Dalibor Ilić Explained

Dalibor Ilić (Serbian: Далибор Илић; born 4 March 2000) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Spartak Subotica of the ABA League and KLS as a loaned player of Crvena zvezda.

Early career

Born in Višegrad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ilić started to play basketball for youth system of his hometown team Varda. In 2015, he joined youth teams of Igokea from Aleksandrovac. He won the third place at the 2017–18 Junior ABA League season with the Igokea U19 team. Over six season games, he averaged 20.8 points, 10.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.^[1] Ilić won the third place at the 2018–19 Junior ABA League season with the Igokea U19 team. Over six season games, he averaged 26.7 points, 16.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.^[2]

Professional career

In 2016, Ilić was promoted to the Igokea first team. On 30 October 2016 he made his ABA League debut in a game against Cedevita.^[3] In March 2019, was loaned out to Mega Bemax for the rest of the 2018–19 Serbian League season.^[4]

Following the 2020–21 season Ilić declared himself for the 2021 NBA draft. On July 19, 2021, he withdrawn his name from consideration for the 2021 NBA draft.^[5]

On 14 July 2022, Ilić signed a four-year contract with Serbian club Crvena zvezda of the EuroLeague.^{[6] [7]}

National team career

Ilić was a member of the Serbian U16 team at the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 7.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.^[8] He was a member and the team captain of the Serbian U18 team that won the gold medal at the 2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Latvia. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 9.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.^[9]

Ilić was a member of the Serbian under-19 team that finished 7th at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Heraklion, Greece. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 10.9 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.^[10]

Career statistics

EuroLeague

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Crvena zvezda| 7 || 0 || 9.6 || .636 || .000 || .750 || 2.3 || .1 || .4 || || 3.3 || 5.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| 15 || 4 || 8.8 || .591 || .429 || .250 || 1.7 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 2.0 || 2.5|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 22 || 4 || 9.1 || .606 || .375 || .625 || 1.9 || .3 || .3 || .0 || 2.4 || 3.4

Basketball Champions League

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Igokea| 10 || 10 || 23.1 || .535 || .125 || .650 || 5.4 || .8 || .5 || .4 || 6.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| 8 || 8 || 27.1 || .571 || .200 || .577 || 7.4 || 1.4 || .5 || .5 || 8.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 18 || 18 || 24.8 || .553 || .154 || .609 || 6.3 || 1.1 || .5 || .4 || 6.9

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League
			2	2.0	.000	.000						0.0
			15	16.3	.500	.143	.625	4.7	.9	.3	.1	6.9
			21	14.7	.565	.450	.813	4.1	.8	.3	.2	4.4
			12	23.5	.528	.286	.739	5.7	1.9	1.2	.6	10.1
			15	25.7	.598	.185	.657	9.1	2.1	.9	.7	11.2
			20	23.3	.512	.216	.667	5.8	1.0	.8	.3	8.3
			10	24.9	.729	.500	.613	8.1	1.8	.6	.6	13.0
			23	20.6	.479	.167	.645	4.4	1.0	.5	.3	7.0
			8	21.5	.526	.308	.692	5.6	.9	.4	.2	7.7
			24	26.1	.575	.339	.713	7.7	1.2	.7	.4	12.7
			2	13.1	.286		.636	3.0	1.5			5.5
			19	14.6	.667	.375	.524	3.4	.8	.7	.2	5.1
			3	17.7	.750	.333	.500	4.3	.3	.3	.3	5.0
			22	11.0	.490	.278	.690	2.9	.4	.3	.1	3.4 External links Profile at realgm.com Profile at aba-liga.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dalibor Ilić Season Statistics . aba-liga.com . 4 August 2018.
2. Web site: Dalibor Ilić 2018–19 Season Statistics . aba-liga.com . 8 April 2019.
3. Web site: Igokea Aleksandrovac 69 : 84 Cedevita Zagreb . aba-liga.com . 4 August 2018.
4. Web site: Igokea posudila talentiranog Ilića! . petnapetblog.com . 29 March 2019 . 29 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329203707/https://petnapetblog.com/2019/03/29/dalibor-ilic-promijenio-sredinu/ . dead .
5. Web site: NBA announces 51 early entry candidates withdraw from 2021 Draft . nba.com . 21 July 2021.
6. Web site: Zvanično: Ilić u Zvezdi . b92.net . 14 July 2022.
7. Web site: Zvezda adds frontcourt depth with Ilic . euroleaguebasketball.net . 14 July 2022.
8. Web site: Serbia 9 - Dalibor Ilic . archive.fiba.com . 4 August 2018.
9. Web site: Dalibor ILIC 2018 FIBA Profile . fiba.basketball . 6 August 2018.
10. Web site: Average Statistics of Serbia at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. fiba.basketball . 7 July 2019.