Cedevita Olimpija and Roko Leni Ukić part ways

KK Cedevita Olimpija has agreed to part ways with Point Guard Roko Leni Ukić, who joined Cedevita Olimpija in the Summer 2020.

Roko Leni Ukić, an experienced and long-time Croatian national team member who is also the captain of the Croatian men’s national team, has gained experience in various competitions at the highest level in his 20-year career, and spent two seasons in the NBA. In the strongest league in the world, he wore the Toronto Raptors jersey in the 2008/09 season, and a season later he defended the Milwaukee Bucks colors.

Ukić spent as many as nine seasons in the elite Euroleague and played a total of 154 matches. He averaged 8.6 points, 2.6 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game. He showed his best performances in the jersey of Turkish Fenerbahce in the 2010/11 season, when he scored 13.2 points and 3.5 assists per game. Ukić also spent three seasons in the 7Days EuroCup, where he wore the jerseys of Split and Cedevita, and in 25 matches in which he played in the European Cup, he averaged 10.1 points, 4.3 assists and 2.3 rebounds.

An enviable number of trophies can be found in Ukić’s home showcase. He won three titles of Croatian national champion, and two titles of Turkish and Greek national champion. At the same time, the Croatian national team has three Croatian cup titles on its account, and two cup titles each from Spain, Turkey and Greece. With Cedevita, he also became the ABA League Super Cup champion in 2017.

Ukić moved to Cedevita Olimpija this past summer, after spending two seasons in France. In the ABA League, he played in seven games and averaged 5.0 points, 2.6 assists and 1.4 rebounds per game, while in the 7DAYS EuroCup he stepped on the floor in eight games, scoring 4.4 points, 2, 4 assists and 1.0 rebounds per game.