Nikolas Tomas Stauskas was born on October 7,1993 and is a Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association.
45 Facts About Nik Stauskas
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Nik Stauskas was drafted eighth overall in the 2014 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings.
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Nik Stauskas, whose family is of Lithuanian heritage, is a member of the Canadian national team.
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Nik Stauskas has played for several NBA and NBA G League teams.
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Nik Stauskas's first experience with basketball came as a member of the Ausra Sports Club, which is a Toronto-based traveling team for children of Lithuanian descent.
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Nik Stauskas became so devoted to basketball that his head coach at Michigan, John Beilein, said in 2013,.
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Nik Stauskas doesn't know anything about hockey, he doesn't know anything about football.
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Nik Stauskas joined the premier Amateur Athletic Union team in Toronto, run by Ro Russell.
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Nik Stauskas visited Michigan that summer and was being recruited by Villanova, Iowa State, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Florida and Providence.
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On March 26,2011, Nik Stauskas made a verbal commitment to Michigan.
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Nik Stauskas was selected to the 2012 All-NEPSAC Class AA first team.
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Nik Stauskas began his college career with the expectation that he would be a sharpshooter based on his performance in three-point field goal drills in which he had raised the bar for the team.
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Nik Stauskas's 6 three-point shots was a new career best and his 22-point performance tied his career high.
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Nik Stauskas joined McGary and Most Outstanding Player Trey Burke on the South All-Regional team.
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Nik Stauskas established another career high the next day against Florida State as he scored 26 points including 7 of the team's 13 points in overtime, despite scoring only 3 points in the first half.
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On March 22 against Texas in Michigan's second game of the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Nik Stauskas had a career-high-tying 8 assists as well as a team-high 17 points.
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Nik Stauskas was a 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American second-team selection by the Sporting News.
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Nik Stauskas was a first team All-American selection by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
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Nik Stauskas was a second team selection by Sports Illustrated and Bleacher Report, as well as a third team selection by NBC Sports.
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When Nik Stauskas was named second team All-American by the Associated Press, he became a consensus All-American.
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Nik Stauskas was the Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year and a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection by both the coaches and the media, becoming Michigan's fifth B1G player of the year and 2nd consecutive.
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Nik Stauskas was named to the 2014 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament All-Tournament Team.
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The reports were based on rumors that Nik Stauskas had decided to hire Mark Bartelstein as his agent.
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Nik Stauskas was the highest Michigan selection since Jamal Crawford went 8th in the 2000 NBA draft.
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Nik Stauskas committed to represent the Sacramento Kings in 2014 NBA Summer League.
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On July 8,2014, Nik Stauskas signed a rookie scale contract with the Sacramento Kings.
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Nik Stauskas again posted 15 points against the New York Knicks and former Michigan teammate Tim Hardaway Jr.
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On July 10,2015, Nik Stauskas was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers along with Carl Landry, Jason Thompson, a future first round pick, and the rights to swap first round picks in 2016 and 2017, in exchange for the rights to Arturas Gudaitis and Luka Mitrovic.
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Nik Stauskas was injured in overtime of the January 15,2016 contest against the Chicago Bulls and missed three games before returning to the lineup on January 25 against the Boston Celtics.
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On December 7,2017, Nik Stauskas was traded, along with Jahlil Okafor and a 2019 second round draft pick, to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Trevor Booker.
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On July 5,2018, Nik Stauskas signed with the Portland Trail Blazers.
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On February 4,2019, Nik Stauskas was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers along with Wade Baldwin IV and two second-round picks for Rodney Hood.
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On February 12,2020, Baskonia and Nik Stauskas agreed to terminate the contract.
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On December 3,2020, Nik Stauskas was signed to a training camp contract by the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Nik Stauskas was waived at the end of training camp.
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Nik Stauskas subsequently joined the Grand Rapids Gold as an affiliate player.
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On December 31,2021, Nik Stauskas signed a 10-day contract with the Miami Heat.
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The next day, Nik Stauskas posted 43 points against the Lakeland Magic, becoming the second G League player to achieve at least 100 points in consecutive games and the first to do it on consecutive nights.
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On March 4,2022, Nik Stauskas signed a two-year contract with the Boston Celtics.
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On July 9,2022, Nik Stauskas was traded, alongside Daniel Theis, Aaron Nesmith, Malik Fitts, Juwan Morgan and a 2023 first-round pick, to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Malcolm Brogdon.
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Nik Stauskas entered training camp under contract with the Timberwolves, who assigned his rights to the Iowa Wolves.
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Nik Stauskas played for Canada in the 2009 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship held in Argentina.
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Nik Stauskas helped lead the Canadian junior national team to a bronze medal, which qualified them for the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.
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Nik Stauskas was later invited to train with the Canadian senior national team.
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Nik Stauskas previously attended Lithuanian Saturday School in Toronto and is able to understand and speak some Lithuanian.