Who is Nikoleta, Wife of Nikola Vucevic? His Parents, Family, Salary, jersey

Nikola Vucevic is a Montenegrin professional basketball player who now plays for the NBA’s Chicago Bulls. Philadelphia picked him 16th overall in the 2011 NBA draft 76ers after playing collegiate basketball for the University of Southern California.

 

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Vucevic was transferred to the Orlando Magic before the start of the 2012–13 season as part of the four-team trade that sent Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers. He spent nine seasons with the Magic and was twice named to the NBA All-Star squad during that time. The Magic traded Vucevic to the Chicago Bulls in the middle of the 2020–21 season.

Nikola Vucevic Girlfriend

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Nikola is a star player for the Bulls and is married to Nikoleta Pavlovic. Nikoleta is Nikola’s childhood love and is the sister of Aleksandar “Sasa” Pavlovic, a great NBA player. Nikoleta is also a player and plays volleyball. Sasa was his mentor of Nikola and from there he met the love of his life.

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Nikola and Nikoleta married each other back in 2016 and they have 2 sons, Filip and Matija together. They are the true definition of a perfect couple and love each other very much.

Nikola Vucevic Parents and Family

Nikola was born on 24 October 1990 in Morges, Switzerland to parents Ljiljana Kubura and Borislav Vucevic. Ljiljana, ethnic Serb was a 6-foot-2 forward for the Sarajevo club Željezničar and the Yugoslavia women’s national team.

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His father, Borislav, was a professional basketball player who played for a club in nearby Lausanne. He spent much of his childhood in Belgium when his family relocated in 1994 after his father was offered a professional job there. Borislav was a professional basketball player for 24 years, with stops in Yugoslavia, Switzerland, and Belgium. He was a member of the KK Bosna team that won the European Champions Cup in 1979, as well as several appearances for the Yugoslav national team, most notably at the 1983 Mediterranean Games in Casablanca, Morocco, and Euro basket 1985 in West Germany.

Nikola Vucevic Salary

Nikola is under contract with the Bulls for $24,000,000 this season. His net worth is $30 million. He is making a huge amount of money and will make more in the future with his hard work and talent.

Nikola Vucevic’s Jersey

Nikola is currently playing as a Center for the Bulls and wears jersey number 9 for them. Before Nikola, 11 other players have worn this jersey number, and some of the iconic ones are Ron Harper, who carried this number for 4 years, and Luol Deng, this guy wore this number for 9 long years that is from 2004 to 2014.