Nikolina Milić (

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: Николина Милић; born April 12, 1994) is a Serbian professional

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for Fenerbahçe of the

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. She represented Serbian national basketball team at the

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in Serbia and Latvia, where they won the bronze medal.

Honours

Club

* EuroLeague Women ** Championship (1)

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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** Championship (2)

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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** Championship (2) 2017, 2018 *

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** Championship (1) 2017 * Liga Femenina ** Championship (1)

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

* Supercopa de Femenino ** Championship (1) 2020 * Copa Castilla y León Femenino ** Championship (1) 2021 * Nemzeti Bajnokság ** Championship (1)

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

* Turkish Women's Basketball Super League ** Championship (1)

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** Championship (1) 2024 *

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** Championship (1) 2024 * Triple Crown (1) : 2024

WNBA

Minnesota Lynx (2022–2023)

Milić signed with the

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on 6 May 2022, to a hardship contract. Milić played in 17 games for the Lynx including 3 starts. She scored a career-high in points against the

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with 23 points, including 13 in the third quarter alone, on 11 for 19 shooting, along with six rebounds, and three assists. Head Coach

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stated that she had been looking at Milić to come over after coaching against her during Olympic play and that she really started to figure things out as she got more time on the court during her rookie season. On June 23, 2022, Milić was released from her hardship contract as

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was cleared to comeback to play. Milić signed a 7-Day Contract to return to the Lynx on June 26, 2022. On 10 August 2022, Milić was released from her Hardship Contract when

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became healthy again. In February 2024, it was reported that Milić planned to sit out the 2024 WNBA season. On 14 April 2024, Milić was traded to the

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alongside the

7th overall pick, in exchange for

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, the 8th overall pick in 2024, a 2025 2nd round pick, and the rights to swap a 2026 1st round pick. On 5 February 2025, the rights to Milić and Lindsay Allen were traded to the

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in exchange for Rebecca Allen.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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References

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Honours

Club

WNBA

Minnesota Lynx (2022–2023)

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

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