Miha Lapornik

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Miha Lapornik
Lapornik with Slovenia in 2016
No. 31 – San Pablo Burgos
PositionShooting guard
LeagueLEB Oro
Personal information
Born (1993-10-18) 18 October 1993 (age 30)
Celje, Slovenia
NationalitySlovenian
Listed height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Career information
NBA draft2015: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2015Zlatorog Laško
2015–2016Olimpija
2016–2017Bilbao Basket
2017Zlatorog Laško
2018U-BT Cluj-Napoca
2018–2019Olimpija
2019–2020Pieno žvaigždės
2020–2021Heroes Den Bosch
2021DEAC
2022Zlatorog Laško
2022Krka
2022–2023Patrioti Levice
2023–presentSan Pablo Burgos
Career highlights and awards

Miha Lapornik (born 18 October 1993) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who plays for San Pablo Burgos of the LEB Oro. He is a 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) tall shooting guard.

Professional career[edit]

Lapornik started playing professional basketball for Zlatorog Laško.

On 27 July 2015, Lapornik signed a three-year contract with Union Olimpija.[1]

In July 2016, he parted ways with Union Olimpija and signed a one-year contract with an option to extend it for one more year with Spanish team Bilbao Basket .[2]

In October 2017, he signed an open contract with Zlatorog Laško.[3]

In January 2018, Lapornik signed with U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca out of Romania.[4]

On 26 June 2018, he signed a contract with Petrol Olimpija.[5]

He spent the 2019–20 season with Pieno žvaigždės in Lithuania, averaging 13.3 points per game.

On 25 July 2020, Lapornik signed with Heroes Den Bosch until 2022.[6] He was named to the All-DBL Team for the 2021–22 season.[7]

On 5 July 2021, Heroes announced Lapornik had signed with DEAC in Hungary. He was offered a better contract, allowing him to leave early out of his contract.[8]

After a brief spell with Zlatorog in January 2022, where he stayed for only nine days and played one match, Lapornik joined the ABA League team Krka on 14 January 2022.[9]

In summer 2022, he signed with Patrioti Levice of the Slovak Basketball League.

International career[edit]

Lapornik made his debut for the Slovenian national team on 31 August 2016, in the EuroBasket 2017 qualification game against Kosovo.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ BC Union Olimpija Ljubljana signs Miha Lapornik.
  2. ^ Miha Lapornik parted ways with Olimpija and joined Bilbao.
  3. ^ signs an open contract with Zlatorog Lasko.
  4. ^ "U-Banca Transilvania lands Miha Lapornik". Sportando.com. January 2, 2018.
  5. ^ Petrol Olimpija inks Miha Lapornik.
  6. ^ Lupo, Nicola (July 25, 2020). "Miha Lapornik signs with Heroes Den Bosch". Sportando. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  7. ^ "Historische mega-prijzenoogst voor Nzekwesi". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Miha Lapornik verlaat Heroes Den Bosch - Heroes Den Bosch - Basketball". Heroes Den Bosch. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Miha Lapornik po kratki epizodi v Laškem že v Novem mestu". Delo (in Slovenian). 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  10. ^ |tab=boxscore_statistics Slovenia-Kosovo boxscore.

External links[edit]

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