Jaka Lakovič

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Jaka Lakovič
Slovenia (assistant)
2017–2018Bilbao (assistant)
2018Bilbao
2018–2019Joventut (assistant)
2019–2022ratiopharm Ulm
2022–presentGran Canaria
Career highlights and awards
As player:
  • 2010
    )
  • All-EuroLeague Second Team (2005
    )
  • 2× Liga ACB champion (2009, 2011)
  • 3×
    2011
    )
  • 2×
    2010
    )
  • 4× Greek League champion (2003–2006)
  • 3× Greek Cup winner (2003, 2005, 2006)
  • Greek League MVP (2005)
  • 2× Greek League Finals MVP (2003, 2005)
  • All-Greek League First Team
    (2005)
  • All-Greek League Second Team
    (2004)
  • 3×
    Greek League All-Star
    (2003, 2005, 2006)
  • Greek Cup MVP
    (2005)
  • Turkish Super Cup
    winner (2011)
  • Slovenian League
    All-Star (2001)

As head coach:

Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Slovenia
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Silver medal – second place 1998 Italy Under-20 Team

Jaka Lakovič (born 9 July 1978) is a Slovenian professional

Slovenia national team
.

Standing at 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in), and weighing 95 kg (210 lbs.),

2009 EuroBasket
.

Professional career

Lakovič, as a Galatasaray player, in 2012.

In his pro

Turkish Super League, and Avellino of the Italian A League
.

His brilliant performances during the

2010
, while a member of Barcelona.

In July 2011, he signed a two-year contract with the Turkish Super League club Galatasaray Istanbul.[2][3] In January 2013, he signed with the Italian A League club Sidigas Avellino, until the end of the season.[4] In September 2013, he extended his contract with Avellino, for one more season.[5]

In December 2014, he signed with the Turkish Super League club Royal Halı Gaziantep, for the 2014–15 season.[6] In September 2015, he signed with Barcelona Lassa's reserve team.[7] At that time, he also announced that would be his last year as a professional basketball player, before he would begin to start coaching in the youth teams of Barcelona.[8] On 27 July 2016, Lakovič announced his retirement from playing professional club basketball.[9]

National team career

Lakovič competed for the senior

FIBA EuroBaskets; 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013
.

Coaching career

Lakovič began his

Slovenian men's national team, working under the team's head coach, at that time, Igor Kokoškov. He started coaching at the EuroBasket 2017 qualification tournament.[10]

On 7 August 2017, Lakovič signed with the Spanish ACB League club Bilbao, as an assistant coach. On 30 April 2018, following the departure of Veljko Mršić, he took over the club's head coach position.[11][12]

In June 2019, he was announced as the new head coach of the German Bundesliga club ratiopharm Ulm.[13] On 17 June 2022, Lakovič signed to be the head coach of Gran Canaria, of Spain's Liga ACB.[14] With Gran Canaria, he won the European-wide secondary level EuroCup championship, in the 2022–23 season.

EuroLeague career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high
† Denotes seasons in which Lakovič's team won the
EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2001–02
Krka
 14 13 32.5 .491 .436 .890 2.1 3.8 2.0 .0 20.9 22.4
2002–03 Panathinaikos 19 6 23.7 .504 .500 .891 1.8 2.6 .5 .0 9.4 9.3
2003–04 Panathinaikos 20 15 29.2 .448 .358 .846 2.1 2.4 1.3 .1 13.3 14.3
2004–05 Panathinaikos 25 19 31.5 .445 .353 .839 2.1 2.8 1.4 .0 15.1 15.7
2005–06 Panathinaikos 22 21 31.0 .400 .370 .838 1.4 2.5 1.1 .1 14.4 13.7
2006–07 Barcelona 23 19 24.7 .429 .398 .768 1.7 3.5 .9 .0 10.3 11.0
2007–08 Barcelona 23 20 25.4 .388 .358 .807 2.2 3.0 1.0 .0 12.2 12.5
2008–09 Barcelona 18 11 22.6 .435 .413 .881 1.3 2.9 .8 .0 9.9 10.3
2009–10† Barcelona 19 0 13.5 .416 .439 .879 .8 1.3 .5 .0 6.2 5.9
2010–11 Barcelona 19 3 24.7 .426 .365 .643 .5 1.9 .2 .1 6.4 5.6
2011–12 Galatasaray 16 8 26.2 .396 .361 .818 1.9 2.7 .3 .1 9.7 10.0
Career 218 135 25.2 .433 .386 .836 1.6 2.7 .9 .0 11.6 11.8

Career awards and achievements

Playing career

Panathinaikos Athens

Barcelona

Galatasaray Istanbul

  • Turkish Super Cup
    Winner: 2011

Slovenia junior national team

Individual

Coaching career

References

  1. ^ Jaka Lakovic – Height: 6’2″ / 1.88 m Weight: 210 lbs / 95 kg.
  2. ^ Galatasaray announces Jaka Lakovic.
  3. ^ Jaka Lakovič signs with Galatasaray.
  4. ^ Sidigas Avellino announced Jaka Lakovic.
  5. ^ Scandone Avellino officially re-signed Jaka Lakovic.
  6. ^ Royal Hali lands Jaka Lakovic.
  7. ^ Jaka Lakovic signs with Barcelona B team.
  8. ^ "Lakovic, experiencia contrastada para el Barça Lassa B." acb.com (in Spanish). 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  9. ^ Jaka Lakovic retires at 38.
  10. ^ KOKOSKOV EMBRACES SLOVENIAN HIGH EXPECTATIONS.
  11. ^ "Lakovic, entrenador ayudante del RETAbet Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Bilbao Basket parts ways with Veljko Mrsic, promotes Jaka Lakovic as head coach". Sportando. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Jaka Lakovic neuer Trainer in Ulm". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  14. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (17 June 2022). "Jaka Lakovic named Gran Canaria head coach". Sportando. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

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