Nikolina Milić (Serbian Cyrillic: Николина Милић; born April 12, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball center who most recenlt played for the Toronto Tempo of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Fenerbahçe of the Women's Basketball Super League.
She represented Serbian national basketball team at the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 in Serbia and Latvia, where they won the bronze medal.
Honours Club EuroLeague Women Championship (2) 2024, 2026 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women Championship (2) 2023, 2024 Belgian Women's Basketball League Championship (2) 2017, 2018 Belgian Basketball Cup Championship (1) 2017 Liga Femenina Championship (1) 2021 Supercopa de Femenino Championship (1) 2020 Copa Castilla y León Femenino Championship (1) 2021 Nemzeti Bajnokság Championship (1) 2022 Turkish Women's Basketball Super League Championship (3) 2024, 2025, 2026 Turkish Cup Championship (2) 2024, 2026 Turkish Super Cup Championship (1) 2024 Triple Crown (1) : 2024
WNBA Milić signed with the Minnesota Lynx on 6 May 2022, to a hardship contract. Milić played in 17 games for the Lynx including 3 starts. She scored a career-high in points against the Indiana Fever with 23 points, including 13 in the third quarter alone, on 11 for 19 shooting, along with six rebounds, and three assists. Head Coach Cheryl Reeve stated that she had been looking at Milić to come over after coaching against her during Olympic play and that she really started to figure things out as she got more time on the court during her rookie season. On June 23, 2022, Milić was released from her hardship contract as Sylvia Fowles was cleared to comeback to play. Milić signed a 7-Day Contract to return to the Lynx on June 26, 2022. On 10 August 2022, Milić was released from her Hardship Contract when Aerial Powers became healthy again.
In February 2024, it was reported that Milić planned to sit out the 2024 WNBA season. On 14 April 2024, Milić was traded to the Chicago Sky alongside the 2024 7th overall pick, in exchange for Sika Koné, the 8th overall pick in 2024, a 2025 2nd round pick, and the rights to swap a 2026 1st round pick.
On 5 February 2025, the rights to Milić and Lindsay Allen were traded to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Rebecca Allen.
On 3 April 2026, she was drafted 19th overall by the Toronto Tempo in the 2026 WNBA expansion draft.
On 4 June 2026, Milić was waived by the Tempo.
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
| align="left" | 2022 | align="left" | Minnesota | 31 || 4 || 11.7 || .548 || .273 || .738 || 3.0 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 1.4 || 6.0 |- | align="left" | 2023 | align="left" | Minnesota | 39 || 3 || 12.7 || .464 || .364 || .804 || 2.4 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 1.1 || 5.9 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 2 years, 1 team | 70 || 7 || 12.3 || .498 || .318 || .776 || 2.7 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 1.2 || 5.9
Playoffs
| align="left" | 2023 | align="left" | Minnesota | 3 || 0 || 7.3 || .400 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.7 || 2.0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 1 year, 1 team | 3 || 0 || 7.3 || .400 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.7 || 2.0
See also List of Serbian WNBA players
References
External links
Profile at fiba.basketball