{"id":637054,"date":"2025-10-14T08:19:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-durisic\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T18:19:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T17:19:39","slug":"nikola-durisic","status":"publish","type":"nba-player","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-durisic\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola \u0110uri\u0161i\u0107"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nikola &#272;uri&scaron;i&#263; is a Serbian professional basketball player born on February 23, 2004, in Ghent, Belgium. He is 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall and weighs 97 kg (214 lb), playing as a shooting guard. &#272;uri&scaron;i&#263; began his professional career in 2020 with Mega Basket in Serbia. During the 2020-21 season, he was loaned to OKK Beograd. He continued to play for Mega Basket until 2024. In the 2024 NBA draft, he was selected as the 43rd overall pick in the second round by the Miami Heat. 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