Nikola Mirotic is a Montenegrin-Spanish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
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28 Facts About Nikola Mirotic
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Nikola Mirotic started playing basketball with the Joker School in Podgorica run by retired professional basketball player Jadran Vujacic.
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On 23 June 2011, Nikola Mirotic was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 23rd overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft.
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Nikola Mirotic was later traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, and again to the Chicago Bulls on draft night.
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On 18 July 2014, Nikola Mirotic signed with the Chicago Bulls to a reported three-year, $16.
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Nikola Mirotic finished second in Rookie of the Year voting with 335 votes behind Andrew Wiggins who received 604 votes.
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Nikola Mirotic played his first post-season game in the NBA on 18 April 2015 in Game 1 of the Bulls' first-round series match-up against the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Nikola Mirotic scored a team-high 19 points in the season opening win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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On 17 October 2017, Nikola Mirotic was sent to the hospital after engaging in a physical altercation with teammate Bobby Portis during practice.
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Nikola Mirotic hit 9 of 14 shots and grabbed eight rebounds in his third appearance.
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On 1 February 2018, Nikola Mirotic was traded, along with a 2018 second-round pick, to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for Omer Asik, Tony Allen, Jameer Nelson, a 2018 first-round pick, and the right to swap 2021 second round picks with the Pelicans.
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On 7 February 2019, Nikola Mirotic was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team trade involving Jason Smith, Stanley Johnson, and Thon Maker.
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Nikola Mirotic made his return in the Bucks' opening game of the playoffs.
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On 6 July 2019, Nikola Mirotic signed a three-year deal, with the option of an extension through to 2023, with FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
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On 27 June 2020, Nikola Mirotic was awarded the league's Most Valuable Player award.
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Nikola Mirotic became the fifth player in Liga Endesa history to have multiple MVP awards, joining Darryl Middleton, Arvydas Sabonis, Luis Scola and Felipe Reyes.
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Nikola Mirotic extended his contract until 2025 on 25 September 2020.
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Nikola Mirotic helped Spain's U20 national team win the bronze medal at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he was named to the All-Tournament Team.
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Nikola Mirotic was the top scorer and MVP of the tournament, averaging 27 points and 10 rebounds per game.
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In June 2015, Nikola Mirotic was named by head coach Sergio Scariolo as one of 17 candidates to try out for the senior Spain men's national basketball team that would play at the EuroBasket 2015.
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Nikola Mirotic made Spain's final 12-man roster, and he went on to win a gold medal at the tournament, in September 2015.
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Nikola Mirotic played with Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal.
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Nikola Mirotic and his wife, Nina Vujacic, have a son named Aleksandar, who was born in May 2013.
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Nikola Mirotic's wife is the daughter of his former coach and mentor, Jadran Vujacic, who played professional basketball with Borac Cacak, KK Partizan, and Buducnost Titograd.
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Nikola Mirotic is an ethnic Serb and a Serbian Orthodox Christian.
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Nikola Mirotic has participated in prayer walks and protests in Podgorica against the controversial religious law concerning the Serbian Orthodox Church.
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