Dalibor Ilić

Dalibor Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Далибор Илић; born 4 March 2000) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Spartak Subotica of the Serbian League (KLS) and the ABA League as a loaned player from Crvena zvezda.

Dalibor Ilić

Ilić with Igokea in April 2022.
No. 22 – Spartak Subotica
Position	Power forward / center
League	Serbian League ABA League
Personal information
Born	(2000-03-04) 4 March 2000 (age 25) Višegrad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationality	Serbian / Bosnian
Listed height	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2022: undrafted
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2022	Igokea
2019	→Mega Bemax
2022–present	Crvena zvezda
2024–present	→Spartak Subotica
Career highlights
ABA League champion (2024) 3× Bosnian League champion (2017, 2020, 2022) 2× Serbian League champion (2023, 2024) 5× Bosnian Cup winner (2017–2019, 2021, 2022) 2× Serbian Cup winner (2023, 2024) 2× All-Junior Adriatic League Team (2018, 2019)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Serbia FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship 2018 Latvia U18 Team

Early career

Born in Višegrad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ilić started to play basketball for youth system of his hometown team Varda. In 2015, he joined youth teams of Igokea from Aleksandrovac. He won the third place at the 2017–18 Junior ABA League season with the Igokea U19 team. Over six season games, he averaged 20.8 points, 10.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.^[1] Ilić won the third place at the 2018–19 Junior ABA League season with the Igokea U19 team. Over six season games, he averaged 26.7 points, 16.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.^[2]

Professional career

In 2016, Ilić was promoted to the Igokea first team. On 30 October 2016 he made his ABA League debut in a game against Cedevita.^[3] In March 2019, was loaned out to Mega Bemax for the rest of the 2018–19 Serbian League season.^[4]

Following the 2020–21 season Ilić declared himself for the 2021 NBA draft. On July 19, 2021, he withdrawn his name from consideration for the 2021 NBA draft.^[5]

On 14 July 2022, Ilić signed a four-year contract with Serbian club Crvena zvezda of the EuroLeague.^[6][7]

National team career

Ilić was a member of the Serbian U16 team at the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 7.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.^[8] He was a member and the team captain of the Serbian U18 team that won the gold medal at the 2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Latvia. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 9.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.^[9]

Ilić was a member of the Serbian under-19 team that finished 7th at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Heraklion, Greece. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 10.9 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.^[10]

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

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2022–23	Crvena zvezda	7	0	9.6	.636	.000	.750	2.3	.1	.4	—	3.3	5.1
2023–24		15	4	8.8	.591	.429	.250	1.7	.4	.2	.1	2.0	2.5
Career		22	4	9.1	.606	.375	.625	1.9	.3	.3	.0	2.4	3.4

Basketball Champions League

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2020–21	Igokea	10	10	23.1	.535	.125	.650	5.4	.8	.5	.4	6.0
2021–22		8	8	27.1	.571	.200	.577	7.4	1.4	.5	.5	8.0
Career		18	18	24.8	.553	.154	.609	6.3	1.1	.5	.4	6.9

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2016–17	Igokea	ABA	2	2.0	.000	.000	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017–18	Igokea	Liga BiH	15	16.3	.500	.143	.625	4.7	.9	.3	.1	6.9
2018–19	Igokea	ABA	21	14.7	.565	.450	.813	4.1	.8	.3	.2	4.4
2018–19	Mega	KLS	12	23.5	.528	.286	.739	5.7	1.9	1.2	.6	10.1
2019–20	Igokea	Liga BiH	15	25.7	.598	.185	.657	9.1	2.1	.9	.7	11.2
2019–20	Igokea	ABA	20	23.3	.512	.216	.667	5.8	1.0	.8	.3	8.3
2020–21	Igokea	Liga BiH	10	24.9	.729	.500	.613	8.1	1.8	.6	.6	13.0
2020–21	Igokea	ABA	23	20.6	.479	.167	.645	4.4	1.0	.5	.3	7.0
2021–22	Igokea	Liga BiH	8	21.5	.526	.308	.692	5.6	.9	.4	.2	7.7
2021–22	Igokea	ABA	24	26.1	.575	.339	.713	7.7	1.2	.7	.4	12.7
2022–23	Crvena zvezda	KLS	2	13.1	.286	—	.636	3.0	1.5	—	—	5.5
2022–23	Crvena zvezda	ABA	19	14.6	.667	.375	.524	3.4	.8	.7	.2	5.1
2023–24	Crvena zvezda	KLS	3	17.7	.750	.333	.500	4.3	.3	.3	.3	5.0
2023–24	Crvena zvezda	ABA	22	11.0	.490	.278	.690	2.9	.4	.3	.1	3.4