Marko Milič

Marko Milič (born May 7, 1977) is a Slovenian basketball coach and former player who most recently served as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He represented the senior Slovenian national basketball team.

Marko Milič

Personal information
Born	(1977-05-07) May 7, 1977 (age 48) Kranj, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Slovenian
Listed height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight	112 kg (247 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1997: 2nd round, 33rd overall
Drafted by	Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	1991–2015
Position	Power forward
Number	12, 20
Coaching career	2022–present
Career history
As a player:
1991–1994	Triglav Kranj
1994–1997	Union Olimpija
1997–1998	Phoenix Suns
1998	Fenerbahçe
1999	Phoenix Suns
1999–2000	Union Olimpija
2000–2001	Real Madrid
2001–2002	Fortitudo Bologna
2002–2003	Roseto
2003–2005	Pesaro
2005–2006	Virtus Bologna
2006–2007	Union Olimpija
2007	Real Madrid
2007–2009	Union Olimpija
2009	Entente Orléanaise
2010–2012	Vanoli Cremona
2012–2013	Mahram Tehran
2013–2015	Al Kuwait
As a coach:
2022–2025	Dallas Mavericks (assistant)
Career highlights
ULEB Cup champion (2007) 3× FIBA EuroStar (1996, 1998, 1999) Spanish League champion (2007) Adriatic League All-Star (2007) 4× Slovenian League champion (1995–1997, 2008) 4× Slovenian Cup winner (1995, 1997, 2000, 2008) 5× Slovenian League All-Star (1994–1997, 2000) 2× Slovenian League All-Star MVP (1997, 2000) 2× Slovenian League All-Star Slam Dunk winner (1994, 1995) Kuwaiti League champion (2014) No. 12 retired by Union Olimpija (2015)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Playing career

Professional career

After being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1997 NBA draft (34th pick overall), Milič's rights were traded to the Phoenix Suns. After seeing limited NBA duty (44 career games) during his two seasons with the Suns,^[1] he returned to Europe and played for Union Olimpija (where he started playing senior basketball), Real Madrid (two stints), Fortitudo Bologna (Italian League runner-up), Pesaro (2004 Italian Cup finalist) and Virtus Bologna. He also represented Fenerbahçe in the first part of the 1998–99 season, due to the NBA season's lockout, returning to Phoenix in January 1999.

Milič won four Slovenian Leagues and four Slovenian Cups with Union Olimpija and led the team to its only EuroLeague Final Four appearance so far, in 1997. With Real Madrid he had his biggest success as a player with the ULEB Cup title of 2007 paired with a Spanish League title that same year. He also won the Kuwait League in 2014.

On October 14, 2015, he announced his retirement from playing professional basketball.^[2] On October 29, 2015, Union Olimpija retired Marko Milič's #12 jersey.^[3]

National team career

With the junior national teams of Slovenia, Milič played at the 1994 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship and the 1996 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship.

Milič played for the senior national basketball team of Slovenia, from 1995 until 2006. He played at the EuroBasket 1995, EuroBasket 1997, EuroBasket 1999, EuroBasket 2001, EuroBasket 2003, EuroBasket 2005 and 2006 FIBA World Championship.^[4]

Coaching career

In 2022, Milič was hired as an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks under head coach Jason Kidd who was his teammate in the Phoenix Suns.^[5] He stepped down as an assistant coach of the Mavericks on February 9, 2025, following the trade of Luka Dončić.^[6]

Personal life

Milič's father, Vladimir Milić, a Serb from Croatia based in Belgrade, was a shotputting champion in former Yugoslavia. His mother, Metka Papler, was also a successful sportswoman in Yugoslavia.^[7] His daughter is a tennis player Ela Nala Milić.

Club 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
2000–01	Real Madrid	15	8	22.5	.519	.300	.556	4.6	1.9	1.8	.0	9.3	10.9
2001–02	Skipper Bologna	18	15	21.1	.496	.267	.659	3.6	1.4	1.8	.1	9.3	8.7
2004–05	Scavolini Pesaro	22	19	26.1	.489	.250	.617	4.6	2.2	1.6	.0	10.4	11.2
2006–07	Union Olimpija	11	11	26.5	.611	.200	.550	6.9	2.5	1.0	.1	15.1	16.3
2007–08		14	14	30.3	.517	.125	.744	6.4	1.5	1.2	.1	15.6	15.8
2008–09		6	4	21.3	.378	.0	.714	3.7	1.3	1.2	.0	9.0	9.3
2009–10	Entente Orléanaise	3	1	9.1	1.0	.0	.667	2.0	.0	.3	.0	2.7	5.0
Career		89	72	25.5	.513	.239	.628	4.8	1.8	1.5	.0	11.0	11.7

NBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1997–98	Phoenix	33	0	4.9	.609	.500	.647	.8	.4	.3	.0	2.8
1998–99	Phoenix	11	0	4.8	.400	.000	—	.5	.2	.3	.1	1.5
Career		44	0	4.9	.560	.429	.647	.7	.3	.3	.0	2.5

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1998	Phoenix	2	0	2.0	.667	—	—	.5	.0	.5	.0	2.0
Career		2	0	2.0	.667	—	—	.5	.0	.5	.0	2.0