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Vladimir Štimac

Vladimir Štimac (Serbian: Владимир Штимац, born 25 August 1987) is a Serbian former professional basketball player, politician and activist. He also represented the Serbian national team internationally. Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in), he played at the center position. Štimac is affiliated with the New Democratic Party of Serbia (NDSS) and the National Democratic Alternative (NADA) coalition.

Vladimir Štimac
Štimac with Fenerbahçe in 2019
Personal information
Born (1987-08-25) 25 August 1987 (age 37)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight116 kg (256 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2004–2024
PositionCenter
Career history
2004–2005Beovuk 72
2005–2008Žalgiris
2005–2007→Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school
2007–2008→Valmiera
2008–2010Crvena zvezda
2010–2011Ventspils
2011Nymburk
2011–2012Olin Edirne
2012–2013Banvit
2013–2014Málaga
2014–2015Bayern Munich
2015Estudiantes
2015–2016Crvena zvezda
2016–2017Beşiktaş
2017–2018Anadolu Efes
2018–2019Türk Telekom
2019Fenerbahçe
2019–2020Crvena zvezda
2020Qingdao Eagles
2021Bahçeşehir Koleji
2021–2022Ningbo Rockets
2023Sigortam.net İTÜ BB
2023-2024Guangxi Rhinos
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 Spain Team
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 2017 Turkey Team
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade Team
U20 European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Slovenia Team
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
U18 European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 Serbia and Montenegro Team
Štimac in 2018

Professional career

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Štimac grew up with Beovuk 72 youth team, and later spent two years in Lithuania and one in Latvia before returning to Serbia. During his first season abroad, he played for the Lithuanian Žalgiris reserves team and earned his way into the first team for the following season. In order to get a chance to play as a first-team regular, he was allowed to spend his third SEB BBL year with Latvian side Valmiera, where he was unanimously chosen as the best player for the 2007–08 season.

He played for the Orlando Magic in the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2010.[1] In September 2010, he signed with the Latvian team Ventspils but was released two months later.[2] In November 2010, he signed a contract for the remainder of the season with Nymburk.[3]

In July 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Olin Edirne Basket.[4] In 30 games of Turkish League, he averaged 14.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. For the 2012–13 season he moved to Banvit.[5]

In September 2013, he signed a 1+1 contract with the Spanish club Unicaja Málaga.[6] In June 2014, he left Unicaja.[7][8]

In August 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Bayern Munich.[9]

On 2 October 2015, he signed a preliminary agreement with the Spanish team Estudiantes.[10] On 27 October 2015, he returned to Crvena zvezda signing a contract for the rest of the season.[11]

On 31 August 2016, Štimac signed with the Turkish club Beşiktaş for the 2016–17 season.[12]

On 22 August 2017, Štimac signed a one-year deal, with an option for another, with Turkish club Anadolu Efes.[13]

On 12 July 2018, Štimac signed with Türk Telekom for the 2018–19 season.[14]

2019–present

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On 25 September 2019, he signed a three-month contract with Turkish EuroLeague team Fenerbahçe.[15] He appeared in 8 EuroLeague games, averaging 4.6 points per game. In the midseason, on 25 December, he returned to Crvena zvezda.[16] In 13 EuroLeague games with Crvena zvezda until the end of the season, which was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he averaged 11.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.

On 22 August 2020, Štimac signed with the French team AS Monaco.[17] However on 12 September, his contract was bought out by the Qingdao Eagles in China.[18] On 2 February 2021, he has signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).[19]

In December 2021, Štimac returned to China and signed with Ningbo Rockets.[20][21] On 26 December 2021, he recorded career-high 40 points, 17 rebounds and 7 assists in a game against the Sichuan Blue Whales.[22]

Serbian national team

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See also: 2016 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team and 2017 Serbia men's EuroBasket team

He managed to win a 2007 U20 European Championship gold medal as a member of the Serbian U20 National Team 2007.

Štimac represented the Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2013. He was a member of the Serbian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Štimac also represented Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics where they won the silver medal, after losing to the United States in the final game with 96–66.[23]

Štimac also represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017 where they won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to Slovenia.[24]

Career statistics

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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

EuroLeague

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2006–07 Žalgiris 2 1 18.0 .600 .000 .333 4.0 .5 .0 .0 4.0 6.5
2013–14 Unicaja 23 4 17.2 .603 .000 .524 5.1 .6 .3 .4 7.6 9.9
2014–15 Bayern 10 2 15.3 .542 .333 .667 4.1 .6 .2 .2 6.9 7.8
2015–16 Crvena zvezda 25 0 14.6 .550 .000 .594 5.0 .5 .3 .2 6.9 9.2
2017–18 Anadolu Efes 30 11 18.3 .583 .000 .694 5.8 1.0 .6 .3 9.4 13.9
2019–20 Fenerbahçe 8 0 10.1 .700 .000 .692 .4 .0 .0 .0 4.6 5.6
Crvena zvezda 13 4 22.9 .596 .375 .659 6.2 1.1 .5 .5 3412.4 14.0
Career 111 22 16.6 .590 .250 .629 5.1 .7 .4 .3 8.0 10.7

