Jaka Blažič in 2020/21 All-EuroCup Second Team

Captain of Cedevita Olimpija, Jaka Blažič, is a part of the 2020/21 All-EuroCup Second Team for the first time in his career.

Blazic had a career season playing for the team he grew up with. Blazic was the competition’s top scorer (19.1 ppg) and led all players in the 2020-21 EuroCup in average PIR (19.5) while pushing Cedevita Olimpija to within seconds of a place in the quarterfinals. While averaging the third-most minutes played (31:18), Blazic had eight games with a PIR of at least 23, more than any other player this season.

The Cedevita Olimpija guard is the only player this season who had five games of 25 or more points. He did so by knocking down 2.6 three-point shots per game, which was fourth-best for the season, on 46.6% long-range shooting. Blazic was also second on the team with 4.9 rebounds and averaged 2.3 assists. None of Blazic’s performances was more memorable than Top 16 Round 2 against Buducnost VOLI Podgorica when he had 30 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists to earn the weekly MVP award with a PIR 41, which tied for the competition’s best all season.

At age 30 and in his fourth EuroCup season, Blazic has been selected to the All-EuroCup team for the first time in his career.