanese Basketball League.[18] In July 2017, he returned to Nuwaidrat.[19]

References

  1. ↑ NBA Draft history: 2005 Draft
  2. ↑ Nets sign Serb center Ilic, '05 second-round pick
  3. ↑ NETS ASSIGN MILE ILIC TO COLORADO 14ers OF D-LEAGUE
  4. ↑ HORNETS: Hornets Complete Deal With Nets
  5. ↑ Ilic, Harrington join Rostov, FIBA November 26, 2007
  6. ↑ Košarka: Mile Ilić nije potpisao za Lokomotivu (in Serbian)
  7. ↑ El pivot serbio Mile Illic llega a un acuerdo con iurbentia Bilbao Basket (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Cajasol adds size with Mile Ilic
  9. ↑ Cajasol cut Mile Ilic
  10. ↑ Mile Ilić debituje za Metalac Archived 2016-02-15 at the Wayback Machine. (in Serbian)
  11. ↑ Jao Mile predvodi FMP (in Serbian)
  12. ↑ "Mile Ilić u Vojvodini (Serbian)". Novosti.rs. March 26, 2013.
  13. ↑ Mahram Tehran adds size with Mile Ilic
  14. ↑ "MIA Academy lands Mile Ilic". Eurobasket.com. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  15. ↑ Mile Ilic – Qatar Club 2014-15 stats
  16. ↑ ""Lietkabelio" marškinėlius apsivilks NBA duonos ragavęs serbas". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian). 17 October 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  17. ↑ "Mile Ilic replaces Jasmin Perkovic in Nuwaidrat !!". Eurobasket.com. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  18. ↑ "التضامن يضمّ عملاقاً بطول 216 سنتمتراً". 28 March 2017.
  19. ↑ Nuwaidrat welcomes back Ilic
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