Political activities

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In October 2023, Štimac announced he could take part in the upcoming Belgrade City Assembly election.[25] A supporter of cryptocurrency and anti-discrimination politics, Štimac was also previously involved in a conflict with the "Milenijum tim" company which retains close relations with the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).[26] Štimac confirmed his candidacy once the election was called.[27] Štimac signed an agreement with the right-wing National Democratic Alternative (NADA) on 3 November, announcing that he would run on their electoral list.[28] He was elected to the City Assembly of Belgrade.[29]

Štimac has been active during the 2024 Serbian environmental protests against Rio Tinto lithium mine.[30] Not long after, Štimac was branded an "eco-terrorist" by a pro-government and pro-Rio Tinto anonymous political organization "Kopaćemo". Štimac filed a criminal complaint against the group.[31]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ NBA Summer League Rosters – Orlando
  2. ^ Ventspils releases Vladimir Stimac
  3. ^ CEZ NYMBURK nabs Stimac at center
  4. ^ Olin Edirne lands big man Vladimir Stimac
  5. ^ Vladimir Štimac moves to Banvit
  6. ^ "UNICAJA completes frontcourt with Stimac". Euroleague.net. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Vladimir Stimac left Unicaja". Eurobasket.com. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  8. ^ "B92: Vladimir Štimac slobodan igrač" (in Serbian). B92.net. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  9. ^ "FC Bayern Munich adds big men Stimac and Jagla". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Principio de acuerdo con el pívot serbio Vladimir Stimac". clubestudiantes.com (in Spanish). 2 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Vladimir Štimac ponovo u Crvenoj zvezdi!". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Vladimir Stimac Beşiktaş Sompo Japan'da". bjk.com.tr (in Turkish). 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Anadolu Efes adds size, power with Stimac". Euroleague.net. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Rebounding ace Vladimir Stimac joins Turk Telekom". eurocupbasketball.com. 12 July 2018. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  15. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (25 September 2019). "Fenerbahce signs Vladimir Stimac to a three-month contract". Sportando. Sportando.basketball. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Zvezda reunites with fan-favorite Stimac". Euroleague.net. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  17. ^ Borghesan, Ennio Terrasi (22 August 2020). "AS Monaco tabs Vladimir Stimac". Sportando. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  18. ^ Lupo, Nicola (13 September 2020). "Vladimir Stimac leaves Monaco to join Qingdao Eagles". Sportando. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  19. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (2 February 2021). "Bahçeşehir adds Vladimir Stimac". Sportando. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  20. ^ Skerletic, Dario (19 October 2021). "Vladimir Stimac to sign with new CBA Team Ningbo". Sportando. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  21. ^ "宁波官宣外援斯蒂马克完成注册 将穿91号球衣" [Ningbo announced signing with Štimac, to wear No.91]. sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 13 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  22. ^ Đ., D. (27 December 2021). "Meč karijere Vladimira Štimca – 40/17/7". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: USA beat Serbia in men's basketball to win last gold of Games". BBC Sport. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  24. ^ "Slovenia overcome injuries to claim historic title in Dragic's swansong". FIBA.basketball. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  25. ^ "Vladimir Štimac: Razmišljam da se kandidujem za gradonačelnika Beograda, ne pripadam nijednoj političkoj opciji" [Vladimir štimac: I am thinking of running for mayor of Belgrade, I do not belong to any political option]. Danas (in Serbian). 19 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  26. ^ "Sportista u svetu kriptovaluta i borac protiv diskriminacije: Ko je Vladimir Štimac, košarkaš koji je ušao u sukob sa kompanijom "Milenijum tim"?" [Sportsman in the world of cryptocurrencies and a fighter against discrimination: Who is Vladimir Štimac, the basketball player who got into a conflict with the company "Milenijum tim"?]. Danas (in Serbian). 23 August 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  27. ^ "Štimac se kandiduje za gradonačelnika Beograda: "Igram za svoj grad"" [Štimac is running for mayor of Belgrade: "I play for my city"]. N1 (in Serbian). 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  28. ^ Bednar, Bojan (3 November 2023). "Da se čuje glas naroda" [The voice of the people should be heard]. FoNet portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  29. ^ Beta (19 February 2024). "Štimac: Kupovina odbornika bila bi "kap koja je prelila čašu", SNS nema većinu u Beogradu". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  30. ^ "Štimac pozvao građane na protest: Vi ste zvezde ovog filma i ove utakmice, družićemo se malo duže - Društvo - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 9 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  31. ^ Ž, M. (4 September 2024). "Štimac podneo prijavu: Kad oni kažu da sam eko terorista, znam da radim pravu stvar". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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