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Biography
Boriša Simanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бориша Симанић, born 20 March 1998) is a Serbian basketball player for Crvena zvezda mts of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League.
Playing career
Boriša moved to Crvena zvezda's youth program in December 2013 from Budućnost Bijeljina, making his senior team debut at Crvena zvezda during the 2015-16 season. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 2016 Euroleague Next Generation Tournament Finals in 2016.
Simanić made his first EuroLeague appearance on October 22, 2015 in a 71–98 loss to Real Madrid, tallying ten points and four rebounds in 28 minutes of action.
He was a member of the World Select Team that played in the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon on April 7, 2017. Coming off the bench, Simanić recorded two points, two rebounds and two blocked shots in 10:17 minutes of play.
In August 2017, he was once again loaned to FMP. On June 26, 2019, Simanić signed a two-year extension for Crvena zvezda.
National team career
He competed for the Serbian junior national teams at the 2013 under-16 European Championships, winning a silver medal at the event. One year later, he received All-European Championships U16 Honorable Mention status (by eurobasket.com) after averaging 10.2 points, 4.3 boards and 1.3 blocked shots a contest throughout the tournament in Latvia.
In 2015, he represented the Serbian under-18 squad at the European Championships and the under-19 team at the World Championships.
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 | ||||||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
Euroleague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Crvena zvezda | 7 | 0 | 7.5 | .500 | .286 | 1.000 | 1.0 | .0 | .1 | .3 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| 2016–17 | Crvena zvezda | 3 | 2 | 5.6 | .200 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .7 | -1.0 |
| Career | 10 | 2 | 7.0 | .400 | .222 | 1.000 | 1.0 | .1 | .1 | .2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | |