Nika Barić is among women's basketball players what Marko Milič is among men, as she was the first Slovenian to break into the strongest basketball league in the world, the WNBA, the women's version of the NBA. Namely, she signed a contract with one of the strongest American teams, the Minnesota Lynx (champions in 2001 and 2013), after they selected her as the 20th overall pick in the 2012 draft.
It's Nika Barić the first Slovenian in the strongest basketball league in the world, WNBA, which is the dream of every basketball player. A woman from Celje, who was chosen as the 20th in the second round cartoons from minnesota, currently defending the colors of Russia Spartacus, and he is going across the pond after the end of the Russian championship. The new season in the WNBA is starting June 5. Until then, she will continue to add to her statistics in the Moscow jersey, in which she averaged 11.2 points, 3.5 assists and 2.3 rebounds per game in thirteen games.
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The signing of a historic contract for the 22-year-old, who started her career in ŽKK Trbovlje or Athlete Celje, is not the only victory, as she overcame thyroid cancer years ago, and in 2011 she was also declared the best young actress in Europe. With the Slovenian "sniper", Minnesota is hoping for additional width in the attack, while Slovenia is hoping for basketball players of the highest caliber.
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