Luka Brajkovic | |
Position: | Center / Power forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lbs: | 250 |
League: | Basketbol Süper Ligi |
Team: | Darüşşafaka Lassa |
Number: | 23 |
Nationality: | Austrian / Serbian |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1999 |
Birth Place: | Feldkirch, Austria |
High School: | Gymnasium Schillerstraße (Feldkirch, Austria) |
College: | Davidson (2018–2022) |
Draft Year: | 2022 |
Career Start: | 2015 |
Years1: | 2015–2018 |
Team1: | Dornbirn Lions |
Years2: | 2022–2023 |
Team2: | Río Breogán |
Years3: | 2023–2024 |
Team3: | Kolossos Rodou |
Years4: | 2024 |
Team4: | Pistoia 2000 |
Years5: | 2024–present |
Team5: | Darüşşafaka |
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Luka Brajkovic (sh|Luka Brajković; born 26 June 1999) is an Austrian-Serbian professional basketball player for Darüşşafaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats.
Brajkovic joined the Dornbirn Lions of the Basketball Zweite Liga in 2015 and did not earn a salary to preserve collegiate eligibility.[1] During the 2016–17 season, he averaged 14.4 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 2.2 blocks per game.[2] Brajkovic considered moving to Germany following the season, but it did not occur.[1] In March 2018, he committed to playing college basketball for Davidson over offers from Stanford, Purdue and Penn State.[3] He chose the Wildcats in part because head coach Bob McKillop travelled to Austria twice to recruit him.[4]
Coming into his freshman season, Brajkovic helped replace the scoring of the departed Peyton Aldridge at Davidson.[5] As a freshman, Brajkovic averaged 11.1 points and six rebounds per game.[6] He had to adjust to the faster speed of the American college game, including changing his passing motion.[4] He averaged 10.3 points and five rebounds per game as a sophomore.[7] As a junior, Brajkovic averaged 10.9 points and six rebounds per game.[8] Over the summer, he trained in Serbia against professional players.[9] On 5 February 2022 Brajkovic scored a career-high 30 points as well as eight rebounds in a 78–73 win over George Washington.[10] He was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.[11]
On 6 August 2022, Brajkovic signed with Rio Breogán of the Spanish Liga ACB.[12]
On 3 August 2023, Brajkovic moved to Greek club Kolossos Rodou.
On May 29, 2024, he signed with Pistoia Basket 2000 of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[13]
On November 1, 2024, he signed with Darüşşafaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[14]
Brajkovic has represented Austria in several international basketball competitions. In the 2017 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B, he averaged 18.6 points, 10.6 rebounds, and 0.9 assists per game.[15]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Davidson| 34 || 33 || 24.9 || .549 || .357 || .704 || 6.0 || 1.4 || .4 || 1.1 || 11.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Davidson| 30 || 30 || 24.5 || .519 || .381 || .716 || 5.0 || 1.6 || .1 || .9 || 10.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Davidson| 21 || 21 || 26.8 || .536 || .315 || .623 || 6.0 || 1.8 || .3 || .9 || 10.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Davidson| 34 || 34 || 29.5 || .583 || .409 || .637 || 7.1 || 2.5 || .3 || 1.1 || 14.4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 119 || 118 || 26.4 || .551 || .373 || .673 || 6.1 || 1.8 || .3 || 1.0 || 11.8
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| Río Breogán| 32|| 0 || 9.3 || .494 || .143 || .600 || 1.7 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 3.2
Luka was born to Slađan and Sanja Brajković. He has a brother named Filip.[16] [17]