Aleksa Avramović ( sr-cyr, Алекса Аврамовић; born October 25, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the

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and the EuroLeague.

Youth career

Avramović played in the youth system of Mladost Čačak, before joining city rivals

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in 2013.

Professional career

Early years

Avramović had his first senior basketball experience with Borac Čačak where he played the entire 2013–14 season, after which he spent one season playing for OKK Beograd. In the summer of 2015, he returned to his former team, Borac Čačak. He was league's leading scorer and the MVP in the first half of the season 2015–16. In February game against Mladost Zemun, he scored 47 points on 15 from 21 shooting from the field, while also having 6 assists and 12 rebounds; for such performance, he was named the MVP of the round with the index rating of 63. He finished the season with the averages of 20.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game.

Varese (2016–2019)

On June 16, 2016, he signed a contract with the Italian team

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. On October 3, 2016, he made his debut for the team against Dinamo Sassari, scoring 4 points in 15 minutes. In the first round of the

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, he scored 29 points in 25 minutes against ASVEL. In his debut season with the club, Avramović averaged 6.5 points over 25

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games, while shooting 36.4% from the field. In 2017–18 season, Avramović improved his season statistics, averaging 11.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists over 30

games. In 2018–19, he emerged as team leader, appearing in 30

games and averaging 17.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3 assists per game, while shooting 43.8% from the field and 39.5% on 5.2 three-point attempts per game.

Unicaja (2019–2021)

On June 28, 2019, he signed a two-year deal with Unicaja of the

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, reportedly worth 530,000 euros. He was on loan to Estudiantes and averaged 14.7 points per game before the season was suspended. On June 10, 2020, he re-signed with Estudiantes, In 2020–21 season, he averaged 16.4 points, 3.5 assists and 2.9 rebounds over 36 games of the Spanish League.

Partizan Belgrade (2021–present)

On July 6, 2021, Avramović signed a two-year deal with KK Partizan of the ABA League and the EuroCup.

References

Sources

Aleksa Avramovic , The Serbian's basketball dream came true through a window